1) The largest insurance market in the world is Lloyd's of London, which is not an insurance company but a market where insurance brokers and underwriters come together.

2) The FIFA Ballon d'Or is awarded annually to the best male football (soccer) player in the world, as voted by national team coaches, captains, and journalists.

3) The world's oldest living plant is believed to be a clonal shrub called "Old Tjikko" in Sweden, estimated to be over 9,500 years old.

4) The Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean is the deepest part of the world's oceans, reaching a depth of approximately 36,070 feet (10,994 meters).