# STATS & FUN FACTS 📈 we crash the NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter ($100 million dollars) because of data standards 13% of Americans have never been on a plane 52% of Americans reported that they had flown at least once in the past year, indicating that a significant portion of the population does not fly regularly. A small percentage of the population accounts for a majority of air travel. One source reports that 7% of Americans take more than 50% of all flights, averaging 19 trips per year. Research suggests that around age 7, humans develop an ability for what’s called counterfactual thinking, the capacity to imagine what might have been. In one study, Americans list romance as a top source of regret, followed by family, education, career and finance. 110 bits is the accepted threshold for conscious attention -- upper limit of conscious human bandwidth, interpreting spoken language requires about 40 to 60 bits per second; that the human brain is subject to an information processing ‘speed limit’ of 10 bits per second In 1700, in Western Europe, there were some 400 different kinds of jobs you could choose from. Nowadays, there are approximately 500,000. A moon cycle, or the time it takes for the Moon to go through all its phases, is about 29.5 days. This period is known as a synodic month. Roughly 70% of Americans age 65 and older will require long-term care at least once in their lifetime 7% of us pop dont have computer or smartphone 9% of us pop dont have a smart phone 59% of us pop live in state without MDL 50% of us pop have a passport 78.5% of us pop is 18 and older 84% of us pop is 13 and older? 61% of people hold a "moderate or higher" sense of grievance against the institutions that run their lives. Four in ten people now find "hostile activism" tactics acceptable. 23% approve of threatening or committing violence. In the 1950s, over 90% of toddlers were potty trained by 18 months. More recently, that number is about 4%. The average age of potty training has drifted to nearly 37 months. The word “priority” entered the English language, via Old French, sometime in the 14th Century. Deriving from the mediaeval Latin word prioritas (“fact or condition of being prior”), the word meant “the most important thing”—the “prior” thing or the thing with precedence. When it was first coined, the word “priority” had no plural. You could only have one priority. Nearly 80% of women in opposite sex marriages take their spouse sir name Most people urinate about 6-8 times a day, though anywhere between 4-10 times can be normal The US was the only country where a majority of people (53 percent) saw their fellow citizens as morally bad Jet fuel makes up roughly 30 percent of the cost of an airline ticket the reason the word appropriation exists—is because the English parliament won the ability to condition their grants of supply to the King on three things: duration, amount, and purpose. **What is common/rare** * 1-2% visit all US states * ~ 3% donates blood * 1/3 of pop have a tattoo * 21% use a storage unit * 35% have a bachelors degree * 15% of pop run * Less than 1% runs a marathon * Less than 1% runs a 10k * 18% of pop has a networth over $1m **Weather predictions** * 1-3 Days: Highly accurate (around 90%+ accuracy) . * 5-7 Days: Generally reliable for planning (around 80% accuracy). * 10 Days: Accuracy drops to roughly 50%, useful for trends * 14-15 Days: practical limit of deterministic weather forecasting In 1754, [Horace Walpole coined the word “serendipity”](https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/01/28/the-invention-of-serendipity/)in a letter to a friend, borrowing it from a Persian fairy tale about three princes who made discoveries “by accidents and sagacity.” About 37% of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood, but less than 10% of those eligible actually donate annually. This means that only a small fraction of the population contributes to blood donations each year. The Iranian Revolution of 1978-1979 stands as one of the most consequential political transformations of the late 20th century. Ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand. This myth likely comes from their behavior of digging shallow holes for nesting, which can make it appear as if their heads are buried when viewed from a distance. Ostriches are much more likely to face a problem head-on than to try to hide. Running straight at and kicking. Estimates That More Than 108 Billion Humans Have Existed On Earth Sea level is not universal; it varies around the globe due to factors like ocean dynamics and Earth's uneven gravity field. This means that local sea levels can differ significantly from the global average. Life expectancy is around 82-85 years old A 30-minute walk typically equals about 3,000 steps The most productive workers engage in job-related tasks for 52 minutes, then take a 17-minute break “Ancho chiles are dried poblano chiles.” More than half of all oysters farmed in California come from humboldt Bay Ergot alkaloids are made exclusively by fungi. You are 7% more likely to die on your birthday than on the other 364 days of the year, partly because of the increased likelihood of accidental death caused by celebratory behavior The average West Virginian eats more than one hot dog per day In the United States, around 10% of adults do not use email. This percentage translates to roughly 25 million Americans who have never sent or received an email. estimates botanists add around 2,500 plants and even more fungi to taxonomic registers every year. Experts believe as many as 100,000 plant species and up to 3 million fungi remain undescribed. Americans over the age of 55 currently control nearly 75% of the country's wealth, and Baby Boomers alone carry more than 50% of it. In the US alone, 67% of coffee consumers say they buy coffee in supermarkets, and 9% or fewer purchase directly from roasters and cafés. According to a survey from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 96 million Americans are bird-watchers, or 37 percent of the population aged 16 and above. Most observe from home, but 43 million have traveled a mile or more to go birding. Redwoods can drink around 160 gallons (605 liters) of water per day. In the dry summer months, the trees get water from the iconic fog that blankets the forest. Redwoods get up to 40% of their water from the fog each year! Solomon says that fewer conversations and less physical affection in childhood have long-lasting social effects we only have the capacity to maintain three to five very close friendships at a time, though his research suggests we can have up to 15 “best” friends (your main social circle and the friends you might turn to for favors like child care) and 50 “good” friends (your “big-weekend-barbecue people,” as Dunbar has described them). In Japan, kei cars—short for keijidosha, meaning “light automobile”—originated in 1949 as part of Japanese industrial policies to rebuild the country’s auto industry when most people couldn’t afford larger vehicles. “Vide poche” is a fancy term for a knickknack tray. In French, it means “empty pocket”—it’s that little dish by your door or your bed where you stash the odds and ends that you carry around: keys, wallet, cough drops, loose change. 43% of Harvard's white students are either recruited athletes, legacy students, on the dean's interest list (meaning their parents have donated to the school) or children of faculty and staff. decades of meandering and experimentation that scientists must take to reach those results. CRISPR gene-editing technology began as basic research into the structure of bacterial genomes; the discovery of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs depended on scientists in the late ’70s and ’80s tinkering with fish cells. A moon cycle, or the time it takes for the Moon to go through all its phases, is about 29.5 days. This period is known as a synodic month. U.S. health life expectancy or HALE is 63.9 years, according to the World Health Organization. That is the average age a person is expected to live in good health without having any chronic diseases or significant disabilities. After that, the chances of getting a sickness or injury that could impact your lifestyle increase exponentially, even if the average life expectancy in the U.S. hovers around 78 years old. The most productive workers engage in job-related tasks for 52 minutes, then take a 17-minute break Marchetti’s Constant is the idea that throughout human history, from cave dwellers to ancient Greeks to 21st century Londoners, people tend to commute for about an hour a day — 30 minutes out, 30 minutes home. So faster travel leads to longer distances, not less time. -- see Cesare Marchetti 60 percent of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have anxiety or depressive disorders Gall’s law says: “A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system.” [John Gall p.52] Paw paws contain Annonacin, a disabling and potentially lethal neurotoxin More than 50% of the world's forest are in only five countries: Russia 20.1%; Brazil 12.3%; Canada 8.6%; US 7.7%; China 5.4% Marchetti’s Constant is the idea that throughout human history, from cave dwellers to ancient Greeks to 21st century Londoners, people tend to commute for about an hour a day — 30 minutes out, 30 minutes home. So faster travel leads to longer distances, not less time. fewer than 12 percent of American adults now smoke. Most people die from heart disease (29%) or cancer (27%) https://ourworldindata.org/does-the-news-reflect-what-we-die-from The stock market has returned an average of 10% Inflation rate 2.7% one million seconds = 12 days ago; one billion seconds = 32 years ago $5k a day since christoper columbus came to america, still not be a billionaire FEMA reports that 40-60% of small businesses never reopen after a disaster, often due to the loss of critical documents. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) states that 93% of companies that lose their data center for 10 days or more due to a disaster file for bankruptcy within one year. In a museum you need to spend at least 10 minutes with an artwork to truly see it. Aim to view 5 pieces at 10 minutes each rather than 100 at 30 seconds each. On average, it can take about 3 to 6 months to find a job, depending on various factors like your experience, the job market, and the industry you're targeting. Netflix makes about $39 billion a year in subscription revenue, and Spotify about $18 billion. These are the single-most-popular consumer software subscriptions in the world roughly 12% of grocery store payments come from SNAP. In some rural and low-income neighborhoods, closer to 70% of sales are made using the assistance program. According to Pew Research Center, roughly one in four U.S. adults has abandoned or delayed accessing government services due to complicated, slow, or paper-heavy processes. If intersex individuals constitute as much as 1.7 percent of the population, that's roughly equal to the total number of natural redheads, estimated as between 1 and 2 percent of the world's 7.5 billion people; https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/intersex-is-not-as-common-as-red 1/3 of the medical tests and treatments we get are estimated to be unnecessary, and avoidable care is costly in more ways than the bill; Americans get the most medical radiation in the world, much of it from repeated CT scans. The mean time spent looking a painting was 27.2 seconds, while the median time was 17 seconds, and the longest time was 3 minutes, 48 seconds - museum gallery art music commonly associated with clowns in circuses was written by Julius Fucik called "Entrance of the Gladiators" and was meant to represent slaves marching into an arena to fight to the death. Almost all citrus has the rare genetic combination of being sexually compatible and highly prone to mutation. Chicken McNugget finally made it's debut in 1983; originally suppose to be onion based and not chicken; boot, bone/bow tie, bell or a ball; Nearly a third of all US consumer goods — including clothes, food products, appliances, cars, and entertainment items like games — are imported. By the age of seven, children start to exhibit a fear of asking for help, worrying that it will make them look incompetent in front of others. Ghost Frequency (18.98 Hz) - There is a story of a researcher named Vic Tandy whom worked in a library that was supposedly haunted, and he thought he saw something move at the corner of his eye. In search of a scientific explanation, he discovered that a fan in the library was producing an infrasonic frequency of 18.98 Hz (1.02 Hz below what humans can hear). Not only does this frequency cause feelings of fear and discomfort, this frequency is also known to cause optical illusions. Thus in scary movies, this is why we may feel paranoid during certain movie scenes. If you wish, grab some headphones, and click below to listen to "The Ghost Frequency" (18.98 Hz) and experience the effects of infrasound. mythical beasts have always been a part of human history, representing the most deadly of beasts. This stems from our evolutionary history as primates, with our most feared predators being snakes, large felines, and raptor birds. Dragons are the amalgamation of the characteristics of these beasts; the wings of a bird, the claws and face of a lion, and the long reptilian body of a snake (VSauce2) The founder of Lululemon picked that name for the company because he thought it would be funny to hear Japanese speakers try to say it. The word for computer in Iceland translates to “prophetess of numbers”. When the University of Iceland got its first computer in 1964, Icelandic did not have a word for “computer.” So the guardians of the language invented one: tölva—a fusion of tala (number) and völva (prophetess) that adds up to the wonderfully poetic “prophetess of numbers.” People should spend an average of five to 10 minutes on the toilet Gadget's personality was based upon the inventive character Jordan in the 1985 movie Real Genius. Approximately 0.5% of the U.S. population identifies as transgender. more than 50% of U.S. small businesses are owned by people 55 and older Goods from China, Mexico and Canada accounted for more than 40% of imports into the US in 2024. Research published in The Journals of Gerontology (opens in new tab) found that more than 1 in 4 people getting divorced in the United States are over age 50, and over half of those divorces happen after 20 years of marriage. 42 percent of Americans have at least a minor case of coulrophobia (fear of clown) which means 58 percent of Americans are or have been recently murdered by clowns Roughly 0.6% of the total US population works for the federal government. Almost 75% of all films from the golden age of silent films (1912-1929) have been lost. Many of the earliest and most valuable board games in America were produced by McLoughlin Brothers of New York. In 1920 the corporation was sold to Milton Bradley & Company. The McLoughlin brothers are considered the foremost American children's book and game makers of the late 19th century. The colorful chromolithographic artwork used for box covers, game boards, and cards were illustrated by a largely anonymous group of artists employed by the company. Rex Manning Day is a tribute to Kurt Cobain. California is 40 million; 12% of US 1 in 8 Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome - Nausea and vomiting resulting from cannabis use Psycho became the first American movie to show a toilet on screen. Before Hitchcock, showing bathrooms in movies just wasn’t done and was considered to be offensive. Bortle dark-sky scale classifies the darkness level of the sky from darkest (Bortle 1) to most light-polluted (Bortle 9) Natural gas is odorless, but utility companies add a chemical called mercaptan to help detect leaks. This chemical gives natural gas a distinctive smell that many people describe as similar to rotten eggs or sulfur. two drivers of instability - 1) popular immiseration — when the economic fortunes of broad swaths of a population decline 2) elite overproduction — when society produces too many superrich and ultra-educated people, and not enough elite positions to satisfy their ambitions 200 characters is about 1-4 sentences. A sentence typically has 15–20 words. The ideology generally rejects Whig historiography, the concept that history shows an inevitable progression towards greater liberty and enlightenment Eighty percent of the feds are outside of D.C. Lividity, also known as livor mortis, is the bluish-purple discoloration of the skin that occurs after death due to the pooling of blood in the lower parts of the body. This process begins within 20 to 30 minutes after death and can help forensic investigators estimate the time and position of death. Hay represents the third largest agricultural crop grown in the United States, behind corn and soybeans. Hay is made by cutting and drying grass. Straw on the other hand (or foot) is the dried stalks of cereal plants like wheat. It is usually used for animal bedding and thatching. Straw can be used as fodder, but hay would be any cow’s preference for feed; Hay feed; straw Straw is the stubble that is left after farmers harvest grains from plants like wheat, oats and rye. Farmers and ranchers use most straw for animal bedding. Square bales often sold in the fall for Halloween decorations are bales of straw. Straw can also be used as mulch for gardens and, in some cases, has even been used in walls of houses as insulation. hay is made from grasses that are cut and dried for animal feed, while straw is the dry stalks of cereal plants left after the grain has been harvested. Hay is more nutritious and used primarily for feeding animals, whereas straw is often used for mulch, bedding, or other purposes due to its lower nutritional value. Humans Cause 94% of Wildfires in California 1 in 8 Americans who get their water from private wells About 70 percent of ECT patients are women. This may be because women are more likely to be diagnosed with depression. ECT became popular in the US in the 1940s. At the time, psychiatric hospitals were overrun with patients whom doctors were desperate to treat and cure. Whereas lobotomies would reduce a patient to a more manageable submissive state, ECT helped to improve mood in those with severe depression. ECT = a model of temporary disruption of neural circuits followed by augmented neuroplasticity and rewiring Most adults do not have memories before two to three years of age. Up until about age seven, memories of childhood are typically patchy. PG&E equipment has often been the cause of wildfires in California. PG&E has been found guilty of criminal negligence in many cases involving fires.; State law follows a principle of "inverse condemnation" for wildfire liability, which means that utilities are held responsible for damages resulting from any fire caused by their equipment, even if their maintenance on equipment and surrounding vegetation was done to standards PG&E electricity rates are 80% above the national average 140M Americans don’t have a passport and 69M women don’t have a birth cert. matching their current last name. Every year, a staggering 15,000 new laws get passed at all levels of government, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Yet old ones rarely get removed. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce found on average, small businesses spend 200 hours and $11,700 per employee per year on compliance. The first human object launched into space wasn’t Sputnik 1. It was actually a manhole cover accidentally blown off test shaft during a nuclear test in Nevada 38 days earlier. It reached speeds equal to six times Earth’s escape velocity and was never found. California grizzly bears are mostly vegan, but over time, humans have made them more carnivorous. Men over the age of twenty-five can’t hear noises higher than 17.4 kHz. Sensorineural hearing loss via acoustic trauma does not cause significant attenuation at 17kHz. 50 percent of all cans of Cream of Mushroom are sold between November and January more than 50% of U.S. small businesses are owned by people 55 and older 70 percent of recent H-1B recipients have been from India There are just 16 trademarked scents in the US, including Crayola crayons, Playdoh, an ocean-scented soft play in Indiana and a type of gun cleaner that smells of ammonium and kerosene. 1/3 of all internet traffic is porn Among societies that only have three basic color terms (such as in New Guinea): “light, dark, and red” appear to be the universal distinctions employed by these societies with simple color systems (if a fourth distinction is made, the new addition will universally be “yellow” or “green/blue”; a fifth distinction will provide the alternate of the fourth; a sixth distinction will separate “blue” and “green,” etc.). https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/5667/1/Human-color-perception-cognition-and-culture--why-red-is/10.1117/12.597146.short Most cat litter is made from bentonite clay which never breaks down 80,000 hours is the typical length of the average career Oregon makes 99% of hazelnuts in US; turkey makes 64% of world hazelnut; also called cobnuts or filberts Fernet began as a cholera treatment. Fernet uses a whopping 75 percent of the global supply of saffron, which, at up to $5000 a pound, is “easily the world’s most expensive spice.” "When states raise the minimum wage. People stop smoking. Their babies are healthier at birth. Child-neglect charges go down." Lovecraft found jazz music frightening; possibly suffered from "musical anhedonia" - a disorder where a person gleans no pleasure from music or sound Tear gas is a chemical weapon used all over the world by law enforcement to control riots and disperse crowds — from the United States to Hong Kong, to Venezuela. Despite its frequent use, various international treaties have ruled the use of tear gas illegal in wartime. Apparently paintball guns were invented for foresters/loggers/park rangers to mark trees (for cutting etc.) without having to approach each tree. Slinky, the toy. It was originally designed during WW2 to help sensitive instruments remain steady on ships... to counter the effects of pitch, roll, and yaw. The engineer working on them knocked one off his desk accidentally, saw the way it moved from the table to the chair, to the floor, and a new purpose was born. Baths should be only 22 minutes' “persisting in your obstinance can feel pretty satisfying.” Studies show how ignoring warnings can boost someone’s self-esteem and sense of control. Americans today spend 92 percent of their time indoors flu, which kills 12,000 to 61,000 Americans a year, depending on the season’s severity. almost 6% of Americans work for the federal government in some capacity countless studies have shown, that productivity dramatically decreases with longer work hours, and completely drops off once people reach 55 hours of work a week, to the point that, on average, someone working 70 hours in a week achieves no more than a colleague working 15 fewer hours. Half of academic papers are never read by anyone other than their authors, peer reviewers, and journal editors Most ransomware is designed not to install on computers that have Russian or Ukrainian language keyboards. A saguaro won’t grow any flowers until it turns 35 and it won’t get one of its first iconic “arms” until it reaches 50 to 75 years of age. In fact, a saguaro can live for 200 years or more. Only about half of Americans experience meaningful in-person interactions on a daily basis A heterosexual, 65-year-old married couple spends, on average, about $300,000 on medical expenses in retirement There is only one receptor that identifies sweet tastes, but there are 25 different receptors for bitter tastes. Chemical compounds found in the stevia plant interact with both the sweet and bitter receptors, leading to its signature bitter aftertaste. Banana equivalent dose, the amount of radiation exposure gained from eating an average banana 1920s a typical coal miner could load 8-10 tons Nearly 70% of the formerly incarcerated are sent back to prison within 3 years. 96% of companies have experienced problems with the data quality and labeling that is required to train AI and build model . One in three adults has a criminal record Average garment will only be worn seven times before it's disposed of Salt cravings are common and are usually the result of factors such as boredom or stress Trailing Spouse Syndrome is when the spouse of a person relocating for work feels lost and struggles with their mental health throughout relocation Carcinisation (or carcinization) is an example of convergent evolution in which a crustacean evolves into a crab-like form from a non-crab-like form. The term was introduced into evolutionary biology by L. A. Borradaile, who described it as "one of the many attempts of Nature to evolve a crab" Every year, the world loses about $500 billion in terms of lives lost and economic slowdowns due to emerging zoonotic diseases. The cost to take preventative actions: $20 billion. More police officers with more training and more equipment did not decrease crime. That is because crime is a response to social conditions. More policing cannot fix social conditions; only investments in communities can Statistics show the median life expectancy is around 82-85 years old In the United States, only 0.5 % of all residents have run a uon sardines aren’t actually a type of fish, but a category of small fish About 90 percent of Americans live within 10 miles of a Walmart Addresses and phone numbers of loved ones: Almost 42% of cell phone owners do not know all their immediate family members phone numbers, so make a tangible list and do your best to memorize the numbers of those closest to you. Roughly 76% of US adults use some form of vision correction Around 11% of Americans who need corrective lenses choose to wear contact lenses. In WW2, America painted the inside of their destroyers and air craft carriers this color because they thought it was the most calming color to help against sea sickness. Cows aren't any different than the rest of the mammals. They make milk when they have a baby. Humans just take the baby away after it's born. From 2003 to 2018, the average amount of time Americans spent reading for personal interest per day fell by six minutes, to less than 16 minutes per day (Indicator V-06a). In comparison, Americans spent an average of two hours and 50 minutes each day watching television, and 28 minutes playing games and using computers for leisure in 2018. In 1630, half of the United States was covered by forests. Yet old-growth-forest numbers have declined annually since European settlement. A 2023 analysis conducted by the U.S. Forest Service found that old-growth forests represent 19% of forested land overseen by agency and the Bureau of Land Management, with mature forest another 45%. Due to the chaotic nature of weather, accurate forecasts of more than 2 weeks are impossible. Studies show that just six minutes of reading can reduce stress levels by 60 percent “more than half (54%) of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level” Costco sells half the world’s cashews Costco's private label, Kirkland, generates more revenue than towering brands like Nike and Coca-Cola. 44 million Americans may have indoor plumbing, but their water systems have been in violation of the Safe Water Drinking Act. Another 43 million Americans who rely on well water are threatened by record droughts caused by climate change. 2.2 million people in the U.S. without running water inside their homes—no sinks, bathtubs, or toilets. If you furrow your glabella and squint your eyes at a baby, they’ll react negatively, probably with crying. From a very young age, we’re primed to look at this section of the face to gauge whether everything is OK, and when we see this particular look, we recognize it as a “serious face.” Local and regional authorities levy 48% of all tax collected in America Our country spends an average of nearly $35,000 each year to incarcerate a single inmate. Only 13% of U.S. films are directed by women 1 in 5 people currently have a disability. 100% of people will have some form of disability in their lifetime. Quote from Cindy Li, “We're all just temporarily abled.” Every 7 seconds a person is born in America; every 14 seconds a person dies For most of human history, half of all children died before reaching age 15; that number is down to just 4 percent worldwide, and far lower in developed countries, with vaccines one of the major drivers of improved life expectancy. 60% of American people, living pay to pay check semiconductor industry, only three companies (Intel, Samsung, and TSMC) bats are worth $3.7 - 53 billion economic impact each year Studies have found that 15 percent of the population does not own a smartphone, including almost 40 percent of people over 65 and 24 percent of people who make less than $30,000 a year. 40% of the product at costco is regional it's normal for a VPN to reduce your speeds by 10–20% terms left and right—derived, let us remember, from seating arrangements in the National Assembly during the early days of the French Revolution Average garment will only be worn seven times before it's disposed of median household rent in the United States is $2,145 — to put that in perspective, in 2014, that number was below $1,000. Nearly all rivers eventually run into the sea. Green Bell Peppers Are Just Unripe Red Bell Peppers. As they ripen, bell peppers don’t just change color — they also become sweeter and drastically increase their beta-carotene, vitamin A, and vitamin C content. Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT) which refers to energy expended for everything we do that is not sleeping, eating or sports-like exercise average American generates five pounds of trash per day 90% of parents with deaf children hadn't learned to sign. nearly 90% of House seats are deemed uncompetitive. This is a continuing reality in the House: In 2022, 84% of House seats were either decided by margins of 10 points or more or went uncontested entirely. The average margin of victory in the contested races was 28 points. Only 36 races in 2022 were decided by less than 5 points. Around 27% of U.S. adults reported having served on a jury in their lifetime. Car parts, technology, fashion, medical gear, and drug components are particularly vulnerable to disruptions in Asian markets. “just in time” delivery, keeping only 15 to 30 days of products on hand. That has made global companies more profitable but has also “significantly increase[d] supply-chain risk average independent artist needed 2.5 million YouTube views or 368,000 Spotify streams to make the same amount as selling 100 vinyl records. Spotify pays artists $.007 per stream typical user will read barely 28% of the webpage content, while 80% of readers never make it past the headline Dr. Vincent Clarence Price, grandfather of “The Master of Menace” not only invented baking powder but also holds the patent for vanilla and lemon extracts, and some early breakfast cereals? People who spent a minimum of 120 minutes a week in or around nature reported good health and well-being. 5 percent of Americans identify as vegetarian; 3 percent as vegan 73.5 million people in the United States had a criminal record The Census Bureau lists the adult population in the United States at 249.4 million. That means the FBI considers about 29.5 percent of adults to have a criminal record. 60% of Americans said they didn’t have a disaster plan it’s estimated that upwards of 98% of websites don’t offer accessible experiences for people with disabilities. 96.8% of home pages had detected WCAG 2 failures! 13 percent of the country carries federal student debt. 37 per cent of the world’s population, 2.9 billion people, have never used the Internet. half of all pregnancies are unplanned; for some, parenthood is a hard-boiled belief; for others, it’s a switch that flips after a crisis Nearly 90 percent of the world’s population in 1820 was illiterate. Today almost 90 percent can read. Most American women—about 67 percent, according to a 2009 study by Ohio State University sociologist Sarah Hayford—decide as teenagers to have two children, and they roughly stick with that plan. Today, about 15 percent of women never have kids A human life is worth $4 million to $9 million - value of statistical life Nickelodeon charged 5 cents to come see films projected under an “odeon,” the Greek word for theater with a roof. The 5,500 indoor movie theaters across the United States are 40,000-square foot buildings, situated in some of the most desirable retail real estate in our country. Yet these theaters operate at 18% to 20% of their capacity on average—a remarkable underutilization of space and creativity. $1 per pound of food 25% of cars in the U.S. are at least sixteen years old as vehicle age hits record high nearly 50 percent of ordinary, non-pathological Americans believe in at least one conspiracy theory. On average, Americans travel about 21 miles per day. Every trip taken to work, to the store, to school, or to any other regular destination in the U.S. requires an average of about 7 miles of travel. carcinisation as, "one of the many attempts of Nature to evolve a crab." Only 43% percent of the total cells in your body are actually a part of you. More than half of "you" is foreign bacteria, viruses, and fungi Cockroach exterminators develop allergies to them. This usually prevents them from drinking pre-ground coffee because of the cockroaches that sometimes get ground in with the large batches of beans. Over 1,600 people have gone missing in US National Parks, never to be seen again. costs of raising a child were last reported at $233,610 through the age of 17 average age of a first-time home buyer is 33 Airforce one - costing $2614 per minute of flight, The restaurant and fast food industry, the second-largest private employer in the United States, collapsed overnight One out of six restaurant workers live below the poverty line, according to the Economic Policy Institute, and the industry has an exceptionally high turnover rate — 75 percent in 2018, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, compared with 49 percent for the rest of the private sector. In Appalachia, West Virginia is the state where children are most likely to live with seniors over 65, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis. Nine percent of West Virginia’s school-age children live with seniors 65 and older 21% of U.S. rural hospitals are at high risk of closing. Driving a truck is the most common job in 29 states, 3.5 million truck drivers in this country. New York Times on Sunday contains more information than the average 18th century French Nobleman learned in his lifetime Which Birth Dates are More Common https://i1.wp.com/thedailyviz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/heatmapbirthdays1.jpg Hand sanitizer works as fire starter. The umbrella was actually invented to protect people from the sun; The origin of the word “parasol” comes from the French “para,” for “stop,” and “sol,” for sun. And “umbrella” originates from the Latin “umbra,” which means “shade” or “shadow.”; Starting in the 1920s, tans started to be seen as a sign of beauty in many Western cultures, while changing fashion styles dictated that a “modern” women should shed the parasol as a must-have accessory. According to U.S. Census data, the median net worth of individuals under 35 is just $6,900. At age 44, that number jumps to $45,740, an amount that can easily set you up with a healthy down payment for a home without wiping out all of your savings. If you ask us, it seems pretty prudent to wait on buying that property, after all. bats have developed special immune systems to deal with the stress of flying. Only about 5% of Americans actually wash their hands long enough to kill bacteria after using a public restroom. 80% of infectious diseases are spread by touch Forty six percent of the total emissions from food came from the diets of just one-fifth of the population.; Mostly that’s because those people eat a lot more meat than the others The microbiome makes up one or two percent of your overall body weight, meaning a 180-pound man is carrying about 2 pounds of bacteria around with him. 16,000 US Post Office locations in the US. Peak misery is 47.2 years-old 'Horizontal collaboration' is the term given to French women who engaged in sexual or romantic relationships with occupation forces. Pantone 448 C, also known as the "The ugliest colour in the world" Flight shame – or “flygskam” The average American spends 5 hours a day on their phone. the average American gets their first phone at age 10. Today, 45 percent of teens say they are "online on a near-constant basis," according to a 2018 analysis by the Pew Research Institute. This, despite the fact that 45 percent of teens see social media neither good or bad and 24 percent see it as mostly negative. “There are 1.2 million 501(c)(3)s out there raising money. And the fact that a donor decided to give to you is an astounding achievement.” estimates it can take between $1.50 and $2 to raise a dollar from any new donor Squandering donor goodwill can be a fatal mistake. “When you acquire a donor today, it’s nothing short of a statistical miracle,” Burk says. “Because there are 1.2 million 501(c)(3)s out there raising money. And the fact that a donor decided to give to you, in a time when donors are supporting fewer causes, is an astounding achievement.” "When a group of people laugh, they tend to look at the person they like the most." the study found the average chronic nonvoter is a married, nonreligious white woman between 56 and 73 who works full time but makes less than $50,000 a year. She is most likely to identify as a moderate, lean toward the Democratic Party, get her news from television and to have a very unfavorable impression of both political parties and President Donald Trump. She has a 77 percent chance of being registered to vote and says she doesn’t because she doesn’t like the candidates but claims to be certain she will vote in November. While the average American commutes about 27 minutes (a record high), the average D.C.-area worker spends 43 minutes getting to and from work. And more than a third travel 45 minutes or more to work every day. 1/3 of 1% of the population know how to code The umbrella was actually invented to protect people from the sun. The origin of the word “parasol” comes from the French “para,” for “stop,” and “sol,” for sun. And “umbrella” originates from the Latin “umbra,” which means “shade” or “shadow.” Americans spend about 90% of their lives indoors, where carbon-dioxide levels can build up quickly as we inhale oxygen and exhale CO2. humans cause 90 percent of wildfires—and this combines with the millions of new visitors to national parks and other outdoor areas to create an understandable need for regulation. The average American family spends $1,800 a year on food that is ultimately trashed, according to one estimate. 45% of homeless people have a job. First-generation students make up about half of all college students, but only 27% complete a bachelor's degree in 4 years — about half the national average for all students. According to the Urban Institute, more than half of all workers over 50 in the U.S. eventually lose their jobs involuntarily, and 90 percent of those workers get consigned to lower-paying work for the rest of their careers Survey of 2,000 working adults finds that nearly three in five employees feel burnt out on the job at least once a month. On the other hand, only 12% of Americans have never experienced stress and mental exhaustion in their profession. Adjectives, writes the author, professional stickler Mark Forsyth, “absolutely have to be in this order: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun. So you can have a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife. But if you mess with that order in the slightest you’ll sound like a maniac.” most misused SSN of all time was (078-05-1120) - Social Security Cards Issued by Woolworth https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/misused.html We know that musical tastes begin to crystallize as early as age 13 or 14. By the time we’re in our early 20s, these tastes get locked into place pretty firmly. In fact, studies have found that by the time we turn 33, most of us have stopped listening to new music. Meanwhile, popular songs released when you’re in your early teens are likely to remain quite popular among your age group for the rest of your life. Ninety percent of American adults ingest caffeine every day, and the average intake is about 300 milligrams, or roughly a medium-size coffee. The humble 16-ounce Starbucks drip coffee contains 310 milligrams. 327 million people in the U.S. That’s about 4% of the 7.7 billion people on earth There are 40 million Americans below the poverty line, and if you know the U.S. population, you know that’s over 1 in 10 people. If you hear that 0.6% of Americans identify as transgender, then you know that’s around 2 million people. for the last ten years, the dollar’s annual inflation rate has ranged from 0.7% to 3.0% US nuclear testing between the 1940s and 1970s may have killed as many Americans (from radioactive pollution) as were killed by the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. [Tim Fernholz] Americans spend an average of 5 hours every day engaged in sports and leisure activities, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Visiting the library remains the most common cultural activity Americans engage in, by far. The average 10.5 trips to the library U.S. adults report taking in 2019 exceeds their participation in eight other common leisure activities. Americans attend live music or theatrical events and visit national or historic parks roughly four times a year on average and visit museums and gambling casinos 2.5 times annually. Trips to amusement or theme parks (1.5) and zoos (.9) are the least common activities among this list.” Almost 20 years ago, Japanese railway stations started installing blue LED panels on platforms as a suicide prevention measure, believing that blue light improves mood. A ten-year study found an 84% decline in suicide attempts at stations where lights were installed, with no decline at stations without lights. [Allan Richarz] Unicode, the international standard for letters, characters and emojis, has 137,439 entries. It includes a group of ‘ghost characters’ (妛挧暃椦槞蟐袮閠駲墸壥彁) which have no known meaning. It’s believed they are errors introduced by folds and wrinkles during a paper-based 1978 Japanese government project to standardise the alphabet, but are now locked into the standard forever. [Paul McCann] Harbinger customer are customers who buy products that tend to fail. They group together, forming harbinger zip codes. If households in those zip codes buy a product, it is likely to fail. If they back a political candidate, they are likely to lose the election. [Simester, Tucker & Yang] The goal of walking 10,000 steps per day may have originated when a Japanese pedometer manufacturer noticed that the 万 symbol (which means 10,000) looks a little like someone walking. The actual health merits of that number ‘have never been validated by research.’ [Amanda Mull] People hate asking sensitive questions. However, it turns out that people don’t hate being asked sensitive questions. So talking around difficult questions in research interviews is a waste of time and money. [Hart, VanEpps, Schweitzer] average heights in the U.S. are 5'4" for women, 5'9" for men. Studies have found that about one in five men (and about one in three women) will have an anxiety disorder during their lifetime average scientific paper is estimated to be read by only three or so people 38.1 years old - Average age of renters, which is on the rise because, in the last decade, there was a 43 percent increase in renters over the age of 60. "This is crazy. Study shows three people in a conference room over 2 hours can result in a Co2 level that can impair cognitive functioning ... If you're making decisions at the end of the meeting, you're mentally less qualified to do so." Anything over 400 milligrams a day can bring about side effects like headaches, insomnia, an upset stomach, and anxiety Eric Berne raised the possibility that child art often represented the intensity of cathexis invested in an object, rather than its objective form.[14] 80 percent of money spent on lobbying is money spent by business. Between 90 and 95 percent of the 100 organizations that spend the most on lobbying represent business. The first three to six months —­­ when new hires are particularly susceptible to turnover —­­ are most critical. On average, companies lose 17% of their new hires during the first three months, one study found. By the age of 35-39 average self-reported happiness falls to 5.09 points. Once people hit 40 their depression gradually lifts. “LIFE BEGINS at forty”, the average American generates about 4.5 pounds of waste each day. Of that, 1.5 pounds is recycled. vivre pour autrui, “to live for other people”—is driven by empathy, which children become capable of by age two, when they’re able to perceive others’ distress. The founder of Wieden+Kennedy agency, Dan Wieden credits the inspiration for his "Just Do It" Nike slogan to Gary Gilmore’s last words: "Let's do it." If drivers adhere to the 45 mph speed limit on a stretch of Route 66 in New Mexico, the road's rumble strips will play a rendition of "America the Beautiful." The Starry Night depicts Vincent van Gogh's view from the Saint-Paul de Mausole asylum. after the passage of the Environmental Protection Act in 1970, near the entirety of denim and woven cotton manufacturing industry was shut down in the US and pushed overseas. In 1984, when the Macintosh first appeared, about 8 percent of U.S. homes had a computer; five years later, when the computer I’m writing on was sold, that figure had risen to a whopping 15 percent. As of 2018, one in five American adults are taking a drug for a psychiatric problem, including almost a quarter of middle-age women 99.9% of all species are gone The Office accounts for 7% all US Netflix viewing. Crown shyness (also canopy disengagement,[1] canopy shyness,[2] or intercrown spacing[3]) is a phenomenon observed in some tree species, in which the crowns of fully stocked trees do not touch each other, forming a canopy with channel-like gaps Gallup's more encompassing 2017 estimate that 4.5% of Americans are LGBT, based on respondents' self-identification as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. People in Japan are renting cars but not driving them - ‘Traveled no distance’ In a group of 70 random people the chance is 99.9 percent that two of them share a birthday. Among 200 people, the chance is 100 percent. Among only 23 people, the chance is an amazing 50 percent. 6.5 percent of the U.S. population has a felony record, and one in 15 people have gone to prison at some point Today, 8 in 10 Americans are afflicted by stress, according to a recent Gallup survey, which suggests one of the primary causes is work. 20% of small businesses will fail in their first year. About half of Americans have money in the stock market, but only 14% own individual stocks. 79 percent of the parents surveyed are providing financial support to their adult children, at an average $7,000 a year According to the American Psychological Association, stress levels in the US saw their first significant uptick in a decade in 2017. Eight in 10 US adults reported feeling stressed during their day, with 44% reporting that their stress levels had increased over the past five years. Nearly 40 percent of people age 65 and older have at least one disability, most commonly trouble walking or climbing 15 percent of the population, were not connected to the Internet. average time to fix a vulnerability discovered in the application layer is 77.5 days. The majority of vulnerabilities in 2018 were associated with network vulnerabilities, while less than 20% were associated with web applications and APIs When it comes to breaches, though, web application security remains the area of greatest risk 85.1% percent of American homes have some sort of computer. Nearly one in five people have a disability in the U.S. Nearly 31% of all philanthropic giving happens in the month of December. In 1700, in Western Europe, there were some 400 different kinds of jobs you could choose from. Nowadays, there are approximately 500,000. Median tenure of workers ages 55 to 64 (10.1 years) Median tenure of workers ages 25 to 34 (2.8 years) Median tenure is 4.2 years Public sector median tenure is 6.8 years Federal employee median tenure is 8.3 years A recent study showed that while 85% of donors say a charity’s performance is important, only 35% conduct research on giving, and just 2% give based on a group’s performance. 80% of philanthropic contributions in the U.S. are restricted (e.g. strings attached) About 40 percent of Americans have said in surveys that they can’t handle a surprise $400 expense Psychological literature suggests that apparitional experiences and sensed presences are most common between the hours of 2 and 4 a.m., corresponding with a 3 a.m. peak in the amount of melatonin in the body Institute of Medicine (IoM) states that medical errors cause at least an estimated 44,000 preventable deaths annually in the United States of America alone, of which 7,000 deaths are attributable to sloppy handwriting. In 1870, almost 50 percent of the U.S. population was employed in agriculture.[16] As of 2008, less than 2 percent of the population is directly employed in agriculture. Globally, about one in five plants is threatened with extinction, compared with 60% for coffee. As a comparison, about half of wild tea and mango species are threatened with extinction, 6% of hazelnuts and 9% of pistachios. Compared to historic records, 86% of apple varieties grown in the US are gone (Thinkstock) mass-production in farming has caused a homogenisation of certain foods Today, a single breed – Holstein Friesians – account for 90% of dairy cattle raised in the US, and another 4% are Jersey cattle. All other dairy breeds occupy the remaining 6% sliver. compared to pre-1900, about 75% of global farmed plant diversity is gone Food is the average American household’s largest expenditure after housing and transportation The DSM-5 says that roughly 15% of people meet the criteria for a personality disorder. Nearly 31% of all philanthropic giving happens in the month of December. A recent study showed that while 85% of donors say a charity’s performance is important, only 35% conduct research on giving, and just 2% give based on a group’s performance. D.C. apartments have an average size of 736 square feet, the fourth-smallest in the country. 80% of philanthropic contributions in the U.S. are restricted (e.g. strings attached) On average, we’re making over 300 decisions a day. "compute speed and storage capacity of computers are growing faster than the bandwidth of the networks. " 1/3 of all internet traffic is porn Almost half of all films made before 1950 have been totally lost The Average Cost of Retirement Is $738,400; retirement is likely the biggest purchase you'll make in your lifetime. $260,000 will go to healthcare costs alone Credit card numbers can be was validated via a checksum formula. Valid credit card numbers follow a formula known as the Luhn algorithm. With this algorithm, starting from the right, you double every second digit. (For instance, 1111 would become 2121). You then add together all of the resulting digits. If the number you come up with is divisible by 10, then the credit card number is valid. If it's not divisible by 10, it's an invalid card number Sea Lawyer: (1) A sailor or his buddy, making eloquent but completely spurious arguments at Captain's Mast, or in response to some disciplinary action. (2) An argumentative, cantankerous or know-it-all sailor. A sea lawyer is adept at using technicalities, half truths, and administrative crap to get out of doing work or anything else he doesn't want to do, and/or to justify his laziness. about 200 social media friends and 11 offline friends. But in terms of close friendships, we average only about five, and for the most intimate friends, with whom we would share, for example, details on our sex lives, we average around two (down from about three in 1985). The private sector fires nearly six times as many employees — about 3.2 percent — according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and whether the government fires too few people or just not the right people is the subject of continued debate. average job-search process takes 43 days average of 59 people apply for each open position, but only 12% manage to snag an interview Spotify average per-stream payout: $0.004891 median number of years that wage and salary workers had been with their current employer was 4.2 years; Among the major occupations, workers in management, professional, and related occupations had the highest median tenure (5.1 years) quick-witted was a better predictor of charisma than having a great personality or being smart. Only 42 percent of federal employees believe their agencies recruit people with the right skills. approximately one-third of PhD students are at risk of having or developing a psychiatric disorder like i average 50% of PhD students leave graduate school without finishing – with numbers higher at some institutions. 1/3 of all internet traffic is porn 10% to 15% of internet users are currently using ad blockers average tenure for a federal agency CIO ranges between 16 months and two years 70% of US adults drink alcohol In DC alone in 2016, more than 12 people were evicted from their homes each day. Given that 28 percent of Americans do not read a single book in any given year, and only 29 percent read a newspaper (print or online) only 26 percent of Americans can name all three branches of government. 95 percent of post-recession jobs have gone to applicants with at least some college education “49% of people say the main cause of their domestic arguments is due to different feelings about clutter.” Three Percent of the Population Own Half the Country's Firearms Average rate of inflation in the US is around 3% Decades of research substantiate the devastating effects of social isolation. Loneliness is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day and increases the risk of death by 26-45%, which is on par with risk factors such as high blood pressure, obesity, and lack of exercise. Acreage is another way to assess farm size. According to the USDA , small family farms average 231 acres; large family farms average 1,421 acres and the very large farm average acreage is 2,086. It may be surprising to note that small family farms make up 88 percent of the farms in America. West Virginia 77.2% cover in forest (3rd highest state) On average, we pay about $4 a year in income tax for public lands. Uber and Lyft drivers in the US make a median profit of $3.37 per hour before taxes, according to a new report that suggests a majority of ride-share workers make below minimum wage and that many actually lose money. "Average" in this case means people who read 12 books per year. http://mentalfloss.com/article/93594/heres-how-many-books-you-can-expect-read-you-die suicide accounts for nearly two-thirds of gun deaths 44 percent of American households have at least one gun On any given day, between 80,000 and 90,000 people ac­tively listed with law enforcement as missing - https://www.outsideonline.com/2164446/leave-no-trace Eight out of 10 Americans are within 10 miles of a CVS https://qz.com/1146577/cvs-and-aetna-aet-82-of-americans-are-within-10-miles-of-the-pharmacy/ A decent rule of thumb for North America is that a watt, consumed continuously for a year, costs about a dollar “food waste accounts for more than 20 percent of landfill weight” Nearly a third of American workers now need some kind of state license to do their jobs, compared to less than 5 percent in 1950. illegal for men to go topless on American beaches until 1937. Latanya Sweeney demonstrated that you can identify 87% of Americans uniquely from ZIP code, gender, and date of birth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZiJkicepzM Less than 10% of Gmail users enabled two-factor authentication hotel safes - “super user mode” and put in the code 999999. Humans have 6 million olfactory receptors; Dogs have 300 million olfactory receptors in nostrils; odors are created by volatile organic compounds; a certain smell (peanut butter; Chanel 5) is a pattern of vocs; Cancer cells produce VOCs that are different from healthy cell Trypophobia is a proposed phobia (intense, irrational fear, or anxiety) of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps; "reaction is based on a biological revulsion, rather than a learned cultural fear; images have mathematical properties that cannot be processed efficiently by the brain and therefore require more brain oxygenation" A 2010 meta-analysis reviewed 148 studies involving over 300,000 participants and concluded that having weak social ties was as harmful to health as being an alcoholic and twice as harmful as obesity. "The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the median number of years that American workers have been working for their current employer is a little over four. Eight months because it usually takes that long to find another job if you become unemployed. Research shows that employees are 54% more likely to quit when have a toxic coworker Although 70 percent of US employees hate their jobs and only one in three Americans report being happy, relentless and unstoppable people purge everything from their life they hate; Seven in 10 Americans are disengaged from their jobs, according to Gallup. That's more than two-thirds of us who are unfulfilled by our work" “Fifty-five percent of workers feel they have a job, not a career,” she says. “What’s important to remember is that while a single bad day is one thing, a lingering work rut can be detrimental to your happiness and overall career success.” Nucleus Research, “Analytics pays back $13.01 for every dollar spent,” O204 (Boston, MA: Nucleus Research, 2014), 5. $1.3 billion on employee printing; 440k unnecessary - Lexmark 2011 Average Federal Employee typically prints 7200 pages a year $2 to store a box; $2 to retrieve $0.07-$0.12 cents to scan a page; assuming on site Archive box = 2500 paper sheets $880 to maintain a five-drawer file cabinet per year. $11 per year, per inch of paper documents. 10 minutes are wasted each time a document is retrieved and then re-filed. The average office worker makes over 50 trips per week to the fax machine, copier and printer. 1 out of every 20 documents (5%) is lost and 3% are misfiled. The report, published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, found that it usually takes roughly 50 hours of time together to go from acquaintance to “casual friend” (think drinking buddies, or friends of friends that you see at parties); around 90 hours to become a true-to-form “friend” (you both carve out time to specifically hang out with one another); and over 200 hours to form a BFF-type bond (you feel an emotional connection with this friend). “switchtracking”: responding to the way that a person is offering feedback, rather than the substance of the feedback its Smartphone users receive an average of 45.9 push notifications per day. Kennett Square - The town provides about 35% of the entire mushroom crop of the United States -- or about 13% of the mushrooms grown commercially in the whole world! The Average Cost Of Illegal Street Drugs http://www.rehabcenter.net/the-average-cost-of-illegal-drugs-on-the-street/ Approximately 28% of the land in the United States is federally-owned; And the greater portion of that percentage is dedicated to natural spaces – National Parks, Public Lands, Wildlife Management Areas, State Parks, etc Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon - When we notice something new, like an unusual word, we start seeing it more often. It feels like it's become more common but really we're just more alert to it, and we confuse our attention with reality itself. Hence conspiracy theories. Nobel Disease - We idolize those who excel in a particular field, inflating their egos and afflicting them with the hubris to opine on matters they know little about. By celebrating people for their intelligence, we make them stupid. Epistemic Humility- Instead of trying to be right, try to be less wrong. Avoiding idiocy is easier than achieving genius, and by beginning from the position that you don't know enough (which you don't), you'll gain more awareness of your blindspots and become harder to fool. In 1936, roughly 90% of America’s urban areas had access to electricity, while roughly the same proportion of rural America was still in the dark. The Rural Electrification Act, signed that year as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, turned on the lights in isolated rural areas. According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 22% of Americans in rural areas and 28% of Americans in tribal lands lack broadband coverage — as opposed to 1.5% of Americans in urban areas, a gap that’s narrowed since 2015. Overall, according to the FCC, 21 million Americans lack broadband access, though some experts say the FCC data vastly overestimates broadband connectivity. National average, 15% of population is 65 or older Housing accounts for about 37% of the average American's budget. The standard measure of housing affordability is 30% of pretax income. History of Gummy Candy Gummy candies descend from Turkish delight. Turkish Delight(lokum) was invented around 600 CE but took its current form in the 10th century Arabic apothecaries. Like many sugar-based foods, it was a remedy for sore throat. Typically made with rice or corn starch versus gelatin wine gums - popular pre-gummy-bear gummies Hans Riegel invented gummi bears (the first gummi candy) and gummi candy during the 1920s. Riegel was the owner of the German candy company Haribo. Haribo went on to manufacture the first American made gummi candy in 1982. Hans Riegel of Bonn=Haribo In 1981, another German gummi candy manufacturer called Trolli decided to made the first gummi worm. Gummi worms have become the most popular gummi candy ever made. This range is with little exception strictly associated with presbycusis (age related hearing loss) which makes the adult-proof idea vaguely legitimate. The problem is that attenuation due to presbycusis is usually not significant until the age of 40 and only at around 60 might it become significant enough to begin qualifying as impaired. Employees who use Firefox or Chrome have a 15% higher retention rate and report more satisfaction at work than employees who use Internet Explorer or Safari. This is because they’re less likely to accept the default way of doing things. It takes nine out of ten Americans to agree on a policy in order for it to have a 50% chance of being approved.