Fun Facts & More
Excerpts from a nypost.com article on the border crisis by Bianca De La Garza: “…Mexican drug cartels had made per year since Joe Biden took office. There, in the research materials in front of me, was the figure $13,000,000,000… A million seconds, the saying goes, is 11 days. A billion seconds, on the other hand, is roughly 32 years… that number is up from just $500 million in 2018, when President Trump was in office.”
From NYP: “Japanese village struggling with low population creates life-sized dolls to mimic feeling of bustling society.” Photo from NYP. Call me a skeptic, I’m not convinced.
Headline from foxnews.com: “Vulgar pro-Dem ad warns young men could lose access to pornography under Trump.” Politicians cannot control spending or illegal immigration, how in the world would they stop porn?
From FN: “Luke Combs and Eric Church raise over $24.5 million for hurricane victims at star-studded Concert for Carolina.” Also participating: James Taylor, Keith Urban, Sheryl Crow, Nicole Kidman and Randy Travis. Kudos all.
Fun facts culled from an article at foxnews.com, an occasional comment in italics from yours truly:
Japan has the highest density of vending machines in the world, one for every 30 people.
Unlike the rest of the solar system, Venus spins clockwise. Scientist don’t know why. Maybe it’s just showin’ off.
Pandas can fake pregnancy. Scientist don’t understand this, either. Well, women, ya know.
Air sacs in our lungs would slowly collapse if we didn’t sigh every five minutes, according to UCLA and Stanford researchers. Plenty to sigh about lately,so nothing to worry about here.
China cuts down 20 million 20-year-old trees annually to create chopsticks. Cosi potts.
It may take a total of 11.5 days of clicking to burn one calorie, according to Wired. For some that’s more than enough exercise.
NASA is in the process of developing its next generation of spacesuits, which will cost over $1 billion.
People will spend sixth months of their lives waiting for traffic lights to turn green.
Four-percent of the cheese inventory is shoplifted each year, believed to be the most stolen food.
An average person in the Western world eats about 70,000 pounds of food in a lifetime.
A person spends five years of life with eyes closed solely from blinking. Dwell on something like that and you’ll go gaga.
There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way. I demand a recount.
On Venus a day shockingly lasts longer than a year. It rotates very, very slowly.
The total length of a human’s blood vessels could circle the Earth at least twice. Hard to believe.
Another beautiful day, but it didn’t spur business at the Anti-Inflation Book Shop. My thanks to the gentleman who bought two pieces of Batman 3D art. At least there was no incoming.
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