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Food for thoughts. Enjoy a selection of byte-sized facts from around the world!
Share of internet users in #Africa
(Source: we are social 2024)
January 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Topographic map of Ethiopia
#Africa #LandOfOrigins
January 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
While life expectancy has consistently increased in the last 100 years¹, the maximum age humans can live has nearly plateaued since the 1980's

¹ ourworldindata.org/grapher/life...
January 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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not only does australia send most of the gas it extracts overseas, it uses more gas **just for preparing the other gas for sending elsewhere** than it does for all domestic gas power generation

www.energy.gov.au/sites/defaul...
January 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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The summer posting will continue until the wind chill improves!

Let's #FallBack to July 9th instead of January 9th. Here's an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Bottlebrush Buckeye (A big exuberant bush that gets covered in flowers, bees and butterflies)

#invertebrates #NativePlants 🌿
January 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🔵5% of the world's population
🔴5% of the world's population
January 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Human deaths by animals
#deadlyanimals
January 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Cordyceps is a parasitic fungus that can control insects. It has inspired zombie histories such as 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘴 and 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴

#nature #LastofUs
www.researchgate.net/figure/Cordy...
Figure 5: Cordyceps: a parasitic fungus that controls insects and grows...
Download scientific diagram | Cordyceps: a parasitic fungus that controls insects and grows out of their bodies. from publication: Living in Parallel: Adventures in double consciousness and pluralism ...
www.researchgate.net
January 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A new study finds that ants perform better than humans at tests of collective intelligence

source: www.science.org/content/arti...
Ants best humans at test of collective intelligence
Insects put their minds together in ways that sometimes eludes people
www.science.org
January 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Energy use per capita in 2023, kWh

1. 🇶🇦Qatar 226,848
2. 🇮🇸Iceland 167,422
3. 🇸🇬Singapore 160,277
4. 🇦🇪UAE 149,830
5. 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago 106,747
6. 🇰🇼Kuwait 106,648
7. 🇳🇴Norway 101,032
8. 🇨🇦Canada 99,916

🌍 World 21,394
source: OurWorldInData
January 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Giant sequoias grow to an average height of 50–85 m (164–279 ft) with trunk diameters ranging from 6–8 m (20–26 ft). The oldest specimens are estimated to be older than 3,200 years old
January 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Top Ten Leading Causes of Death in the U.S. for Ages 1-44 in 2022
January 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Topographic and Bathymetric map of Africa
December 28, 2024 at 3:19 PM
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A breathtaking view of the Vela Supernova Remnant, a vibrant nebula of gas filaments from a star explosion about 11,000 years ago!

(Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA / T.A. Rector, M. Zamani & D. de Martin)
December 27, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Number of objects launched into space in 2023

1. 🇺🇸USA 2,166
2. 🇬🇧UK 144
3. 🇨🇳China 128
4. 🇷🇺Russia 62
5. 🇯🇵Japan 11
6. 🇫🇷France 10
7. 🇮🇳India 6
8. 🇪🇺ESA 2
9. 🇩🇪Germany 2

source: ourworldindata.org/grapher/year...
Annual number of objects launched into space
This includes satellites, probes, landers, crewed spacecrafts, and space station flight elements launched into Earth orbit or beyond.
ourworldindata.org
December 28, 2024 at 3:12 PM
A nice illustration of global temperature evolution since 1880
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFGb...
Climate Spiral: 1880-2022 (Degrees Celsius)
YouTube video by NASA Climate Change
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Food supply per capita (kcal per day)

1. North America 3,587
2. Europe 3,456
3. South America 3,108
4. Oceania 3,087
5. Asia 2,927
6. Africa 2,573

source: ourworldindata.org/food-supply
Food Supply
How had the availability of food changed over time? How does food supply vary across the world today?
ourworldindata.org
December 28, 2024 at 1:50 PM
World cobalt production in 2023
𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴 (% 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭)

1.🇨🇩DRC 170,000 (74%)
2.🇮🇩Indonesia 17,000 (7%)
3.🇷🇺Russia 8,800 (4%)
4.🇦🇺Australia 4,600 (2%)
5.🇲🇬Madagascar 4,000 (2%)
6.🇵🇭Philippines 3,800 (2%)
7.🇨🇺Cuba 3,200 (1%)
8.🇳🇨New Caledonia 3,000 (1%)
December 28, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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Breaking News: Homelessness in the U.S. hit a record level in 2024, driven by a surge in migrants, a housing crisis and an end to pandemic-era measures. nyti.ms/3PdWGAl
December 27, 2024 at 6:37 PM
The cost of Education: In the US the governments spends about $285,000 to train a student from kindergarten to a Bachelor's degree level
December 28, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Median home price in the US has reached $412,000, equivalent to 9.5 times the median annual salary.
t.co/xnVmdWowSy
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/mortgages/real-estate/median-home-prices-by-state/
t.co
December 28, 2024 at 8:52 AM