Facts

If you were to compress Earth’s existence into a 24-hour day, life would first appear at 4:00am, plants would first appear at 10:00pm, dinosaurs from about 11:00pm-11:40pm, and humans emerge at 11:59pm

Surprising but True — Quarter Mile

62% of personal bankruptcies in the US are caused by medical debt.

Surprising but True — Quarter Mile

100 companies are responsible for 71% of global carbon emissions.

Surprising but True — Quarter Mile

Disney is the second largest buyer of explosives in the US (~$50m annually) after the Department of Defense (fireworks).

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$81.5bn of Warren Buffet’s $84.5bn net worth came after his 65th birthday. Berkshire Hathaway has owned 400-500 stocks over its lifetime, ~90% of their returns came from 10 stocks.

Surprising but True — Quarter Mile

Only 60 of the 500 "Fortune 500" firms from 1955 remain.

Surprising but True — Quarter Mile

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