fun facts
The first digital ad was displayed in 1994 on hotwired.com — the ad had a click-through rate of 44%, compared to an average of 0.46% for online display ads last year.
sari added 6mo ago
- Ages of the Founding Fathers on July 4, 1776 James Monroe, 18 Aaron Burr, 20 Alexander Hamilton, 21 James Madison, 25 Thomas Jefferson, 33 John Adams, 40 Paul Revere, 41 George Washington, 44 Now check the ages of our three branches of government in 2024...
andrea added 6mo ago
- In 2004, with the introduction of automated traffic lights, New York City disabled most of its 3,250 crosswalk buttons (it was cheaper than removing them), but pedestrians continue to press them, under the illusion that it changes the light so they can cross.”
andrea added 6mo ago
- One of my favorite business stats today is that Tesla has never spent money on advertising.
sari added 6mo ago
On-demand audio listening time (think podcasts) crossed linear audio listening (think radio) for the first time in 2023.
phoebe added 7mo ago
Target think they will lose $500m of profit from theft in 2023, known in retail parlance as “shrinkage”. [MarketWatch]
phoebe added 7mo ago
“37 percent of the world’s population, 2.9 billion people, have never used the Internet.“
phoebe added 7mo ago
sari added 7mo ago
- "Past the top 100 books, the numbers are dire. The average book sells 200 copies. An average "bestseller" sells about 2,000 copies." ~@JasonColavito
andrea added 7mo ago
Wild stat: Finland has 3.3 million saunas for a population of 5.6 million (a sauna for every two people).
Alara added 7mo ago