You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 2 words Number of words that most of earth has for “tea,” the other being “chai.” Talk to essentially any human and say those two words and they’ll catch your meaning. The universal nature of those two words is partially due […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 6 trains per hour There are two 107-year-old train tunnels connecting Penn Station in New York to New Jersey. Right now, Amtrak and New Jersey Transit can run 24 trains an hour through those tunnels. Those two tunnels are decaying, and […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 13 districts That’s the number of congressional districts in the state of North Carolina, of which 10 seats are held by Republicans. This is a striking majority given the actual apparent lean of the state — President Trump took only 49.8 […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 2 candidates Republicans in New York appear to be in a moderately dire position. In one week, they’ve lost two gubernatorial candidates to run against Andrew Cuomo and are searching for an answer. Some free advice to the local GOP: If […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 29 percent Travis Kalanick, the former CEO of Uber, will sell about 29 percent of his stake in the company to SoftBank for about $1.4 billion. Kalanick owns about 10 percent of Uber. [Bloomberg] 525 titles The Weinstein Company is nearing […]