You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 30 kilograms of trash A dead, 10-meter long sperm whale was found off the coast of Spain with 30 kilograms of trash in its stomach, and good golly gosh do we really need to get CSI on this? I’m going to […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. At least 9 lawsuits Since President Trump took office, his companies have filed at least nine new lawsuits against municipalities arguing for lower tax bills. (Almost every part of that sentence is unprecedented for the modern presidency.) [ProPublica] +11 percentage points […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 1 mummified monkey The renovation of an old Dayton’s department store in Minneapolis went awry when workers found a mummified monkey in an air duct on the seventh floor of the building. It turns out that, according to someone who knew […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 10 women Only 10 women have given birth while serving in Congress; Sen. Tammy Duckworth became the first sitting senator to have a baby on Monday, when she welcomed a daughter, Maile Pearl Bowlsbey, into the world. [Chicago Sun Times] 25 […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 100,000 teenagers Number of Californians under the age of 18 who have pre-registered to vote as part of an effort that allows 16- and 17- year olds to sign up to have their registration kick in automatically when they turn 18. […]