You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 2 television episodes about Amish murder victims In the criminal justice television show system, plagiarism based offenses are considered especially heinous. On Tumblr, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious appropriations are members of an elite squad known as the Procedural […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 32 percent That’s the incline grade of Baxter street in Los Angeles, making it the third steepest street in L.A. and one of the 10 steepest streets in the United States. This isn’t an issue for locals, who know to take […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 20 percent Percentage of renters who have no interest in owning a home, according to the latest from a semiannual Freddie Mac survey. That’s up from 13 percent in 2016. Personally, I’m still feeling pretty burned by the crushing debt of […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 5.1 percent Tesla has had a rough few days. On Friday, the company acknowledged that its self-driving mode was engaged during a recent fatal crash involving one of the company’s Model X vehicles. On Sunday, a government board said Tesla mishandled […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 1 space station A defunct Chinese space station that had been hurtling towards Earth “landed” Sunday. Tiangong-1 burned up during re-entry and the debris landed in an uninhabited part of the ocean. [CNN] 23 percent “Black Panther” was responsible for a […]