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Tesla is the first US car manufacturer to mass-produce vehicles without going into bankruptcy in the past 100 years (and now has a larger market cap than the next six largest automakers combined).
While Jews are a small population, they are 10% of billionaires, and 25% of democratic party donor capital, so they materially influence leftist institutions.
Wild stat: Finland has 3.3 million saunas for a population of 5.6 million (a sauna for every two people).
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.”
"Past the top 100 books, the numbers are dire. The average book sells 200 copies. An average "bestseller" sells about 2,000 copies."
~@JasonColavito
this guy is worth $110 bn dollars
Why is life expectancy so long in Hong Kong? Life expectancy in Hong Kong is 84.23 years, more than five years longer than the US and the highest in the world. Hong Kong is not that wealthy (median household income is $38,000 USD); it’s somewhat polluted; people don’t obviously eat what seems like a healthy diet; and they don’t seem to exercise a g... See more
Tyler Cowen • Work on these things - Marginal REVOLUTION
I learned more about why women living in the same space have menstrual synchronization: it speaks to our physiology; humans give off particles, absorbed by those around us (interesting how this works with stress and cortisol too)- The sex steroid hormones leak out of our sweat and through our particles, other women around us frequently can absorb t... See more
I don’t know who needs to hear this but… Craigslist has being running for the last 20+ years with a team of ~50 people.