Fun Facts
Geography
- The Moon is 3/4th the width of the mainland US
- Chile is as long as the mainland US is wide
- The easternmost point of Brazil is closer to Africa than it is to the westernmost point of Brazil.
Electric Fact (2024)
Bihar electricity consumption ~ 8 GW
Delhi electricity consumption ~ 9 GW
Bihar pop. ~ 4x Delhi
via PK
NYC population ~ 9M. Electricity consumption ~ 55GW
Limited Arrests (2022/2024)
Arrest per officer per year in Chicago ~ 4
Total Chicago PD officers ~ 11k (see here)
Total arrests per year ~ 48k (see here)
Jens has a figure of 3 from 2022
Eastern European Male-Female Median Age Differences (2023/2020)
The Learners
"Yadav graduated from Vikram University with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree. He further pursued his academic interests and completed LLB, Master of Arts (MA), Master of Business Administration (MBA), and Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) degrees from the same university." — Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
"In 2021, Mandavia obtained a Ph.D. in political science from Gujarat Institute of Development Research." — Mansukh Mandaviya was an MP and minister of state in the central government in India while getting his Ph.D. during the COVID pandemic.
Player
"Anurag Thakur played a Ranji Trophy match against Jammu & Kashmir in November 2000 when he was the president of HPCA.[22] He has played one match in first-class cricket representing Himachal Pradesh and leading the team as captain in a match against Jammu and Kashmir in the 2000/2001 season. Jammu and Kashmir won by 4 wickets.[23] He "picked himself" for the match so as to fulfill the BCCI criterion (which requires state administrators to have at least one first-class match experience) for becoming a selector at the state level.[24] After the match, he appointed himself as the chairman of selectors of HPCA Ranji trophy cricket team." — Cabinet minister, MP, BCCI President, BJP Himachal Pradesh leader, Anurag Thakur