The Number of Ants in the World

August 25, 2011

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It has been estimated that the total ant population is around 10 quadrillion, or 10,000,000,000,000,000. That’s a lot of ants. It’s more than 1.4 million ants for every person. [click to continue…]

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The Number of Facebook Users

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Facebook claims to have over 750 million active users. That’s three quarters of a billion. That’s almost 11% of the entire human population. If it were a country, it would be the third largest.

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The United States Debt Part 2

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At the moment of writing this post, the United State’s National Debt is at 14,636,651,815,998 dollars.

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The 10 Highest-Grossing Films Ever

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The 10 highest-grossing films, or the films that earned the most money, are as follows: Avatar, Titanic, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Toy Story 3, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger [...]

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The Most Expensive Painting Ever Sold

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No. 5, 1948, painted by Jackson Pollock, is the painting with the highest price tag, selling for 140 million dollars. This blog isn’t a place to debate the artistic value of abstract expressionism. It’s a place to analyze the monetary value of the painting, because that is a solid, undebatable number. 140 million dollars.

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