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Share of U.S. adults who 鈥渓ack proficiency in literacy,鈥� reading below the sixth-grade level:
52% [1]
Share of adults with the lowest literacy levels who live in poverty:
43% [2]
Share of 12th-grade students who achieved 鈥減roficient鈥� or higher in reading performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress in 2015:
37% [3]
Student score difference between low-poverty schools and high-poverty schools:
32 points
Official 2020 U.S. poverty rate:
11.4% [4]
Poverty rate according to the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), which incorporates government assistance:
9.1%
Times the SPM rate has been lower than the official measure prior to 2020:
0
2020 SPM rate without government stimulus checks during the COVID-19 pandemic:
12.7%
Championships currently considered to be the most prestigious titles in World Wrestling Entertainment:
9 [5]
Wrestlers who have won these titles in 2021:
34 [6]
Number of these wrestlers who are BIPOC:
22
Black wrestlers who held the WWE World Championship from 1963 to 2019:
1 [7] Dwayne 鈥淭he Rock鈥� Johnson, 1998
Black wrestlers who have held the WWE World Championship from 2019 to 2021:
3 [8]
Total construction time of the Panama Canal:
10 years [9]
Total construction time of the Taj Mahal:
17 years [10]
Time it鈥檚 taken George R. R. Martin to publish the A Song of Ice and Fire book series (the source material for Game of Thrones):
25 years (and counting) [11]
Estimated number of eukaryotic species (species with complex cells) on Earth:
8.7 million
Eukaryotic species that have been catalogued by humans:
1.2 million [12]
Decrease in wildlife population sizes from 1970 to 2016:
68% [13]
Share of the world鈥檚 remaining biodiversity safeguarded by Indigenous peoples:
80% [14]
Share of the global land mass customarily managed by Indigenous peoples:
无码视频 than 50%
Share of the global land mass legally owned by Indigenous peoples:
10%
According to surveys of 1,388 heterosexual women, change in the number of women likely to casually date a man based on whether or not he鈥檚 pictured holding a cat:
鈥�2.8%
Change in the number of women willing to consider a long-term relationship with a man based on whether or not he鈥檚 pictured holding a cat:
鈥�2.6% [15]
Share of American women who own a cat:
33%
Share of American men who own a cat:
37% [16]
Sources: [1] . [2] . [3] . [4] . [5] . [6] . [7] . [8] . [9] . [10] . [11] . [12] . [13] . [14] . [15] . [16] .
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Miles Schneiderman
is a freelance writer, podcaster, fact-checker, and media producer. His work can be found on www.mjschneiderman.com
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