Years from 1972 to 2022 that Republicans have controlled the presidency:
29
Years from 1972 to 2022 that Democrats have controlled the presidency:
22
Number of Supreme Court justices appointed by Republican presidents in that time:
12
Number of justices appointed by Democratic presidents:
5[]
Number of people who have served as Supreme Court justices in U.S. history:
116[]
Number of justices who have been Constitutional originalists (i.e., believe the Constitution should be interpreted as it would have been at the time it was drafted):
6[]
Number of those justices currently serving on the Supreme Court:
5[]
Number of incarcerated workers in the United States prison system:
Almost 800,000
Share of these workers who say they will face punishment, including solitary confinement and loss of family visitation, if they refuse to work:
76%
Average hourly wage range of incarcerated workers:
13鈥52 cents
Share of this wage taken by prisons to cover fines, taxes, restitution, and other fees:
Up to 80%
Value of goods and services generated by incarcerated workers:
Over $11 billion per year[]
Number of the 100 largest American private defense contractors that profit from incarcerated workers:
37
Share of the 25 largest American arms manufacturers that profit from incarcerated workers:
64%[]
Total CO2 emissions from the U.S. military in 2017:
23,367 kilotons
Rank of the U.S. military for highest CO2 emissions, compared to the world鈥檚 nations in 2014:
45[]
Percent of toxic air spider plants can remove from a small sealed chamber in 24 hours:
95
Square feet of space from which peace lilies can remove toxins:
Up to 100[]
Increase in productivity measured in offices with indoor plants:
Up to 15%[]
Share of respondents in a 2021 poll who said houseplants supported their mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic:
57%[]
Typical age at which a human child can solve an 鈥淎esop鈥檚 Fable paradigm,鈥 which involves dropping stones into a tube filled with water until a piece of food floating in the water becomes accessible:
7
Number of non-human animals found to be capable of solving this challenge:
3 (rook, Eurasian jay, New Caledonian crow) []
Approximate number of neurons found in crow brains:
1.5 billion (similar to some monkeys) []
Number of animals found in a recent study to possess indicators of self-awareness and consciousness despite not having a cerebral cortex: