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
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Number of United Nations members that have failed to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: 14 (including the United States) Member states that have failed to
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Approximate maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 live births) for Russia, Uruguay, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia in 2017: 17 1 Maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 live births) for Egypt and
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Number of weeks of federally mandated paid parental leave in U.S.: 0 1 Rank of the U.S. among 41 advanced countries surveyed in amount of paid parental leave: 41 Average
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Years it took for the human population to grow from 1 billion to 2 billion: 123. Years it took to grow from 6 billion to 7 billion: 12
Godwit photo by Frankzed
Miles flown by a bar-tailed godwit in the longest nonstop bird migration ever recorded: 7,200. Miles flown in the world’s longest nonstop, non-refueled helicopter flight: 2,213.
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