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
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
Share of women receiving an abortion in 2014 whose income was near or below the federal poverty level: 75% [1] Average cost of having a baby in the United States:
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%
Americans who completely or mostly believe the central tenets of the QAnon conspiracy theory (that the United States is run by Satanic pedophiles, a coming political storm will restore Donald Trump
NBA championships won by LeBron James after 17 seasons: 4 [1] WNBA championships won by Sue Bird after 17 seasons: 4 [2] Olympic gold medals won by James: 2 [3]
Percentage of interactions with trans-related Facebook content by right-leaning sources that push anti-trans narratives, such as exaggerating the rate of de-transition: 65.7% 1 Number of Twitter 鈥渓ikes鈥 on J.K. Rowling鈥檚
Number of Senate votes needed to remove an impeached justice from the Supreme Court: 671 Number of times an impeached Supreme Court justice has been successfully removed: 02 Number of
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
Decrease in U.S. death row population, Jan. 1, 2000 to Jan. 1, 2020: 28.8%1, 2 Decrease in annual U.S. executions, 1999 to 2019: 77.6%2 Number of U.S. jurisdictions that have
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
Total cost of Social Security in 2013: $823 billion
Total income of Social Security in 2013: $855 billion
Current accumulated surplus reserve of Social Security: $2.8 trillion (1)
Meanwhile, more Americans got insured, the oceans continued to become more acidic, and the world鈥檚 largest collection of rubber ducks grew at a rapid pace.
Miles flown by a bar-tailed godwit in the longest nonstop bird migration ever recorded: 7,200. Miles flown in the world鈥檚 longest nonstop, non-refueled helicopter flight: 2,213.
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