Hard to Empathize with Numbers

Over the past few weeks, I have been tweeting out statistics that I find hard to fully digest.

1/ hard to empathize with numbers

Genghis Khan killed 40 million people
— Jordan Gonen (@jrdngonen) September 18, 2018

11% of Americans do not use internet
— Jordan Gonen (@jrdngonen) September 18, 2018

wheeled luggage was invented in 1972
— Jordan Gonen (@jrdngonen) September 18, 2018

Only 60 "Fortune 500" firms from 1955 remain
— Jordan Gonen (@jrdngonen) September 18, 2018

LA drivers spend 100+ hours a year in a car
— Jordan Gonen (@jrdngonen) September 18, 2018

Pet food accounts for more than 25 percent of meat consumption in the U.S
— Jordan Gonen (@jrdngonen) September 22, 2018

New F-35 Helmets Cost $400,000 to Produce
— Jordan Gonen (@jrdngonen) September 23, 2018

Pandora has 15 million more users than Spotify in the US
— Jordan Gonen (@jrdngonen) September 23, 2018

53,000 people visit Disney World in Orlando per day
— Jordan Gonen (@jrdngonen) October 3, 2018

27.4% of land in the US is gov't owned
— Jordan Gonen (@jrdngonen) October 11, 2018

1900 world average lifespan: 31

2014 world average lifespan: 71.5
— Jordan Gonen (@jrdngonen) October 11, 2018

10,000+ planes in the sky at any given moment
— Jordan Gonen (@jrdngonen) October 11, 2018

Which surprises you the most?

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