General Info

World Population

7,635,771,615

TOP 10 MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES (July 1, 2019)

How Many Languages Are There in the World? Over 7,000

The top 12 most spoken languages in the world

• English (983 million speakers)
• Mandarin Chinese (1.1 billion speakers)
• Hindi (615 million speakers)
• Spanish (534 million speakers)
• Arabic (422 million speakers)
• Bangla/Bengali (265 million speakers)
• Russian (258 million speakers)
• Portuguese (234 million speakers)
• Indonesian (199 million speakers)
• Urdu (170 million speakers)  
• German (132 million speakers)

*World Languages Detailed Here*

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What powers does a City Mayor have?

The mayor is the chief executive officer, centralizing executive power. The mayor directs the administrative structure, appointing and removing of department heads. While the council has legislative power, the mayor has veto power. The council does not oversee daily operations.

What powers does a state Governor have?

The governor heads the government’s executive branch in each state or territory and, depending on the individual jurisdiction, may have considerable control over government budgeting, the power of appointment of many officials (including many judges), and a considerable role in legislation.

USA has 5% of the population & 25% prisoners

2.2 million people The United States leads the world in incarceration. A new report explores why — and offers recommendations for fixing the system. While the United States has only 5 percent of the world’s population, it has nearly 25 percent of its prisoners — about 2.2 million people.

What are their real names?

Vin Diesel = Mark Sinclair

Tom Cruise = Thomas Cruise Mapother IV

Snoop Dogg = Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr

Joaquin Pheonix = Joaquín Rafael Bottom

Elton John = Reginald Kenneth Dwight

Bruno Mars = Peter Gene Hernandez

Natalie Portman = Neta-Lee Hershlag

Jamie Foxx = Eric Marlon Bishop 

Rihanna = Robyn Rihanna Fenty

Nicki Minaj = Onika Tanya Maraj

Health

Which vitamins are not produced by the body? Humans cannot synthesize vitamins A, B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B5 (pantothenic acid), B6 (pyridoxine), B7 (biotin), B9 (folate), B12 (cobalamin), E and K but are able to synthesize some vitamin B3 (niacin) and D.

10 foods they say are “brain-health powerhouses.”

1. Dark chocolate (with at least 85% cocoa)
2. Turmeric
3. Kale
4. Sweet potatoes
5. Berries (blackberry, blueberry, cranberry, raspberry, strawberry)
6. Garbanzo beans
7. Walnuts
8. Fish with omega-3 fatty acids (mackerel, lake trout, herring, wild salmon)
9. Red wine
10. Green tea

What to Know About the Coronavirus Vaccines

What’s in (some) Vaccines:

Evergreen Flu Shot Ingredients: The Preservatives and Additives

• The Ingredient: Aluminum Salts. In: Most vaccines. …
• The Ingredient: Sugar or gelatin. In: Most vaccines. …
• The Ingredient: Formaldehyde. In: Most vaccines. …
• The Ingredient: Antibiotics. …
• The Ingredient: Thimerosal. …
• The Ingredient: Egg proteins. …
• Cell-Based. …
• Recombinant.

Symptoms of Coronavirus

• Fever or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
• New loss of taste or smell
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea

What you need to know

Anyone can have mild to severe symptoms. Older adults and people who have severe underlying medical conditions like heart or lung disease or diabetes seem to be at higher risk for developing more serious complications from COVID-19 illness.

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Planet Earth is spinning (24,000 mi/24 hrs = 1,000 mph) We are some 93 million miles from the Sun and additionally traveling some 583 million miles around the Sun in 365 days.

Common Facts

The United States has one of the world’s wealthiest and most diversified economies. President Donald Trump fulfilled his campaign pledge to reduce burdensome regulations and signed a major tax reform bill into law at the end of 2017, but he also adopted protectionist trade policies.

Unemployment Rate Falls to Lowest Level in Nearly 50 Years; U.S. Economy Adds 263,000

United States

U.S. Nominal GDP: $21.44 trillionU.S. GDP (PPP): $21.44 trillion

The U.S. has retained its position of being the world’s largest economy since 1871. The size of the U.S. economy was at $20.58 trillion in 2018 in nominal terms and is expected to reach $22.32 trillion in 2020. The U.S. is often dubbed as an economic superpower and that’s because the economy constitutes almost a quarter of the global economy, backed by advanced infrastructure, technology, and an abundance of natural resources. Domestic Product (GDP) Gross entire year is the total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific time period. … In the United States.

H1N1 (Swine Flu 2009) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that swine flu infected nearly 61 million people in the United States and caused 12,469 deaths. Worldwide, up to 575,400 people died from the pandemic swine flu.

How many people are born and how many people die every minute on our planet Earth?

According to the Population Reference Bureau’s “2010 World Population Data Sheet” (28-Jul-2010), 4.45 people are born every second worldwide, on the average, and 1.8 people die every second.

Another way to look at it is: Per minute: 267 born, 108 die, (net population increase: 159)

Per day: 384 thousand born, 156 thousand die, (net increase 229 thousand) Per year: 140.4 million born, 56.7 million die, (net increase 83.6 million)

Travel Stuff

Open Source News

Covid Relief Bill 2021

Are we becoming a “High Tech 3rd World Country” or just a “Run of the mill High Tech banana republic nation?” Enquiring minds need to know or not??

Here are a few of the physicians and their eponymous ailments:

• Crohn’s disease. …
• Salmonellosis. …
• Parkinson’s disease. …
• Huntington’s disease. …
• Alzheimer’s disease. …
• Tourette syndrome. …
• Hodgkin’s lymphoma. …
• Bright’s disease.

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Where did Venezuela go wrong?

*THIS DAY IN HISTORY*

How many countries you ask?

There are 195 countries in the world today. This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.

Science Section

Speed of Earth’s Rotation. Earth is the third planet from the sun and most dense among all. It is the only planet known to support life on it. We also call it a blue planet. Circumference of the earth is 40,232km, its area is 510 million sq. Km and its distance from the sun about 149 million km.

Openly gay appellate judge appointed by President Donald Trump and the first of Filipino descent to join the Ninth Circuit Court.

Inconvenient Truth About the Democratic Party