Facts & Trends

Percentage of U.S. children in 1960 who lived in households headed by heterosexuals in their first marriage: 73 Who do today: 46 ...

Yearly odds of an adult being hit by lightning: 1 in 1 million ...

From 2000 to 2013, advertising revenue for America's newspapers fell $40 billion—from $63.5 billion to $23 billion, according to a new report by the Brookings Foundation. At the same time, Google's ad revenue has soared to $57.9 billion ...

"When women are depressed, they either eat or go shopping.  Men invade another country." - Elayne Boosler ...

The Pew Research Center asked people in 40 countries if it was necessary to believe in God to be moral. Here is a sample of those who said it was: 95% - Egypt 86% - Brazil 53% - U.S. 14% - ...

Percentage of the world's 25 largest news organizations that have been targeted by state-backed hackers: 84 ...

Save the Children ranked 72 developing countries by the strength of their health systems and found that many fell below the nations worst hit by Ebola. Here are the five most vulnerable: 1 - Somalia 2 - Chad 3 - ...

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! museum is already home to an artist’s rendition of da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” made from burned toast, and now comes a recent version by Laura Bell of Roscommon, MI — da Vinci’s masterpiece made ...

As diabetes rates rise worldwide, so does the illegal trade in human kidneys.The World Health Organization estimates that 10,000 black-market operations a year are being performed in places like China, Pakistan, and India, as doctors transplant kidneys purchased from poor ...

The top 20 percent of taxpayers—those earning $134,300 or more—account for about 84 percent of all federal income tax revenue.  When you include all federal taxes, including those on Social Security and Medicare, the top quintile's share drops to 67 ...