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 by Republican presidents in that time:

12

Number of justices appointed by Democratic presidents:

5 ^[1]

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Number of people who have served as Supreme Court justices in U.S. history:

116 ^[2]

Number of justices who have been Constitutional originalists (i.e., believe the Constitution should be interpreted as it would have been at the time it was drafted):

6 ^[3]

Number of those justices currently serving on the Supreme Court:

5 ^[4]

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Number of incarcerated workers in the United States prison system:

Almost 800,000

Share of these workers who say they will face punishment, including solitary confinement and loss of family visitation, if they refuse to work:

76%

Average hourly wage range of incarcerated workers:

13–52 cents

Share of this wage taken by prisons to cover fines, taxes, restitution, and other fees:

Up to 80%

Value of goods and services generated by incarcerated workers:

Over $11 billion per year ^[5]

Number of the 100 largest American private defense contractors that profit from incarcerated workers:

37

Share of the 25 largest American arms manufacturers that profit from incarcerated workers:

64% ^[6]

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Total CO2 emissions from the U.S. military in 2017:

23,367 kilotons

Rank of the U.S. military for highest CO2 emissions, compared to the world’s nations in 2014:

45 ^[7]

Percent of toxic air spider plants can remove from a small sealed chamber in 24 hours:

95

Square feet of space from which peace lilies can remove toxins:

Up to 100 ^[8]

Increase in productivity measured in offices with indoor plants:

Up to 15% ^[9]

Share of respondents in a 2021 poll who said houseplants supported their mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic:

57% ^[10]

Typical age at which a human child can solve an “Aesop’s Fable paradigm,” which involves dropping stones into a tube filled with water until a piece of food floating in the water becomes accessible:

7

Number of non-human animals found to be capable of solving this challenge:

3 (rook, Eurasian jay, New Caledonian crow) ^[11]

Approximate number of neurons found in crow brains:

1.5 billion (similar to some monkeys) ^[12]

Number of animals found in a recent study to possess indicators of self-awareness and consciousness despite not having a cerebral cortex:

1 (crows) ^[13]

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1. U.S. Supreme Court. 2. U.S. Supreme Court. 3. ACLU, via Democracy Now! 4. ACLU, via The Washington Post. 5. ACLU. 6. Mint Press News. 7. Royal Geographical Society. 8. NASA, via New York Post. 9. University of Exeter, via ScienceDaily. 10. Wonder. 11. PLOS One. 12. Smithsonian. 13. University of Tübingen, via Science.