The first Academy Award ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, and the very first Oscar was presented to actor Emil Jannings. The silent-movie star was actually the runner-up in the leading role category, second to celebrity dog Rin Tin Tin who had picked up more votes but was denied the award by an embarrassed academy. The Independent, January 14, 2020
From 1993 to 2013, Russia eliminated 500 tons of weapons-grade uranium while providing 7 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity to the United States. During that period, roughly 10% of all electricity in the U.S. came from disassembled Russian nuclear warheads. BusinessInsider, February 20, 2015
On average, American doctors give their patients an average of 11 seconds to describe their issues before interrupting them. Study Finds, February 2, 2022
In the previous eight rate-hiking cycles, the S&P 500 was higher one year after the first increase every single time. The average gain during those periods — 10.8%. Yahoo!news, March 14, 2022
The gun laws in Tombstone, Arizona are less strict today than they were at the time of the OK Corral. The Smithsonian, February 5, 2018
During the 1950s, people used twice as much oil as during the 1940s. During the 1960s. we used twice as much as during the 1950s. And in each of those decades, more oil was consumed than in all of man’s previous history combined. Transcript of President Carters Address to the Nation. New York Times, April 19, 1977
“My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all of their fingers.” President Jimmy Carter
