20,000 – Number of hours of work spent by author James Joyce on his epic novel “Ulysses” 5 minutes – the amount of time
Quotes
Sigmund Freud to his 17 year old nephew, who had refused the offer of a cigarette
My boy, smoking is one of the greatest and cheapest enjoyments in life. and if you decide in advance not to smoke, I can
Number of African children who died due to fake or contaminated antimalarial drugs
In 2013- 1220,000 children under age 5 in 39 sub-Saharan countries according to a World Heath org study.
Number of Kenyans lifted out of extreme poverty by mobile banking
194,000 between 2008-2014, according to study by economists at MIT and Georgetown University. in large part because money can be very cheaply transferred across
number of deaths in US from opioids – heroin, fentanyl, and oxycodone
Roads in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Friedrich Schiller
We have failed to recognize our great asset: time. A conscientious use of it could make us into something quite amazing.
in 2015 more people in America watched the 2015 FIFA women’s finals than the final games of the world series, the NBA championship or
Frank Lloyd Wright
More than one third of his total executed work was done in the last nine years of his life. (He died at 91)
271 – 2016 deaths from commercial plane crashes worldwide 1.3 million road crashes 9730 projection for 2017 skin cancer deaths in America.