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319 sincere fact claims from 2013; 179 come with figures. Each figure is shown as said, with what it measures, who it counts (for) and where it applies (in) when recorded (said, or clear from the context), its as-of date, the source the speaker gives (if any) and the extraction-time check. Where no as-of date was said, the one shown is implied (the date said in the video, else the upload date); relative dates such as "last year" keep their words and are resolved against that same date. "Unchecked" means nobody has checked it yet, not that it is wrong. Back to the overview.

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World affairs (51)

  • 2013-04-05 · North Korea: Explained — Hank says North Korea's missiles can't reach him, but could reach South Korea, Japan or even Guam. (00:00:19)
  • 2013-04-05 · North Korea: Explained — Hank says North Korea has used crazy threats for over 50 years; the current ones are extra crazy but the pattern is normal. (00:00:32)
    • over 50 (years) — duration of North Korea's use of threats · for North Korea · as of 2013-04-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-04-05 · North Korea: Explained — Hank's first reason for the escalation: recent UN sanctions anger North Korea, especially because China, its only ally, supports them. (00:00:48)
  • 2013-04-05 · North Korea: Explained — Hank says South Korea just got a new president, and North Korea tests each new South Korean president by acting crazy. (00:00:56)
  • 2013-04-05 · North Korea: Explained — Hank says yearly joint US–South Korea military exercises always raise North Korea's rhetoric. (00:01:02)
  • 2013-04-05 · North Korea: Explained — Hank says North Korea's biggest threat is to its own malnourished people; the average North Korean child is five inches shorter than the average South Korean child. (00:01:28)
    • 5 (inches) — height difference, average North Korean vs South Korean child · for children · in North Korea / South Korea · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-04-05 · North Korea: Explained — Hank says people easily declared enemies of the state go to concentration camps with their whole families, where generations live and die, some because grandparents sympathised with the South in the Korean War. (00:01:39)
    • Three (generations) — generations held in North Korean concentration camps · for prisoners' families · in North Korea · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-04-05 · North Korea: Explained — Hank says North Korea hates the US first because the US supported South Korea in the Korean War, which defines North Korea, and remains its strongest military ally. (00:02:31)
  • 2013-04-09 · Inside North Korea — John says Shin Dong-hyuk is the only person ever known to have escaped Camp 14, which is thought to be the worst camp for North Korean political prisoners. (00:00:16)
    • the only person ever known to have escaped — number of people known to have escaped Camp 14 · for prisoners · in Camp 14, North Korea · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-04-09 · Inside North Korea — John says male life expectancy in Camp 14 is around 40, for those not executed. (00:00:24)
    • somewhere around 40 (years) — life expectancy · for male prisoners · in Camp 14, North Korea · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-04-09 · Inside North Korea — John cites a horrifying story from Camp 14: a six-year-old girl beaten to death for stealing five kernels of corn. (00:00:29)
    • six-year-old — age of a girl beaten to death · for prisoners · in Camp 14, North Korea · as of 2013-04-09 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • five (kernels of corn) — amount stolen · for prisoners · in Camp 14, North Korea · as of 2013-04-09 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-04-09 · Inside North Korea — John says at 14 Shin was held for eight months in solitary confinement where he could not stand up, and tortured every day. (00:00:40)
    • 14 (years) — Shin's age when imprisoned in solitary confinement · for Shin Dong-hyuk · as of 2013-04-09 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • eight (months) — duration of solitary confinement · for Shin Dong-hyuk · as of 2013-04-09 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-04-09 · Inside North Korea — John says Shin, born in the camp to a guard-arranged marriage, never ate a legal meal other than cabbage-and-corn gruel; with malnutrition universal, food is a key incentive. (00:00:46)
  • 2013-04-09 · Inside North Korea — John says that at 14 Shin turned his mother in after overhearing her talk of escape; she and his brother were executed, and Shin, who watched, felt it was appropriate. (00:01:16)
    • 14 (years) — Shin's age when he informed on his mother · for Shin Dong-hyuk · as of 2013-04-09 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-04-16 · Flags and Helpers — John says coordinated attacks near the Boston Marathon finish line killed at least two people and injured more than a hundred. (00:00:00)
    • at least two (people) — deaths in the Boston Marathon attacks · for people near the finish line · in Boston · as of 2013-04-16 · no source named · unchecked
    • more than a hundred (people) — injuries in the Boston Marathon attacks · for people near the finish line · in Boston · as of 2013-04-16 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-04-16 · Flags and Helpers — John says it is not yet known who was responsible for the marathon attack. (00:00:00)
  • 2013-04-16 · Flags and Helpers — John says the 96 flags along the route represent the nations of the Boston Marathon's runners. (00:00:58)
    • 96 (flags) — number of national flags along the race route (nations of the runners) · for Boston Marathon runners · in Boston · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-04-16 · Flags and Helpers — John says coordinated attacks in Iraq the day before killed dozens of people, and there were helpers. (00:01:27)
    • dozens (people) — deaths in coordinated attacks in Iraq · in Iraq · as of 2013-04-15 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-04-16 · Flags and Helpers — John says a tremendous earthquake struck the Iran-Pakistan border that morning, and there are helpers. (00:01:27)
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank thanks Mohktar Awad for spending a long time on the phone with him the day before, setting him straight on Egypt. (video description)
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank says four main groups hold power in Egypt: the old regime, the Muslim Brotherhood, the military, and young, disenfranchised, largely unemployed activists wanting a liberal Egypt. (00:00:10)
    • four (groups) — main power-holding groups in Egypt · in Egypt · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank says the old regime began when Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrew King Farouk, whom he calls sort of a puppet king of the British. — hedged: “sort of” (00:00:15)
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank describes the Muslim Brotherhood as a political, social and religious institution advocating Islamic-law Arab states, reached through hard work and politics rather than violence. (00:00:21)
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank notes other factions besides the four: a 10% Christian minority, a radical Islamist side, and secularists who are not disenfranchised youth. (00:00:44)
    • 10% (percent of population) — Christian share of the population · for Christians · in Egypt · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank says the Brotherhood was banned after a rogue member tried to assassinate Nasser in the 50s, thrived underground, and now has wealthy members who fund schools, orphanages and mosques. (00:00:56)
    • the 50s (decade) — time of the assassination attempt on Nasser that led to the Brotherhood ban · in Egypt · as of 2013-07-05 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank says Egypt's military owns much of the land, sells or leases it, runs conscript-staffed factories making gym equipment, refrigerators and Windex, and sells chickens and bottled water. (00:01:30)
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank says the military needn't grab power because it controls about 40% of the Egyptian economy, claims a sacred bond with the people, and is sometimes outside the law. — hedged: “apparently” (00:01:56)
    • 40% (percent of economy) — share of the Egyptian economy controlled by the military · in Egypt · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank says Mubarak's Europe-educated son returned with a banking degree wanting to overhaul military control of the economy, so the regime angered the Brotherhood, the youth and the military. (00:02:33)
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank says the internet ended Mubarak's 30 years of censorship; Arab Spring youth protested, the Brotherhood followed, the military declined to help, and Mubarak stepped down. (00:02:52)
    • 30 years — duration of Mubarak's censorship of Egypt · in Egypt · as of 2013-07-05 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank says after Mubarak's fall Islamists wanted immediate parliamentary elections, liberals wanted a constitution first, and the military, wanting stability, unusually sided with the Islamists. (00:03:13)
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank says the US also called for quick elections, which Islamists won with a majority of parliament, leaving revolutionaries feeling betrayed by the military and the US. (00:03:50)
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank says crime rose and police were largely disbanded while youth demanded a quick presidential election. — hedged: “kind of” (00:04:21)
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank says the presidential election's top two, Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi and an old-regime candidate, got 25 and 24 percent, while over 50% went to excluded liberal candidates. (00:04:30)
    • 25 (percent of the vote) — first-round vote share of the first-placed presidential candidate · in Egypt · as of 2013-07-05 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • 24 (percent of the vote) — first-round vote share of the second-placed presidential candidate · in Egypt · as of 2013-07-05 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank says more than 50% of the first-round vote was split between progressive or liberal candidates, who missed the runoff. (00:04:44)
    • more than 50% (percent of the vote) — first-round vote share of progressive or liberal candidates · in Egypt · as of 2013-07-05 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank says last November Morsi passed a decree basically saying the constitution didn't apply to things he said: 'another dictator'. — hedged: “basically” (00:05:28)
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank says young activists went door to door with a petition to take to the streets on June 30th; as many as 22 million signed, more than voted for Morsi. (00:05:39)
    • as many as 22 million (people) — signatures on the petition to protest on June 30th · in Egypt · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank says that instead of concessions Morsi gave a three-hour speech, and protesters took to the streets right after rather than waiting for June 30th. — hedged: “probably” (00:06:08)
    • 3 hour — length of Morsi's speech before the protests · in Egypt · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank says about 10 million people on the streets triggered the military's 'sacred bond', and it removed Morsi by force in a coup supported by a lot of people. — hedged: “Apparently” (00:06:28)
    • 10 million (people) — protesters on the streets across Egypt before the coup · in Egypt · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-07-05 · Egypt....Explained! — Hank says the head of the military did not install himself but made the head of the constitutional court interim president. (00:06:45)
  • 2013-09-13 · Syria in Five Minutes — Hank says Western powers, introducing nation-states to the world, drew Syria's borders around peoples with varying historical and social ties: Christians, Druze, Sunni Muslims and Alawites. (00:00:15)
  • 2013-09-13 · Syria in Five Minutes — Hank says that in the Cold War Russia took Syria as an ally and, through diplomacy and guns, helped the ostensibly socialist, Alawite-run Ba'ath Party, led by the current Assad's father, take control. (00:00:48)
  • 2013-09-13 · Syria in Five Minutes — Hank says Russia remains closely allied with Syria and relies on it for warm-water ports, which Russia lacks. (00:01:08)
  • 2013-09-13 · Syria in Five Minutes — Hank says that since the Ba'ath Party took over in 1970 Syria has become segregated: scholarships go to Alawi children, contracts to Alawi businesses, and some traffic lanes are for Alawites only. (00:01:16)
    • 1970 (year) — year the Ba'ath Party took power in Syria · in Syria · as of 2013-09-13 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-13 · Syria in Five Minutes — Hank says most Syrians are Sunni Muslim, the official Sunni view is that Alawites rejected Islam, and with about 40 years of repression this created sectarian tension that broke open in the Arab Spring. (00:01:30)
    • The majority (share of population) — share of Syrians who are Sunni Muslim · for population of Syria · in Syria · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • like 40 years — duration of repression of the Sunni majority under Alawite-led rule · for Sunni Muslims in Syria · in Syria · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-13 · Syria in Five Minutes — Hank says the Assad regime answered peaceful pro-democracy protests with jail, then killing; as protests turned violent, it tortured protesters' children and killed their families. (00:01:48)
  • 2013-09-13 · Syria in Five Minutes — Hank says a big part of the army defected to form the Free Syrian Army, and there are now many rebel groups wanting different things, some loving al-Qaeda and some democracy. (00:02:05)
  • 2013-09-13 · Syria in Five Minutes — Hank says Assad's forces have killed so many non-Alawite civilian and military leaders that it is unclear who would take over if he left. (00:02:41)
  • 2013-09-13 · Syria in Five Minutes — Hank says the conflict was long outside the international spotlight until chemical weapons; President Obama had said their use by Syria would cross a red line. (00:02:49)
  • 2013-09-13 · Syria in Five Minutes — Hank says it looks as if Assad's forces used chemical weapons; sarin was definitely used, and on the regime's enemies. — hedged: “it looks as if” (00:02:59)
  • 2013-09-13 · Syria in Five Minutes — Hank says Russia has a UN Security Council veto and has never let the UN act against Assad, its only Middle East ally and host of its warm-water ports. (00:03:20)
  • 2013-09-13 · Syria in Five Minutes — Hank says the Syrian civil war has displaced over two million people. (00:05:14)
    • over 2 million (people) — people displaced by the Syrian civil war · for Syrians · in Syria · as of 2013-09 · no source named · unchecked

US politics & society (49)

  • 2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? — In an inserted 'John from the future' update, John says he had assumed the House would also agree to the compromise but may have been overly optimistic. — hedged: “I may have been” (00:00:18)
  • 2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? — John says the last two years saw the least effective Congress since at least the 1850s: it passed only 219 bills, almost all naming federal buildings after war heroes. (00:00:30)
    • 219 (bills) — bills passed by the US Congress · in United States · as of last 2 years (to Jan 2013) · no source named · unchecked
    • the 1850's (decade) — last period with a Congress as ineffective as the current one · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? — John contrasts this with the famous 'Do-Nothing Congress' of the Harry Truman era, which passed more than 900 bills. (00:00:56)
    • more than 900 (bills) — bills passed by the Do-Nothing Congress · in United States · as of Truman era · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? — John explains that the Senate has two members per state elected for six years, while House members serve two-year terms and so are basically always campaigning. (00:01:20)
    • two (senators) — senators per state · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • 50 (states) — number of US states · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • 6-year — length of a Senate term · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • 2-year — length of a House term · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? — John says his Indianapolis congressman is Democrat Andre Carson while his across-the-street neighbour in the same zip code has Republican Dan Burton, because the district was redrawn to take in pricier houses expected to vote Republican. (00:01:45)
  • 2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? — Citing Nate Silver's analysis, John says the number of swing districts, where either party has about an equal chance, fell from 103 to 35 over the last 20 years. (00:02:05)
    • 103 (districts) — number of US congressional swing districts · in United States · as of 20 years before 2013 · source: Nate Silver · unchecked
    • 35 (districts) — number of US congressional swing districts · in United States · as of 2013 · source: Nate Silver · unchecked
  • 2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? — John says most districts are now 'landslide districts', at least 20% more Republican or Democratic than the country, so incumbents like Carson or Burton win general elections by about 30 points. (00:02:14)
    • at least 20% (percent) — partisan lean of a landslide district relative to the national population · for US congressional districts · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • like, 30 percentage points — typical general-election winning margin in a landslide district · in Indianapolis · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-03-12 · Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.) — John says Medicare, which offers inexpensive health care to older people, is more efficient and cheaper per person than private insurance, but still expensive because old people get sick a lot. (00:00:12)
  • 2013-03-12 · Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.) — John says Medicare and Medicaid (health care for the poorest) together are 23% of the federal budget, and Social Security another 22%. (00:00:25)
    • 23% (percent of federal budget) — share of US federal budget spent on Medicare and Medicaid · in United States · as of 2013-03-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 22% (percent of federal budget) — share of US federal budget spent on Social Security · in United States · as of 2013-03-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-03-12 · Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.) — John says these three programs are 45% of the budget (mandatory spending); other mandatory spending is 13% and debt interest 6%, 64% in total, leaving 36% discretionary spending allocated by Congress. (00:00:59)
    • 45% (percent of federal budget) — share of US federal budget spent on Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security · in United States · as of 2013-03-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 13% (percent of federal budget) — share of US federal budget in other mandatory spending · in United States · as of 2013-03-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 6% (percent of federal budget) — share of US federal budget spent on interest on the national debt · in United States · as of 2013-03-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 64% (percent of federal budget) — share of US federal budget that is mandatory spending plus interest · in United States · as of 2013-03-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 36% (percent of federal budget) — share of US federal budget that is discretionary spending · in United States · as of 2013-03-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-03-12 · Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.) — John says discretionary spending covers things from veterans' affairs, highways and NASA to science research and meat inspectors, but more than half of it goes to defense. (00:01:26)
    • more than half (share of discretionary spending) — share of US discretionary spending that goes to defense · in United States · as of 2013-03-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-03-12 · Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.) — John says the annual budget deficit is shrinking pretty fast and is probably not a concern at the moment. — hedged: “probably” (00:01:53)
  • 2013-03-12 · Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.) — John says the cost of Medicare and Medicaid will double over the next 30 years as the population ages and health costs rise, and Social Security costs will rise too. (00:02:03)
    • double (factor) — projected growth in cost of Medicare and Medicaid · in United States · as of over the next 30 years (resolved: 2013–2043, from the upload date 2013-03-12) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-03-12 · Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.) — John says in 2011 the US nearly defaulted, not because it could not pay but because Congress refused to raise the debt ceiling it was hitting because of its own budgets. (00:02:25)
    • 2011 (year) — year the US nearly defaulted over the debt ceiling · in United States · as of 2013-03-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-03-12 · Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.) — John says Congress then passed the Budget Control Act, raising the debt ceiling and creating a super-committee to reach a "grand bargain" on long-term fiscal problems. (00:02:59)
  • 2013-03-12 · Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.) — John says sequestration, originally proposed by President Obama, meant automatic cuts of $1.2 trillion over ten years if no deal: half defense, half other spending, very little to mandatory programs. (00:03:17)
    • 1.2 trillion dollars (USD) — automatic spending cuts under sequestration · in United States · as of over ten years · no source named · unchecked
    • half (share of cuts) — share of sequestration cuts falling on defense · in United States · as of 2013-03-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-03-12 · Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.) — John says everything the government does must be done about 8% less; in a similar 5% sequestration in 1991 federal employees were told to scrape 5% less bird poop off Chesapeake Bay buoys. (00:04:05)
    • 8% (percent) — across-the-board cut to each federal project, program and activity under the 2013 sequester · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • 5% (percent) — across-the-board cut under a sequestration · in United States · as of 1991 · no source named · unchecked
    • 1991 (year) — year of an earlier across-the-board sequestration · in United States · as of 2013-03-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-03-12 · Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.) — John says the sequester will cost between half a million and two million jobs, cutting them at random rather than because they are outdated or unnecessary. (00:04:39)
    • half a million (jobs) — jobs lost because of the sequester (low estimate) · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • two million (jobs) — jobs lost because of the sequester (high estimate) · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John cites the Commonwealth Fund's study of US health care prices and says some of the video's figures also come from a New York Times story. (video description)
  • 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says that, although free health care elsewhere is said to be paid for by higher taxes, the US spends more tax money per capita on health care than Germany, Australia, the UK or Canada. (00:00:08)
  • 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says only about 28% of Americans get health insurance through government-funded programs (mostly poor people, old people and congresspeople); most are privately insured through employers, and private spending is far higher than anywhere else. (00:00:39)
    • about 28% (percent) — share of Americans insured through government-funded programs · for Americans · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says the US spends about 18% of its GDP on health care, against 9% in Australia. (00:00:55)
    • about 18% (percent of GDP) — health care spending as a share of GDP · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • 9% (percent of GDP) — health care spending as a share of GDP · in Australia · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John compares prices: a hip replacement costs $13,000 in Belgium but often over $100,000 in the US; a colonoscopy over $1,100 in the US vs $655 in Switzerland; a month of Lipitor $124 in the US vs $7 in New Zealand. (00:01:20)
    • $13,000 (USD) — price of a hip replacement · in Belgium · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • over $100,000 (USD) — price of a hip replacement · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • over $1100 (USD) — average price of a colonoscopy · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • $655 (USD) — average price of a colonoscopy · in Switzerland · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • $124 (USD per month) — average price of a month of Lipitor · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • $7 (USD per month) — average price of a month of Lipitor · in New Zealand · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says the richer US spends not a little but a ton more and gets nothing for the extra money (like paying people to dig and refill holes): it ranks 33rd in life expectancy, and a nonpartisan study finds outcomes not notably superior. (00:01:40)
    • 33rd (rank) — life expectancy ranking among countries · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says overutilization is not the problem: Americans go to the doctor less than Europeans and spend much less time in hospitals, though seven nights in a Dutch hospital cost what one American night does. (00:02:13)
    • seven nights — nights in a Dutch hospital costing the same as one night in an American hospital · in Netherlands · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says the US has more obesity but fewer smokers and less alcohol consumption, so compared with the British or French it is probably a wash. — hedged: “probably” (00:02:47)
  • 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says defensive medicine adds tests, but tort-reform states like Texas saw costs drop only 0.1% on average; the biggest estimates put it at about $55 billion, only 2% of total costs. (00:03:48)
    • 0.1% (percent) — average drop in health care costs after tort reform · in US states with tort reform (e.g. Texas) · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • around 55 billion dollars (USD) — total cost of defensive medicine (biggest estimates) · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • 2% (percent) — defensive medicine as share of total health care costs · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says US doctors (and to a lesser extent nurses) are paid more than elsewhere, which by his possibly faulty math adds about $75 billion more than expected. — hedged: “by my possibly-faulty math” (00:04:23)
    • about 75 billion dollars (USD) — excess spending on doctor and nurse pay vs expected · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says insurance and administration (paperwork, marketing, negotiating) cost about $90 billion more than expected, and drugs about $100 billion more, because each pill costs more, not because Americans take more. (00:04:33)
    • about 90 billion dollars (USD) — excess spending on insurance and administration vs expected · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • about $100 billion (USD) — excess spending on drugs vs expected · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says the biggest item, inpatient and outpatient care lumped together, is $500 billion a year more than expected for the size of the US economy. (00:04:51)
    • $500 billion (USD per year) — excess spending on inpatient and outpatient care vs expected · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says that without centralized negotiation the US lacks leverage, and the one big exception, Medicare, not coincidentally always gets the lowest prices. (00:05:52)
  • 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John says that in the US the poorest 40% of Americans get less than 0.3% of the economic "pizza", which he calls problematic. (00:00:00)
    • less than .3% (percent) — share of the economy ("the pizza") held by the poorest 40% of Americans · for poorest 40% of Americans · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John says most Americans get health insurance through their employers; the vast majority of companies with more than 50 employees offer health plans. (00:00:58)
    • the vast majority (share of companies) — companies offering health insurance plans to employees · for US companies with more than 50 employees · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John says that outside big companies insurance can be hard to get at all, because insurers can deny coverage based on past health problems called pre-existing conditions. (00:00:58)
  • 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John says the Affordable Care Act entitles young people to stay on their parents' insurance until 26, and without that rule none of Henry's projects would have happened. (00:01:56)
    • 26 (years of age) — age until which young adults may stay on their parents' health insurance under the ACA · for young adults · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John says MinutePhysics and MinuteEarth have been watched hundreds of millions of times, making viewers smarter and enlarging the pizza. (00:01:56)
    • hundreds of millions of times (views) — total views of MinutePhysics and MinuteEarth · for MinutePhysics and MinuteEarth videos · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John says Montana's catastrophic coverage plan caps Hank's out-of-pocket costs at $10,000 a year; before that law Hank could get no insurance and risked a million-dollar bankrupting illness. (00:02:26)
    • $10,000 per year (US dollars per year) — out-of-pocket health expense cap under Montana catastrophic coverage · for Hank Green (people insured under the plan) · in Montana · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • a million-dollar (US dollars) — cost of a bankrupting illness or injury without insurance · for uninsured people · in Montana · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John says Hank's investments are responsible for dozens of jobs and a significant growth of the pizza. (00:03:24)
    • dozens of jobs — jobs created by Hank Green's ventures · for Hank Green's ventures · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John says that on January 1st, 2014, Henry will be eligible for coverage, like everyone else, through the Affordable Care Act. (00:04:22)
    • January 1st, 2014 (date) — date from which everyone becomes eligible for coverage through the ACA · for Americans, including people with pre-existing conditions · in United States · as of 2014 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John says the choice between career and health, lived by tens of millions of Americans, has inhibited innovation, prevented job creation and made the pizza smaller. (00:04:22)
    • tens of millions (people) — Americans facing a choice between their career and health insurance · for Americans · in United States · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-10-01 · The Lowdown on the Shutdown — Hank explains that America has two chambers of lawmakers that must agree for something to become law, and they approve the budget, the law that makes it legal for the government to spend money. (00:00:21)
  • 2013-10-01 · The Lowdown on the Shutdown — Hank says Congress handles the president's budget like any other bill, often so slowly that it must pass a continuing resolution keeping the old budget for a few more weeks; these are usually easy to pass. (00:00:38)
  • 2013-10-01 · The Lowdown on the Shutdown — Hank says Obamacare, passed in 2010 and upheld by the Supreme Court, went into full swing that day, and the Republicans are not done fighting it. (00:00:56)
    • 2010 (year) — year the Affordable Care Act was passed into law · in United States · as of 2013-10-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-10-01 · The Lowdown on the Shutdown — Hank says the Republican-led House voted on the continuing resolution with an added one-year delay of Obamacare; the Democrat-controlled Senate refused, saying a stopgap is not for sweeping changes to the most significant domestic policy in 50 years. (00:01:02)
    • 50 years — period over which the Affordable Care Act is the most significant piece of US domestic policy · in United States · as of 2013-10-01 (implied: upload date) · source: the Senate's position as voiced by Hank · unchecked
  • 2013-10-01 · The Lowdown on the Shutdown — Hank says the health-care system is funded separately, so Obamacare went into effect despite the shutdown. (00:01:40)
  • 2013-10-01 · The Lowdown on the Shutdown — Hank says museums, national parks, the EPA and NASA basically close, while defense, transportation security, border patrol, food inspectors and emergency readiness staff are exempted and keep working. (00:02:29)
  • 2013-10-01 · The Lowdown on the Shutdown — Hank says the self-funded Postal Service is fine, and Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are separate and keep operating. (00:02:44)
  • 2013-10-01 · The Lowdown on the Shutdown — Hank says that starting today about 800,000 people are out of work until Congress acts, including a very good friend of his, which makes him mad. (00:02:51)
    • about 800,000 (people) — people out of work (furloughed) in the 2013 federal government shutdown · for US federal employees · in United States · as of 2013-10-01 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-10-08 · Applying for Health Insurance: Then and Now — John says the old-style application requires listing every doctor visit and medical test for the whole family in the last 10 years, with any abnormal results. (00:04:33)
    • 10 years — medical-history look-back period required by a pre-ACA private health insurance application · for applicants and their families · in United States · as of 2013-10 · no source named · unchecked

Science & nature (46)

  • 2013-05-10 · Some Mind-Bending Earth GIFs — Hank says Google has just released a tool, built on decades of photographing Earth from space, that lets you scan the whole world and watch the last 25 years of change. (00:00:12)
    • 25 (years) — time span of the Google time-lapse imagery · in Earth · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-05-10 · Some Mind-Bending Earth GIFs — In the time-lapse of his hometown Missoula, Hank points out new neighborhoods and box stores going in at the edge of town. (00:00:26)
  • 2013-05-10 · Some Mind-Bending Earth GIFs — Hank calls more interesting the amazing sprawl of Orlando, where he and John grew up. — hedged: “probably” (00:00:39)
  • 2013-05-10 · Some Mind-Bending Earth GIFs — Hank says America's appetite for cheap coal to power its lifestyles has led to mountaintop removal mining in much of Appalachia, which he finds astounding and terrifying to watch. (00:00:49)
  • 2013-05-10 · Some Mind-Bending Earth GIFs — Hank says much of the Amazon rainforest has been cut down, and only watching it happen across Brazil and Bolivia shows the depth and scale. (00:01:17)
  • 2013-05-10 · Some Mind-Bending Earth GIFs — Hank says the time-lapses tell a story of water: Las Vegas and Dubai spreading across deserts, Saudi irrigation making deserts bloom, inland seas drying up from drought or irrigation. (00:01:34)
  • 2013-05-10 · Some Mind-Bending Earth GIFs — Hank says the images can also show recovery: forests retaking land destroyed by the Mount St. Helens eruption, though nearby clear-cutting was not inspiring. (00:01:46)
  • 2013-06-14 · What is the Strongest Force on Earth? — Hank: physicists say there are only four forces in the universe: gravity (the weakest), electromagnetism, the weak nuclear force and the strong nuclear force. (00:00:27)
    • four (forces) — number of fundamental forces · in universe · as of 2013-06-14 (implied: date said in the video) · source: physicists · unchecked
  • 2013-06-14 · What is the Strongest Force on Earth? — Hank: as its name suggests, the strong nuclear force is the strongest force, 1 x 10^39 times stronger than gravity. (00:00:48)
    • 1 x 10^39 (times) — strength of the strong nuclear force relative to gravity · as of 2013-06-14 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — Answering the claim that the sun is getting hotter, Hank adds that after 1975 there was little connection between solar activity and the Earth's temperature. (video description)
    • After 1975 (year) — year after which solar activity and Earth's temperature show little connection · in Earth · as of 2013-09-27 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — Explaining Antarctica's growing sea ice, Hank says melting land ice results in an increase in sea ice. (video description)
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — Hank says he will probably still be alive in 2060, which is when world population will probably peak at around 10 billion. — hedged: “probably” (00:00:01)
    • around 10 billion (people) — peak world population · in the world · as of 2060 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — Hank says 2060 is probably when the really significant effects of global climate change start to be felt, a problem that will not be solved in the next 50 years. — hedged: “probably” (00:00:09)
    • the next 50 years — time within which climate change will not be solved · in the world · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — To "climate change is natural", Hank says the climate did change in the past, often because of rising carbon dioxide, which clearly indicates more carbon dioxide raises temperatures. (00:00:43)
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — To "CO2 rose only because temperatures rose", Hank says many past warmings began without CO2, but CO2 then rose and amplified them; 90% of the warming came after CO2 increased. (00:01:00)
    • 90% (percent) — share of warming that took place after carbon dioxide levels increased · for warming events on record · in Earth · as of 2013-09-27 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — To "the sun's been getting hotter", Hank simply answers no. (00:01:15)
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — To "thermometers sit in hot cities", Hank says warming shows up in urban and rural weather stations, satellite data and deep-ocean thermometers; scientists are not stupid. (00:01:24)
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — To "the Earth is cooling", Hank says it is not at all: 2000 to 2010 was the hottest decade on record. (00:01:36)
    • 2000 to 2010 (decade) — hottest decade on record · in Earth · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — To "it's not warming as fast", Hank grants that the trend since 2009 is less steep, but says climate does not change on a scale of years; it must be read over decades and centuries. (00:01:46)
    • from 2009 'till now (years) — start of a period over which the warming trend line is less steep · in Earth · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — To "they predicted an ice age in the 70s", Hank says a small research team did and the media covered it for about two weeks, but most peer-reviewed 1970s science said the climate was warming because of CO2 emissions. (00:02:02)
    • about two weeks — duration of news-media coverage of the 1970s ice-age prediction · as of 1970s · no source named · unchecked
    • the vast majority — share of 1970s peer-reviewed science saying the climate was warming · as of 1970s · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — To "you're cherry-picking", Hank says evidence for warming comes from nearly every branch of science: animal and disease ranges, crop yields, water temperatures, snowfall, snowmelt and sea levels. (00:02:17)
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — To "Antarctica has more ice", Hank says it has more sea ice, which forms and melts seasonally, but its land ice, the glaciers, is melting at an alarming rate. (00:02:37)
  • 2013-10-25 · When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? — Looking it up, Hank says a million seconds ago was the Monday before last. (00:00:56)
    • the Monday before last (date) — point in time one million seconds before the video · as of 2013-10 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-10-25 · When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? — A billion seconds ago was 1982 — the time of Michael Jackson's Thriller, E.T. and the Falklands War. (00:01:02)
    • 1982 (year) — point in time one billion seconds before the video · as of 2013-10 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-10-25 · When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? — A trillion seconds ago was 31,000 years ago, when, Hank says, humans were first arriving in Europe. (00:01:18)
    • 31 thousand years ago — point in time one trillion seconds before the video · as of 2013-10 · no source named · unchecked
    • 31 thousand years ago — time when humans first arrived in Europe · for humans · in Europe · as of 2013-10-25 (implied: upload date) · no source named · doubtful
  • 2013-10-25 · When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? — A nanosecond is the time light takes to travel a foot, and a billion nanoseconds ago was, by definition, one second ago. (00:01:31)
    • a foot — distance light travels in one nanosecond · as of 2013-10-25 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • one second — duration of a billion nanoseconds · as of 2013-10-25 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-10-25 · When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? — The fastest computer in the world can do 17 million calculations in one nanosecond. (00:01:49)
    • 17 million (calculations per nanosecond) — speed of the world's fastest computer · as of 2013-10 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-10-25 · When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? — That math put the Kepler Space Telescope in orbit, which found 15 to 30 billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy; there are over 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe. (00:02:05)
    • between 15 and 30 billion (planets) — number of Earth-like planets in our galaxy · in our galaxy · as of 2013 · source: Kepler Space Telescope · unchecked
    • more than 100 billion (galaxies) — number of galaxies in the observable universe · in observable universe · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-10-25 · When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? — The observable universe is an unknown fraction of the actual universe, which may be infinite — more incomprehensible data about how amazing the universe is. — hedged: “may” (00:02:19)
  • 2013-11-01 · Scarier than Gravity: Real Life Close Calls in Space — In 1966 Neil Armstrong's Gemini 8 had a maneuvering thruster stuck on and spun at more than one rotation per second; the crew was seconds from passing out before he regained control. (00:00:29)
    • 1966 (year) — date of the Gemini 8 thruster failure · as of 2013-11-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • more than one rotation per second (rotations per second) — spin rate of Gemini 8 · as of 2013-11-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-01 · Scarier than Gravity: Real Life Close Calls in Space — In 1965 Alexei Leonov became the first person to go out in a spacesuit, but the suit inflated so much he could not fit back into the capsule until he vented it. (00:00:29)
    • 1965 (year) — date of Leonov's first spacewalk · as of 2013-11-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-01 · Scarier than Gravity: Real Life Close Calls in Space — Suffering from the bends, Leonov's crew re-entered late, landed far off course in a freezing forest surrounded by wolves, and waited in the capsule for rescue. (00:00:58)
  • 2013-11-01 · Scarier than Gravity: Real Life Close Calls in Space — On a reentry with lone cosmonaut Boris Volynov, the service module failed to detach and the capsule went in nose first, its hatch burning, before righting itself. (00:01:27)
  • 2013-11-01 · Scarier than Gravity: Real Life Close Calls in Space — Volynov's parachute and landing rockets failed, he landed hard enough to break his teeth, and walked several kilometers at minus 36 Fahrenheit to a peasant's house. (00:01:27)
    • several kilometers (km) — distance Volynov walked after landing · as of 2013-11-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • negative 36 degrees Fahrenheit — air temperature at Volynov's landing site · as of 2013-11-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-01 · Scarier than Gravity: Real Life Close Calls in Space — Hank says Soyuz 18A got that name because Russia only names successful missions, so the failed flight does not quite count. (00:01:56)
    • 18A (designation) — designation given to a failed Soyuz launch · in Russia · as of 2013-11-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-01 · Scarier than Gravity: Real Life Close Calls in Space — A separation failure turned Soyuz 18A's rocket toward the ground; Hank gives the crew's g-force as '021Gs', about three Gs from lethal, before the abort sequence fired. (00:01:56)
    • 021Gs — peak g-force on the Soyuz 18A crew · as of 2013-11-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · doubtful
    • three Gs away from lethal — margin between the Soyuz 18A g-force and a lethal g-force · as of 2013-11-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-01 · Scarier than Gravity: Real Life Close Calls in Space — The Soyuz 18A capsule landed on a snowy mountainside and rolled toward a 400-foot cliff, stopping about 20 feet away when its parachute snagged on vegetation. (00:02:26)
    • 400-foot (feet) — height of the cliff near the Soyuz 18A landing site · as of 2013-11-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 20 feet — distance from the cliff where the Soyuz 18A capsule stopped · as of 2013-11-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-01 · Scarier than Gravity: Real Life Close Calls in Space — Soyuz 23 crashed through the surface of a frozen lake and its cosmonauts waited nine hours at the bottom before rescue. (00:02:26)
    • nine hours — time the Soyuz 23 crew waited in the lake before rescue · as of 2013-11-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-01 · Scarier than Gravity: Real Life Close Calls in Space — Besides the well-known Apollo 13, Apollo 12 almost ended in disaster when it was struck by lightning twice during launch. (00:02:55)
    • twice (lightning strikes) — lightning strikes on Apollo 12 during launch · as of 2013-11-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-01 · Scarier than Gravity: Real Life Close Calls in Space — Hank says almost everything imaginable has gone wrong in space, including fires, depressurized spacecraft and spacesuits, and a man who poked a hole in his hand and survived. (00:02:55)
  • 2013-11-01 · Scarier than Gravity: Real Life Close Calls in Space — The most recent terrifying near miss: Luca Parmitano's spacesuit malfunctioned and filled his helmet with his drinking water in space. (00:02:55)
  • 2013-12-27 · The Kidney That Was In 3 People - And Other Amazing Science Things — Hank says a kidney has been in three people: a woman donated it to her brother, it did not work for him, and he chose to have it given to someone else. (00:00:49)
    • three (people) — number of people one transplanted kidney has been in · as of 2013-12-27 (implied: upload date) · source: Hank · unchecked
  • 2013-12-27 · The Kidney That Was In 3 People - And Other Amazing Science Things — Hank says sperm whales dive from the surface to about 2,000 feet, roughly 200 atmospheres of pressure difference, though deep-sea fish explode when raised and surface fish get crushed. (00:01:27)
    • 2,000 feet — depth sperm whales dive to · for sperm whales · as of 2013-12-27 (implied: upload date) · source: Hank · unchecked
    • 200 atmospheres — pressure difference between the surface and a sperm whale dive depth · for sperm whales · as of 2013-12-27 (implied: upload date) · source: Hank · doubtful
  • 2013-12-27 · The Kidney That Was In 3 People - And Other Amazing Science Things — Hank says diving sperm whales collapse their own lungs to avoid nitrogen problems and store the oxygen they need in blood hemoglobin and special muscle proteins. (00:01:52)
  • 2013-12-27 · The Kidney That Was In 3 People - And Other Amazing Science Things — Hank says a blink takes only about 300 milliseconds, but the eyelid moves only about an inch, so it is actually slow, about a fifth of a mile per hour. (00:02:05)
    • 300 milliseconds — duration of an eye blink · for humans · as of 2013-12-27 (implied: upload date) · source: Hank · unchecked
    • one inch — distance the eyelid travels in a blink · for humans · as of 2013-12-27 (implied: upload date) · source: Hank · unchecked
    • a fifth of a mile per hour (mph) — speed of the eyelid in a blink · for humans · as of 2013-12-27 (implied: upload date) · source: Hank · unchecked
  • 2013-12-27 · The Kidney That Was In 3 People - And Other Amazing Science Things — Hank says no one knows whether Jupiter's very hot, high-pressure core is liquid or solid, and that if Jupiter were ten times bigger it would sustain fusion and we would live in a binary star system. (00:02:35)
    • ten times (factor) — how much bigger Jupiter would need to be to sustain fusion · in Jupiter · as of 2013-12-27 (implied: upload date) · source: Hank · doubtful

Global development (30)

  • 2013-05-31 · Optimism is Not Insane — Hank cites a known cognitive bias: we remember and decide based on negative experiences more than positive ones; it takes about 10 positive experiences to outweigh each negative one. (00:01:08)
    • ten (positive experiences per negative experience) — number of positive experiences needed to outweigh one negative experience · for people (general) · as of 2013-05-31 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-05-31 · Optimism is Not Insane — Showing a graph of health and wealth of every country from 1900 to 2011, Hank says every country is better off, and some African countries now do better than the US did in 1900. (00:01:51)
    • better off (direction of change) — health and wealth of every country, 1900 to 2011 · for every country · in the world · as of 2011 · source: graph shown on screen (source unnamed) · unchecked
    • doing better now than the United States was in 1900 (comparison) — health and wealth of some African countries now vs the United States in 1900 · for some African countries · in Africa · as of 2011 · source: graph shown on screen (source unnamed) · unchecked
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John writes that viewers can donate directly to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, which has zero overhead, so every penny goes to P4A charities the Nerdfighter community chooses. (video description)
    • 0 (USD) — overhead of the Foundation to Decrease World Suck · as of 2013-11-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John says the Nerdfighter community hosts YouTube's Project for Awesome every year: a 48-hour event in which thousands of people upload videos about their favorite charities. (00:00:15)
    • 48 hour — duration of the Project for Awesome · as of 2013-11-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • thousands (people) — people uploading Project for Awesome videos · as of 2013-11-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John says last year's (2012) P4A raised more than $400,000 for organizations fighting illiteracy, domestic violence and global poverty, among other things. (00:00:39)
    • more than $400,000 (USD) — money raised by the Project for Awesome · as of 2012 ("last year") · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — The Foundation to Decrease World Suck has $23,955 in the bank, from VidCon, the Nerdfighter Minecraft server and charity items at DFTBA.com, a much better start than last year (2012). (00:02:00)
    • $23,955 (USD) — funds held by the Foundation to Decrease World Suck · as of 2013-11-26 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John says the Nerdfighter group on Kiva has made more than $3.2 million in loans to students and entrepreneurs around the world. (00:02:31)
    • more than 3.2 million dollars (USD) — total loans made by the Nerdfighter Kiva group · as of 2013-11-26 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — Through Kiva one can lend as little as $25 to students and entrepreneurs in the developing world, and 99% of the time they pay you back. (00:02:49)
    • $25 (USD) — minimum Kiva loan · as of 2013-11-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 99% (percent) — share of Kiva loans repaid · as of 2013-11-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John says the Project for Awesome is within shouting distance of a million dollars in total donations. (00:03:25)
    • within shouting distance of a million dollars (USD) — total Project for Awesome donations · as of 2013-11-26 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! — Hank says last year (2012) P4A raised $400,000, and this year (2013) an anonymous donor matches donations up to $125,000. (00:01:41)
    • $400,000 (USD) — money raised by the Project for Awesome · as of 2012 · source: Hank · unchecked
    • $125,000 (USD) — cap of matching donations for the Project for Awesome · as of 2013 · source: Hank · unchecked
  • 2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — John says that in the Central African Republic a coup spiraled into sectarian violence, displacing hundreds of thousands and killing thousands; 40,000 people crowd the Bangui airport seeking food, medical supplies and safety. (00:01:05)
    • hundreds of thousands (people) — people displaced · in Central African Republic · as of December 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • thousands (people) — people killed · in Central African Republic · as of December 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • 40,000 (people) — people in and around the airport seeking food, medical supplies and safety · in Bangui · as of December 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — John says schools in the Central African Republic are closed and growing numbers of children are conscripted into militias, while Save the Children treats children injured by machetes and gunshots and offers basic health services. (00:01:21)
  • 2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — John says Save the Children also works in the countries bordering Syria, where more than two million Syrians live in sprawling refugee camps, more than half of them children. (00:01:34)
    • more than two million (people) — Syrians living in refugee camps in countries bordering Syria · for Syrian refugees · in countries bordering Syria · as of December 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • More than half (share) — share of refugee-camp residents who are children · for Syrian refugee-camp residents · in countries bordering Syria · as of December 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — John introduces a clip of Noor, a Syrian woman, talking about trying to feed her young son back in Syria. (00:01:45)
  • 2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — a guest: In the clip, Noor says her son's teeth have not come in as a child's should have by now. (00:01:54)
  • 2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever — John says most of the video's statistics came from the UN, from Human Progress, or from Wikipedia's list of US motor vehicle deaths by year. (video description)
  • 2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever — John says US divorce rates have fallen every year since 2006 and are at their lowest level since 1970. (00:00:10)
    • every year since 2006 — years of continuous decline in the US divorce rate · in United States · as of 2013 · source: John · unchecked
    • lowest level since 1970 — US divorce rate relative to past years · in United States · as of 2013 · source: John · unchecked
  • 2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever — John says the global unintended-pregnancy rate fell from 69 per 1,000 women in 1995 to 55 per 1,000 in 2008, good because such pregnancies raise infant mortality. (00:00:21)
    • 69 out of 1,000 (per 1,000 women) — global rate of unintended pregnancy · for women · in the world · as of 1995 · source: John · unchecked
    • 55 in 1,000 (per 1,000 women) — global rate of unintended pregnancy · for women · in the world · as of 2008 · source: John · unchecked
  • 2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever — John says worldwide infant mortality is at an all-time low, falling from 46 to 35 deaths per 1,000 births in the last eight years. (00:00:39)
    • 46 deaths per 1,000 births — infant mortality rate · for infants · in the world · as of about 2005 · source: John · unchecked
    • 35 (deaths per 1,000 births) — infant mortality rate · for infants · in the world · as of 2013 · source: John · unchecked
  • 2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever — John says that when infant mortality declines families have fewer children, so falling infant mortality helps human population stabilize, against overpopulation fears. (00:00:48)
  • 2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever — John says absolute poverty is down worldwide; the UN estimates poverty fell more in the last 50 years than in the previous 500. (00:01:07)
    • 50 years — period of the largest decrease in poverty · in the world · as of 2013 · source: United Nations (as cited by John) · unchecked
    • 500 (years) — earlier period compared with the last 50 years · in the world · as of 2013 · source: United Nations (as cited by John) · unchecked
  • 2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever — John says the share of people living on under $1.25 a day, adjusted for inflation, fell from 43% in 1990 to 20% today, mostly through gains in China, India and Brazil. (00:01:21)
    • 43% (percent of people) — share of people living on less than $1.25 a day (inflation-adjusted) · for world population · in the world · as of 1990 · source: John · unchecked
    • 20% (percent of people) — share of people living on less than $1.25 a day (inflation-adjusted) · for world population · in the world · as of 2013 · source: John · unchecked
  • 2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever — John says sub-Saharan Africa, long the world's poorest region, has grown much faster than the world economy for the past decade. (00:01:31)
  • 2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever — John says US cancer mortality rates fell 20% in the last 25 years, mostly because people quit smoking, plus better treatment and screening for colon, breast and other cancers. (00:01:44)
    • 20% (percent) — decline in US cancer mortality rates over 25 years · in United States · as of 2013 · source: John · unchecked
    • 25 years — period of the 20% decline in US cancer mortality · in United States · as of 2013 · source: John · unchecked
  • 2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever — John says US internet speeds rose 27% in 2013 over 2012, and rose worldwide, from 75% in Guatemala to 32% in Thailand, making it easier to stay in touch and collaborate. (00:01:58)
    • 27% (percent) — increase in internet speeds, 2013 over 2012 · in United States · as of 2013 · source: John · unchecked
    • 75% (percent) — increase in internet speeds · in Guatemala · as of 2013 · source: John · unchecked
    • 32% (percent) — increase in internet speeds · in Thailand · as of 2013 · source: John · unchecked
  • 2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever — John says that although flying is unpleasant, airfares have fallen almost 50% since 1985, and people can fly to more places, more safely than ever. (00:02:13)
    • almost 50% (percent) — decline in airfares since 1985 · as of 2013 · source: John · unchecked
  • 2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever — John says US road deaths per 100 million miles fell from 3.5 in 1980 to 1.1 in 2011; against a 1980 baseline, safer cars and drivers saved 60,000 American lives in 2013. (00:02:28)
    • 1.1 (deaths per 100 million miles driven) — US vehicular fatality rate · in United States · as of 2011 · source: John · unchecked
    • 3.5 (deaths per 100 million miles driven) — US vehicular fatality rate · in United States · as of 1980 · source: John · unchecked
    • 60,000 (lives) — US lives saved by safer cars and drivers relative to the 1980 fatality rate · in United States · as of 2013 · source: John · unchecked
  • 2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever — John says things are improving for domesticated animals: about 17 million cats and dogs a year were euthanized in the US in the 1990s, now closer to 5 million. (00:02:47)
    • 17 million (animals per year) — cats and dogs euthanized per year · for cats and dogs · in United States · as of 1990s · source: John · unchecked
    • 5 million (animals per year) — cats and dogs euthanized per year · for cats and dogs · in United States · as of 2013 · source: John · unchecked
  • 2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever — John says the fight against malaria is working, with mortality rates down nearly 50% in the last 10 years. (00:02:57)
    • nearly 50% (percent) — decline in malaria mortality rates over 10 years · in the world · as of 2013 · source: John · unchecked
  • 2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever — John says more girls attend school worldwide and literacy among women in their 20s rose from 79% in 1990 to 87% today. (00:03:03)
    • 79% (percent) — literacy rate of women in their 20s · for women in their 20s · in the world · as of 1990 · source: John · unchecked
    • 87% (percent) — literacy rate of women in their 20s · for women in their 20s · in the world · as of 2013 · source: John · unchecked

Sports (23)

  • 2013-02-01 · Football For Nerds — Hank says one in three people in America will spend time watching football this year (2013). (00:00:00)
    • one out of every three (people) — share of people who will watch football this year · for people in America · in United States · as of this year (resolved: 2013, from the upload date 2013-02-01) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-02-01 · Football For Nerds — Hank says Americans will collectively spend 300 million man-hours watching the Super Bowl this year (2013), which he calls the time it took to create Wikipedia. (00:00:29)
    • 300 million man hours (man-hours) — collective time spent watching the Super Bowl · for Americans · in United States · as of this year (resolved: 2013, from the upload date 2013-02-01) · no source named · unchecked
    • 300 million man hours (man-hours) — time it took to create Wikipedia (said to equal the Super Bowl figure) · as of 2013-02-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-02-01 · Football For Nerds — Citing a recent study, Hank says a 2h54 televised football broadcast holds an hour of ads, 75 minutes of milling around, replays, 15 minutes of other things and only 11 minutes of play. (00:00:29)
    • two hour and 54 minute (time) — length of the average televised football broadcast · for televised football broadcasts · as of 2013-02-01 (implied: upload date) · source: A recent study · unchecked
    • a full hour (time) — advertisements per average broadcast · for televised football broadcasts · as of 2013-02-01 (implied: upload date) · source: A recent study · unchecked
    • 75 minutes — players milling around or setting up for plays per broadcast · for televised football broadcasts · as of 2013-02-01 (implied: upload date) · source: A recent study · unchecked
    • 11 minutes — time the ball is in play per broadcast · for televised football broadcasts · as of 2013-02-01 (implied: upload date) · source: A recent study · unchecked
    • 15 minutes — station promos, coaches, injuries, celebrations, cheerleaders per broadcast · for televised football broadcasts · as of 2013-02-01 (implied: upload date) · source: A recent study · unchecked
  • 2013-02-01 · Football For Nerds — Hank says football games are very often close: over half are decided by single digits, over 40% by one scoring opportunity, and the most common spread is three points. (00:01:30)
    • More than 50% (percent of games) — games decided by single digits · for football games · as of 2013-02-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • more than 40% (percent of games) — games decided by one scoring opportunity · for football games · as of 2013-02-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • three points — most common winning spread · for football games · as of 2013-02-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-02-01 · Football For Nerds — Hank says the average American spends over 500 hours a year watching TV advertisements, 12 full-time work weeks per adult. (00:01:59)
    • over 500 hours (hours per year) — time spent watching television advertisements · for average American · in United States · as of 2013-02-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 12 full-time work weeks (work weeks per year) — time spent watching television advertisements · for per adult · in United States · as of 2013-02-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-02-01 · Football For Nerds — Hank says the most expensive US football team is the Dallas Cowboys, projected worth over $2.1 billion, with $226 million profit in 2011, more than the Raiders' revenue. (00:02:27)
    • more than $2.1 billion (USD) — projected team worth · for Dallas Cowboys · in United States · as of 2013-02-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 226 million dollars (USD) — annual profit · for Dallas Cowboys · in United States · as of 2011 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-02-01 · Football For Nerds — Hank says the top US broadcast ever was the MASH series finale (over 60% of households), but last year (2012) Monday Night Football was the top-rated series, ending American Idol's eight-year streak. (00:02:27)
    • more than 60% (percent of households) — audience of the MASH series finale · for American households · in United States · as of 2013-02-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • eight-year-long — American Idol's streak as top-rated series · in United States · as of last year (resolved: 2012, from the upload date 2013-02-01) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-02-01 · Football For Nerds — Hank says it costs an average American family of four over $500, including food, drinks and merchandise, to attend a football game. (00:02:57)
    • over $500 (USD) — average cost to attend a football game incl. food, drinks, merchandise · for American family of four · in United States · as of 2013-02-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-02-01 · Football For Nerds — Hank says the NFL minimum salary is $300,000 a year, and 2011's top salary, $19 million, went to linebacker Dwight Freeney. (00:02:57)
    • $300,000 (USD per year) — minimum NFL player salary · for NFL players · in United States · as of 2013-02-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • $19 million (USD) — top NFL salary · for NFL players · in United States · as of 2011 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-02-01 · Football For Nerds — Hank says Freeney's financial advisor was just arrested for embezzling two million dollars from him. (00:02:57)
    • two million dollars (USD) — amount allegedly embezzled from Dwight Freeney by his financial advisor · as of 2013-02-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-02-01 · Football For Nerds — Hank says high paychecks do not bring financial stability: 78% of football players are broke two years after retirement. (00:03:33)
    • 78% (percent of players) — players broke two years after retirement · for football players · as of 2013-02-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · doubtful
  • 2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — In English football, a Premier League team finishing in the bottom three is relegated to the league below, the Championship; every league promotes its top teams and relegates its bottom ones. (00:00:31)
    • bottom three (teams) — number of Premier League teams relegated each season · in England · as of 2013-11-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — A team relegated from the fourth tier, League Two, leaves the Football League and is no longer even in FIFA. (00:00:52)
  • 2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — Wimbledon FC spent most of its history in the lower leagues, then had a run in the top flight and won the FA Cup in 1988. (00:01:05)
    • 1988 (year) — year Wimbledon FC won the FA Cup · as of 2013-11-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — Unlike American sports, English football has no franchises, so rich owners cannot simply move a club the way the Dodgers moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, except occasionally. (00:01:15)
  • 2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — In 2002 Wimbledon FC was moved to Milton Keynes, leaving thousands of fans without a club after a hundred years of history. (00:01:26)
    • 2002 (year) — year Wimbledon FC was moved to Milton Keynes · as of 2013-11-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • thousands (fans) — Wimbledon fans left without a club · as of 2013-11-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • a hundred years — length of Wimbledon FC history before the move · as of 2013-11-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — Wimbledon's stadium was torn down and its FA Cup sent to Milton Keynes, although the cup was later returned. (00:01:36)
  • 2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — The fans responded by starting a club from scratch, AFC Wimbledon, which began in 2002 in the ninth tier of English football. (00:01:41)
    • 2002 (year) — founding year of AFC Wimbledon · as of 2013-11-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • ninth tier — league level where AFC Wimbledon started · in England · as of 2013-11-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — After an amazing run, nine years later in 2011, captain Danny Kedwell took one penalty kick to send Wimbledon into the Football League, and they became a League Two team you can play in FIFA. (00:01:49)
    • nine years later — time from AFC Wimbledon founding to promotion to the Football League · as of 2013-11-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 2011 (year) — year AFC Wimbledon reached the Football League · as of 2013-11-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — Last season AFC Wimbledon almost got relegated, but won heroically in the last game. (00:02:16)
  • 2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — AFC Wimbledon is owned and run by its fans, with no big money behind it; its chairman is a retired accountant. (00:02:32)
  • 2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — AFC Wimbledon was the first club in England to show a 'Football Fans Against Homophobia' banner at a game. (00:02:37)
  • 2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — John says that might be dreaming, but in 2002 AFC Wimbledon played away games in front of 80 fans, and it took dreaming to imagine them in FIFA. (00:03:13)
    • 80 fans — attendance at AFC Wimbledon away games · as of 2002 · no source named · unchecked
    • 2002 (year) — time of the 80-fan away games · as of 2013-11-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked

Economics (19)

  • 2013-03-22 · How Much is a Human Life Worth? — Hank says the US government sets the minimum price of an hour of your life at $7.80, and average lifetime wages are about $2 million. (00:00:13)
    • $7.80 (US dollars per hour) — legal minimum wage · for workers · in United States · as of 2013 · source: the government of the United States · doubtful
    • $2 million (US dollars) — average lifetime wages of a person · for people · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-03-22 · How Much is a Human Life Worth? — Hank says $500,000 is also what the US government pays to the family of a fallen soldier. (00:00:56)
    • $500,000 (US dollars) — government payment to the family of a soldier killed in service · for US military families · in United States · as of 2013 · source: The Washington Post · unchecked
  • 2013-03-22 · How Much is a Human Life Worth? — Hank says a 30-second TV ad costs about $24 per thousand viewers, i.e. $2.88 per hour of attention, about $2 million over a lifetime. (00:01:10)
    • $24 (US dollars per thousand viewers) — average cost of a 30-second television advertisement · for TV viewers · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • $2.88 (US dollars per hour) — advertising value of an hour of a viewer's attention · for TV viewers · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • $2 million (US dollars) — advertising value of all hours of a lifetime · for people · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-03-22 · How Much is a Human Life Worth? — Hank says selling only waking hours to TV advertisers would give about $1.3 million, and online video ads can go for less than a tenth of that. (00:01:25)
    • 1.3 million dollars (US dollars) — advertising value of the waking hours of a lifetime · for people · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • less than a tenth (ratio) — online video ad rate relative to television ad rate · for online video viewers · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-03-22 · How Much is a Human Life Worth? — Hank explains the first economists' method: extra pay demanded for a job with a death risk; asking $10,000 more for a 1-in-1,000 risk values a life at $10 million, statistically. (00:01:58)
    • ten million dollars (US dollars) — value of a statistical life implied by a $10,000 premium for a 1-in-1,000 death risk · for workers · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-03-22 · How Much is a Human Life Worth? — Hank says, using this measure, various US government departments value a human life at about six to nine million dollars. (00:02:22)
    • six to nine million dollars (US dollars) — value of a statistical life used by US government departments · for people · in United States · as of 2013 · source: various departments within the U.S. government · unchecked
  • 2013-03-22 · How Much is a Human Life Worth? — Hank explains the second method, what people would pay to save a life: about $130,000 per year of high-quality, non-painful life at the high end, so ten years is worth about $1.3 million. (00:02:28)
    • $130,000 (US dollars per year of life) — willingness to pay for one year of high-quality, non-painful life (high end) · for people · as of 2013 · source: Time · unchecked
    • 1.3 million dollars (US dollars) — value of ten extra high-quality years of life · for people · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-03-22 · How Much is a Human Life Worth? — Hank says 78 years of high-quality life by this method comes to a remarkably similar ten million dollars. (00:02:46)
    • ten million dollars (US dollars) — value of 78 years of high-quality life at the willingness-to-pay rate · for people · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-08-13 · Shailene's Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy — John reports that Berkeley psychologists ran rigged Monopoly games in which advantaged players came to see the game as fairer than it was and to feel they deserved their advantages. (00:00:03)
  • 2013-08-13 · Shailene's Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy — John says many studies show rich and/or successful people tend to be the least empathetic and least generous. (00:00:30)
  • 2013-08-13 · Shailene's Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy — John says that if all seven billion people on Earth related to cars as he does, the planet would be 'totally screwed' ecologically. (00:01:12)
    • seven billion (people) — world population · for people on Earth · in Earth · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-08-13 · Shailene's Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy — John calls the most troubling finding that people behave much the same in the rigged Monopoly games no matter who is given the advantage. (00:01:22)
  • 2013-08-23 · Thoughts from Bath: The Legacy of Wealth — Hank says Bath is a city of 80,000 people declared in its entirety a UNESCO World Heritage Site (so, he jokes, it has a World Heritage Build-A-Bear and Pizza Hut). (00:00:15)
    • 80,000 (people) — population of Bath · in Bath · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-08-23 · Thoughts from Bath: The Legacy of Wealth — Charlie McDonnell: Charlie remarks that Bath Abbey is painted in an episode of Community. (00:00:30)
  • 2013-08-23 · Thoughts from Bath: The Legacy of Wealth — Hank says the Roman Baths were built nearly 2,000 years ago and still hold water, though, being lead, it should not be drunk. (00:01:01)
    • nearly 2,000 years — age of the Roman Baths · in Bath · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-08-23 · Thoughts from Bath: The Legacy of Wealth — Hank says Bath's hot spring was a principal resource of Roman Britain; the Romans built probably England's largest structure around it, a resort for wealthy Romans used so long their wooden shoes wore through the stone floors. — hedged: “probably” (00:01:08)
  • 2013-08-23 · Thoughts from Bath: The Legacy of Wealth — Hank says inequality is worse globally than within America: an income of $35,000 a year puts you in the richest 1% of the world, and $2,000 in the bank makes you richer than half the world. (00:02:56)
    • $35000 per year (USD per year) — income needed to be in the richest 1% of the world · for world population · in the world · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • $2000 (USD (savings)) — savings needed to be richer than half the world · for world population · in the world · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-12-06 · I Am President Snow — Hank says inequality is bad not just for poor people but for the economy and for people's happiness. (00:03:05)
  • 2013-12-06 · I Am President Snow — Hank says there is a very strong correlation between a society's equality and its people's happiness, the rich included. (00:03:11)

Nerdfighteria (19)

  • 2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John says the Project for Awesome has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity and has literally saved lives around the world. (00:59:05)
    • hundreds of thousands of dollars (USD) — money raised for charity by the Project for Awesome · as of 2013-01 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John says the Nerdfighter Kiva group is at about $1.76 million, and that every day he makes two loans from the Foundation to Decrease World Suck's rotating $8,000 of Kiva credit. — hedged: “I think” (01:56:15)
    • $1.76 million (USD) — total loans made by the Nerdfighter Kiva lending group · as of 2013-01-15 · no source named · unchecked
    • $8,000 (USD) — Foundation to Decrease World Suck's rotating Kiva lending credit · as of 2013-01-15 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Hank says everything we know about is made of leptons, bosons and quarks, and sings his quark song. (02:11:54)
  • 2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Hank explains that the deep sea gets no light and is fed by marine snow, the rotting bodies of dead organisms, so food is scarce and mates are hard to find. (02:38:08)
  • 2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! — The Internet Archive's first capture of the Vlogbrothers channel, on December 1st, 2007, eleven months in, showed just under 10,000 subscribers, then a huge deal to them. (00:00:29)
    • just under 10,000 (subscribers) — Vlogbrothers YouTube channel subscribers · as of December 1st, 2007 · source: Internet Archive · unchecked
    • 11 months — time since the Vlogbrothers started making videos · as of December 1st, 2007 · source: Internet Archive · unchecked
  • 2013-05-14 · Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday — John says the Central Park pond Holden Caulfield wonders about never freezes, so its ducks stay, citing Central Park's official photographer of 27 years. (00:02:37)
    • 27 years — Central Park official photographer's time working at the park · in Central Park, New York · as of 2013-05-14 (implied: upload date) · source: Central Park's official photographer · unchecked
  • 2013-05-17 · GIFs, JIFs, Whip Pans, Trivia, and BATMAN! — Hank's research: counting regular watchers Nerdfighteria is bigger than 61 countries (incl. Barbados); counting subscribers, 85 countries (incl. Djibouti, Africa's least populous). (00:00:44)
    • 61 countries — number of countries with smaller population than Nerdfighteria counted by regular watchers · for Nerdfighteria (regular watchers) · in the world · as of 2013 · source: Hank (own research) · unchecked
    • 85 countries — number of countries with smaller population than Nerdfighteria counted by subscribers · for Nerdfighteria (subscribers) · in the world · as of 2013 · source: Hank (own research) · unchecked
    • the smallest population of all countries in Africa (rank) — population rank of Djibouti among African countries · for Djibouti · in Africa · as of 2013 · no source named · doubtful
  • 2013-05-17 · GIFs, JIFs, Whip Pans, Trivia, and BATMAN! — Henry Reich: Henry Reich explains that light is affected by black holes because gravity is an interaction between objects with energy and momentum, which light has. (00:02:18)
  • 2013-08-30 · Raw Onion, Twerking, and Speech Jam — Hank says Joss Whedon wanted to make a Wonder Woman movie and Warner Brothers turned him down. (00:01:18)
  • 2013-08-30 · Raw Onion, Twerking, and Speech Jam — Hank explains that speech jammers work by playing your voice back into your ears right after you speak, interfering with cognition so that speaking becomes very difficult. (00:02:12)
  • 2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John says a YouTube employee told him almost all so-called low-engagement viewers decide whether to watch a video in the first 12 seconds, hence his 12 seconds of silence. (00:00:13)
    • 12 seconds — time within which low-engagement YouTube viewers decide whether to watch a video · for low-engagement YouTube viewers · as of 2013-10 · source: a YouTube employee · unchecked
  • 2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John says the brothers' new videos have averaged over 600,000 views in the past month, views being the easiest metric of a video's success. (00:00:32)
    • over 600,000 views (views per video) — average views of new vlogbrothers videos · for new vlogbrothers videos · as of the month before 2013-10-15 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-12-03 · Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks — John lists other companies using DFTBA: a Kate Spade wallet, a Hobby Lobby poster, a dELiA*s T-shirt, an Aeropostale ad, items from Pier One and Ron Jon Surf Shop. (00:00:17)
  • 2013-12-03 · Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks — John says the brothers did not invent 'Don't Forget to Be Awesome'; so far as he knows his friend Katie invented it in 2007. — hedged: “So far as I know” (00:00:32)
    • 2007 (year) — year the phrase 'Don't Forget to Be Awesome' was invented · as of 2013-12-03 (implied: date said in the video) · source: John, so far as he knows · unchecked
  • 2013-12-03 · Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks — John says the brothers popularized the phrase: it had almost no Google hits or searches before Nerdfighters began using it. (00:00:39)
  • 2013-12-03 · Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks — John explains that a trademark weakened by widespread use can become genericized, every brand's nightmare. (00:02:39)
  • 2013-12-03 · Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks — John says aspirin was once Bayer's trademark, as Advil is for its ibuprofen; because the trademark weakened as everyone used the word, anyone can now call their aspirin aspirin. (00:02:44)
  • 2013-12-03 · Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks — John says the same happened to escalator and thermos, and nearly to Nintendo, which marketed the phrase 'game console', and Google, which carefully says 'searching' rather than 'googling'. (00:03:05)
  • 2013-12-20 · Best Moments of the Project for Awesome — During the livestream a voice (apparently Hank) announces that P4A 2013 has just raised $525,000. (00:02:42)
    • $525,000 (USD) — money raised by the Project for Awesome (running total during the livestream) · as of 2013 · source: Hank · unchecked

History & curiosities (15)

  • 2013-02-05 · Headless Statues and Elton John's Piano: Seeing Sights in London (Thoughts from Places) — John says the Rosetta Stone's trilingual declaration helped decode hieroglyphics. (00:00:58)
  • 2013-02-08 · The Space Time Continuum: Thoughts from Dublin — Hank says a Dublin cathedral took so long to build that Romanesque arches sit right next to Gothic arches, over a crypt older than both and Dublin's oldest structure. (00:01:07)
  • 2013-02-08 · The Space Time Continuum: Thoughts from Dublin — At Dublinia, which celebrates Dublin's founding as a Viking colony, they learned that Dublin's history reaches back much further. (00:01:33)
  • 2013-02-08 · The Space Time Continuum: Thoughts from Dublin — At the National Museum of Archaeology Hank chains objects across Irish history: axe heads 5,800 years before brooches, then Strongbow's death, a library, bog mummies, Christ Church's mummified cat and rat. (00:01:49)
    • 5,800 years — interval between the carving of the museum axe heads and the molding of the brooches shown · in Ireland · as of 2013-02-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • two centuries (years) — interval between the molding of the brooches shown and the death of Strongbow · in Ireland · as of 2013-02-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 400 years — interval between the death of Strongbow and the founding of the library shown · in Dublin · as of 2013-02-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 300 years — interval between the founding of the library shown and the invention of the wired-communication device shown · in Ireland · as of 2013-02-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 1,600 years — interval between the wired-communication device shown and the death of the bog mummy shown (as the chain is read) · in Ireland · as of 2013-02-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 400 years — interval stated between the bog mummy shown and the deaths of two other bog mummies (as the chain is read) · in Ireland · as of 2013-02-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • almost 2,000 years — interval before the cat chased the rat into the Christ Church Cathedral organ (as the chain is read) · in Dublin · as of 2013-02-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 300 years — interval between the cat-and-rat episode and the installation of the gutter shown (as the chain is read) · in Dublin · as of 2013-02-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-20 · 42 Amazing Maps — Hank shows a map splitting the world into seven regions of about one billion people each, with North America, South America and Australia together making up one. (00:00:57)
    • seven (regions) — number of world regions of roughly equal population on the map · in the world · as of 2013-09-20 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • about one billion (people) — population of each region · for each of the seven regions · in the world · as of 2013-09-20 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-20 · 42 Amazing Maps — Hank says Australia is mostly empty: only 2% of people live in the highlighted area of the map. (00:01:09)
    • 2% (percent) — share of people living in the area highlighted on screen · in Australia · as of 2013-09-20 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-20 · 42 Amazing Maps — Hank says more people live inside a circle drawn on the map than outside it, and that the circle looks different once the flat map's distortion is corrected. (00:01:13)
  • 2013-09-20 · 42 Amazing Maps — Hank says a curvy line on the flat map is the longest straight line you can sail without hitting land, possible because the Earth is mostly water. (00:01:24)
  • 2013-09-20 · 42 Amazing Maps — Hank says the Earth being mostly water shows in how few places you could make an "Earth sandwich", with land on both sides of the planet. (00:01:33)
  • 2013-09-20 · 42 Amazing Maps — Hank says maps can show preferences: alcoholic drinks, sides of the road, pronouncing caramel, what to call soda, and systems of measurement. (00:01:45)
  • 2013-09-20 · 42 Amazing Maps — Hank shows a Worldmapper map of the number of internet users swelling from 2000 to 2007. (00:02:18)
    • from 2000 to 2007 — growth in the number of internet users by country (cartogram) · in the world · as of 2000-2007 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-20 · 42 Amazing Maps — Hank says the Mercator projection, often used, stretches the world at the poles so that Africa looks about the size of Greenland. (00:02:38)
  • 2013-09-20 · 42 Amazing Maps — Hank says Africa is very big: bigger than the United States, France, Germany, Spain, the UK, all of Eastern Europe, China and India. (00:02:46)
    • bigger than: The United States, France, Germany, Spain, the UK, all of Eastern Europe, China, and India — land area of Africa compared with the combined area of the listed countries and regions · in Africa · as of 2013-09-20 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-09-20 · 42 Amazing Maps — Hank says north being up is completely arbitrary, though convenient because most people live in the Northern Hemisphere. (00:03:00)
  • 2013-09-20 · 42 Amazing Maps — Hank says Western maps began north-up with Ptolemy, switched to east-up (so to orient a map pointed it toward the Orient), and returned to north-up in the Renaissance out of obsession with the Greeks. (00:03:07)

Health (13)

  • 2013-11-12 · But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? — The description says you can get intestinal hookworms from eating earthworms, so the punishment excludes worm pizza. (video description)
  • 2013-11-12 · But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? — John says sugar does not make children hyperactive, and more studies attest to this than prove that most drugs humans take are safe. (00:00:03)
  • 2013-11-12 · But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? — From Carroll's books, John reports: teething does not cause babies to have fevers. (00:01:07)
  • 2013-11-12 · But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? — From Carroll's books, John reports: married people have more sex than single people of the same age and report that the sex is better. (00:01:10)
  • 2013-11-12 · But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? — From Carroll's books, John reports: cleaning a kitchen counter with a sponge will likely make it dirtier, because the average sponge has more pathogens than the average toilet seat. (00:01:16)
  • 2013-11-12 · But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? — From Carroll's books, John reports: lifting heavy boxes does not cause hernias; it can reveal them. (00:01:25)
  • 2013-11-12 · But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? — From Carroll's books, John reports: Americans are not more likely to commit suicide around Christmas. (00:01:30)
  • 2013-11-12 · But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? — From Carroll's books, John reports: if you stop exercising, your muscles do not turn to fat. (00:01:33)
  • 2013-11-12 · But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? — From Carroll's books, John reports: as you gain weight the number of fat cells does not increase; only their size does. (00:01:37)
  • 2013-11-12 · But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? — From Carroll's books, John reports: sit-ups do not flatten your stomach. (00:01:44)
  • 2013-11-12 · But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? — From Carroll's books, John reports: you are no more likely to get an infection on an airplane than in any other public space, but more likely than staying home alone. (00:01:46)
  • 2013-11-12 · But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? — From Carroll's books, John reports: in rare instances, vomiting hard and frequently can cause your eyes to pop out of your head. (00:02:03)
  • 2013-11-12 · But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? — John tells Henry he cannot eat worm pizza, Henry's first suggestion, because eating worms can be really bad for you, even kind of poisonous, as they carry bacteria. — hedged: “It can be kind of poisonous” (00:02:15)

Pop culture (13)

Internet & YouTube (11)

  • 2013-01-11 · On the Ownership of Ideas — Hank says Disney likewise made existing stories (Alice in Wonderland, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella) into movies, but is now the primary force behind extending copyright length 'forever'. (00:01:55)
  • 2013-01-11 · On the Ownership of Ideas — Hank says a One Direction lip-sync video now stays up: YouTube's algorithms identify the song, ads appear on it, and Sony Music gets the ad money. (00:02:36)
  • 2013-01-11 · On the Ownership of Ideas — Hank says almost all creations before the 1700s were collaborative; a song could be written by dozens of people over hundreds of years. (00:03:12)
    • the 1700s (century) — date before which almost all creations were collaborative · for creative works · as of 2013-01-11 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • dozens (people) — number of authors of a song (collaborative creation) · for songs before the 1700s · as of 2013-01-11 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • hundreds of years — time over which a song could be written · for songs before the 1700s · as of 2013-01-11 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-02-15 · Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week — Hank observes that internet dance-craze songs are mostly bilingual (English plus Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Moldovan), a trend predating internet culture, though unilingual crazes remain possible. (00:01:03)
    • a majority (share) — share of internet dance crazes based on bilingual songs · as of 2013-02-15 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-02-15 · Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week — In the clip John tells the President almost all economists agree the US should stop minting pennies - obvious and not partisan - and asks why it hasn't been done. (00:01:53)
    • Almost all (share) — share of economists who agree the US should stop minting pennies · for economists · in United States · as of 2013-02-15 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-04-12 · Felicia Day, Hannah Hart, and The Fine Brothers — Hank says that during VidCon last year (2012) the Anaheim Convention Center held more than a tenth of his town's population. (00:00:32)
    • more than a tenth (fraction of Hank's town's population) — people at VidCon in the Anaheim Convention Center relative to the population of Hank's town · for VidCon attendees · in Anaheim Convention Center · as of 2012 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-04-12 · Felicia Day, Hannah Hart, and The Fine Brothers — Hank says most online video people live in LA, which is why he is there and will do much the same the next day. (00:02:34)
  • 2013-04-26 · Cat GIF Critique — Hank thanks backers of the Lizzie Bennet Kickstarter, the fifth top-funded film and video project ever; it was fourth that morning until Zach Braff's campaign. (00:02:21)
    • fifth (rank) — rank among top-funded Kickstarter film and video projects of all time · for Lizzie Bennet Kickstarter · as of 2013-04-26 · no source named · unchecked
    • fourth (rank) — rank among top-funded Kickstarter film and video projects of all time · for Lizzie Bennet Kickstarter · as of 2013-04-26 (that morning) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-05-24 · What's Up with Start Ups — Hank says Twitter is said to be worth ten billion dollars, which makes little sense to him because 'it doesn't do anything'. (00:00:00)
    • ten billion dollars (USD) — valuation of Twitter · for Twitter · as of 2013 · source: they say (unnamed) · unchecked
  • 2013-05-24 · What's Up with Start Ups — Hank says most industries value a company by assets, liabilities, profit and revenue; the basic starting point is ten times profit or three times revenue. (00:00:00)
    • ten times profit (multiple of annual profit) — typical starting company valuation · for companies (most industries) · as of 2013-05-24 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • three times revenue (multiple of annual revenue) — typical starting company valuation · for companies (most industries) · as of 2013-05-24 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-05-24 · What's Up with Start Ups — Hank says Tumblr made $15 million last year (2012) and sold for $1.1 billion, about 75 times revenue, with no profit; Instagram sold for a billion having never made money. (00:00:00)
    • fifteen million dollars (USD) — annual revenue of Tumblr · for Tumblr · as of last year (2012) · no source named · unchecked
    • 1.1 billion dollars (USD) — sale price of Tumblr · for Tumblr · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • 75 times revenue (multiple of annual revenue) — Tumblr sale price relative to revenue · for Tumblr · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • a billion dollars (USD) — sale price of Instagram · for Instagram · as of 2013-05-24 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • never made money (USD) — revenue of Instagram · for Instagram · as of 2013-05-24 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked

Everyday life (9)

  • 2013-01-25 · How to Make Friends — Hank says studies of friendship count not Facebook friends but people you can share intimate things about your brokenness with: on average two to three per person. (00:00:29)
    • between two and three (people) — number of people one can share intimate things about one's brokenness with · for people on average · as of 2013-01-25 (implied: upload date) · source: when people study the number of friends that people have · unchecked
  • 2013-01-25 · How to Make Friends — Hank says psychologists in the 1950s found friendship requires repeated, unplanned interactions, which is why many friends come from school or work. (00:01:27)
    • 50s (decade) — when psychologists identified repeated, unplanned interactions as necessary for friendship · as of 50s · source: Psychologists · unchecked
  • 2013-02-12 · Talking to the President — John says Abreva is the only FDA-approved medication for cold sores (adding, playfully, that it costs more than gold). (00:00:45)
  • 2013-03-01 · Top 25 Life Hacks of Reddit — Hank relays the tip that travel websites raise ticket prices when they see a returning visitor, so search in incognito mode; he calls the sites jerks. (00:01:09)
  • 2013-03-01 · Top 25 Life Hacks of Reddit — Among the tips: good eggs sink and bad eggs float. (00:02:01)
  • 2013-05-03 · 17 Rants in 4 Minutes — Hank says that, despite advice to let anger out, research he has read shows the angrier you are the angrier you become, so this video was a bad idea and viewers should not copy it. (00:03:40)
  • 2013-08-02 · 17 Air Travel Tips — Hank says wearing a hoodie gets you pulled aside for further screening, not because of profiling but because there is room in it to hide things. (00:01:44)
  • 2013-08-02 · 17 Air Travel Tips — First-class passengers look unhappy because they mostly got their seats not by paying but by travelling about 200 days a year, which Hank calls no way to live. (00:02:22)
    • two hundred (days per year) — days travelled per year by first-class (upgraded frequent) flyers · for first-class passengers · as of 2013-08-02 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · doubtful
  • 2013-11-22 · How to Apologize like a Fartbag — Hank cites research finding that people who apologize feel weaker but are seen as stronger, while those who don't feel stronger but are seen as weaker. (00:03:20)

Personal life (8)

  • 2013-03-05 · The Gray Speckled Walls Encroach: The Perks and Liabilities of Frequent Flying — John says some first-class passengers are rich people who paid a lot, but most sit there because they fly one airline all the time and it wants to thank, or essentially bribe, them. (00:01:10)
  • 2013-04-23 · DOCTOR GREEN — John says his degree is a doctor of letters (D.Litt), a so-called higher doctorate, technically a higher degree than a PhD. (00:00:58)
  • 2013-04-23 · DOCTOR GREEN — John says he looked on Wikipedia and found that, as an honorary doctor, he cannot call himself a doctor. (00:01:23)
  • 2013-04-23 · DOCTOR GREEN — John says that, it seems, a few honorary doctorate holders used the title, including Benjamin Franklin, who called himself Dr. Franklin after a 1758 honorary degree from William and Mary, but that today it is frowned upon. — hedged: “It seems that” (00:01:32)
    • 1758 (year) — year of the honorary degree after which Benjamin Franklin called himself Dr. Franklin · for Benjamin Franklin · in College of William and Mary · as of 2013-04-23 (implied: upload date) · source: Wikipedia · doubtful
  • 2013-04-23 · DOCTOR GREEN — John says the lexicographer and 'professional quote machine' Dr. Samuel Johnson was only an honorary doctor. (00:01:52)
  • 2013-04-23 · DOCTOR GREEN — John says The Fault in Our Stars, fifteen months after publication, is back at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list, passing Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower, now No. 2. (00:02:22)
    • fifteen months — time since publication of The Fault in Our Stars · for The Fault in Our Stars · as of 2013-04-23 · no source named · unchecked
    • number one (rank) — rank on the New York Times bestseller list · for The Fault in Our Stars · as of 2013-04-23 · source: The New York Times · unchecked
    • number two (rank) — rank on the New York Times bestseller list · for The Perks of Being a Wallflower · as of 2013-04-23 · source: The New York Times · unchecked
  • 2013-07-19 · TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More! — John says Larry Langford, now in prison, was mayor of his quasi-hometown Birmingham, Alabama, and ran for mayor with the motto 'Let's do something'. (00:02:01)
  • 2013-07-19 · TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More! — John says he learned that China's monopoly on the world silk trade ended when two monks smuggled about seven silkworms out of China to the Byzantine Empire, rewriting history. — hedged: “like seven silkworms or something” (00:02:40)
    • two (monks) — people who smuggled silkworms out of China · in China to the Byzantine Empire · as of 2013-07-19 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • seven (silkworms) — silkworms smuggled out of China · in China to the Byzantine Empire · as of 2013-07-19 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · doubtful

Books & writing (6)

Projects (6)

  • 2013-06-21 · New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News — Hank: according to Weird Games, the Evil Baby Orphanage card game has now sold over 4,000 copies. (00:00:26)
    • over 4,000 (copies) — Evil Baby Orphanage card game copies sold · as of 2013-06 · source: Weird Games · unchecked
  • 2013-06-21 · New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News — Hank: Nerdcrafteria, the Nerdfighter Minecraft server, has seen over 43,000 unique players and 9,700 diamonds discovered, and 3,500 mobs are killed every day. (00:00:26)
    • over 43,000 (unique players) — Nerdcrafteria unique players · as of 2013-06 · no source named · unchecked
    • 9,700 (diamonds) — diamonds discovered on Nerdcrafteria · as of 2013-06 · no source named · unchecked
    • 3,500 (mobs per day) — mobs killed daily on Nerdcrafteria · as of 2013-06 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-06-21 · New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News — Emily Graslie: The Field Museum holds one of the largest and most diverse collections in the world, 25 million artifacts, against 24,000 at her current museum. (00:00:55)
    • 25 million (artifacts) — Field Museum collection size · in Chicago · as of 2013-06 · no source named · unchecked
    • 24,000 (artifacts) — collection size of the museum where she now works ('here') · as of 2013-06 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-06-21 · New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News — Hank: the Nerdfighteria census results were fascinating (his overview on Hank's channel took 23 minutes); 130,000 people filled it out and 100% of those who started finished. — hedged: “probably” (00:02:53)
    • 130,000 (people) — Nerdfighteria Census 2013 respondents · for Nerdfighteria · as of 2013-06 · source: Nerdfighteria Census · unchecked
    • 100% (percent) — Nerdfighteria Census 2013 completion rate among starters · for Nerdfighteria · as of 2013-06 · source: Nerdfighteria Census · doubtful
  • 2013-10-11 · TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc — Hank says Subbable has averaged $100,000 a month paid out to partners over the last two months. (00:00:29)
    • a hundred thousand dollars (US dollars per month) — average monthly payout from Subbable to its partner creators · for Subbable partner creators · as of the last two months before 2013-10-11 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2013-11-08 · VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins — a guest: A voice in the montage says this year's (2013) VidCon is bigger than every previous VidCon combined. (00:00:32)

Philosophy & meaning (1)

  • 2013-06-07 · How To Be a Baby Properly — Hank explains that human babies are born quite premature compared with other placental mammals because our heads evolved to be so big they are hard to deliver later in development; a newborn is basically still an embryo. (00:00:54)