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Infant mortality rate

9 figures in 5 videos.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2008-04-28	higher than Slovenia	comparison	infant mortality rate	in United States	2008		unchecked	Ranting and Giving Stuff Away 00:02:16
2008-04-28	behind Puerto Rico	comparison	infant mortality rate	in United States	2008		unchecked	Ranting and Giving Stuff Away 00:02:45
2013-12-31	46 deaths per 1,000 births	deaths per 1,000 births	infant mortality rate	for infants · in the world	about 2005	John	unchecked	GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever 00:00:39
2013-12-31	35	deaths per 1,000 births	infant mortality rate	for infants · in the world	2013	John	unchecked	GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever 00:00:39
2014-07-15	the last twenty years	years	period over which infant mortality fell and health care improved	in East Africa	2014-07	John Green	unchecked	Exciting Announcements and Mosquito-Borne Illnesses 00:02:21
2015-12-11	down by half in the last 25 years		infant mortality rate	in the world	1990-2015		unchecked	The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 00:03:00
2021-10-01	below six	deaths_per_1000_births	infant deaths per thousand births	for infants · in most places where the video is watched	2021-10-01 (implied: upload date)		unchecked	A Lie I Heard this Week 00:02:05
2021-10-01	80	deaths_per_1000_births	infant deaths per thousand births	for infants · in Sierra Leone	2021-10-01 (implied: upload date)		unchecked	A Lie I Heard this Week 00:02:05
2021-10-01	160	deaths_per_1000_births	infant deaths per thousand births	for infants · in Sierra Leone	1980		unchecked	A Lie I Heard this Week 00:02:05

World population

7 figures in 5 videos.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2011-10-26	7 billionth	person	world population milestone	for humans · in the world	2011-10		unchecked	7,000,000,000 People 00:00:29
2011-10-26	7 billion	people	world population	for humans · in the world	2011		unchecked	7,000,000,000 People 00:01:27
2013-09-27	around 10 billion	people	peak world population	in the world	2060		unchecked	Invalid Arguments: Climate Change 00:00:01
2014-01-21	4 billion	people	world population	in the world	1975		unchecked	Are Poor Countries Doomed? 00:00:11
2014-01-21	1.6 billion	people	world population	in the world	1900		unchecked	Are Poor Countries Doomed? 00:00:11
2015-09-24	more than half	fraction	share of the world's people living in Asia	for world population · in Asia	2015		unchecked	Continents are Dumb 00:00:25
2022-11-18	8 billionth		world population	for people · in the world	2022-11		unchecked	How Much Does Humanity Weigh? 00:03:05

Number of people in extreme poverty

6 figures in 5 videos.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2012-12-17	about 1.4 billion	people	number of people living in absolute poverty	for people in absolute poverty (under $1.25 a day) · in the world	2012-12-17 (implied: upload date)		unchecked	THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. 00:00:23
2014-04-29	more than a billion	people	number of people living below $1.25 a day	in the world	2014-04-29 (implied: date said in the video)		unchecked	Influence, Airports, and the Nerdfighter Book Club 00:02:51
2015-01-27	hundreds of millions	people	people who emerged from absolute poverty	for people worldwide · in the world	last 25 years (resolved: 1990–2015, from the upload date 2015-01-27)		unchecked	Will Life Get Better for the Poor? 00:00:16
2015-09-22	about 1.9 billion	people	people living on less than $1.25 per day	for world population · in the world	1990		unchecked	Is Poverty Necessary? Looking back at the Millennium Development Goals 00:00:38
2025-01-28	About 36%	percent	share of people living in absolute poverty	for all people · in the world	1995		unchecked	This Is Not Normal 00:02:26
2025-01-28	about 10%	percent	share of people living in absolute poverty	for all people · in the world	2025		unchecked	This Is Not Normal 00:02:26

P4a total raised

5 figures in 5 videos.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2013-01-15	hundreds of thousands of dollars	USD	money raised for charity by the Project for Awesome		2013-01		unchecked	An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 00:59:05
2014-01-14	more than 860,000	US dollars	money raised in the Project for Awesome	for Nerdfighters	2013		unchecked	Giving Away Over $700,000 00:00:50
2014-07-08	more than 800,000 dollars	US dollars	money raised for charity by the Project for Awesome	for P4A 2013	December 2013	John Green	unchecked	The Future of Nerdfighteria 00:01:30
2014-12-16	over $1.2 million	USD	money raised for charity by the Project for Awesome	for P4A 2014	2014-12-16		unchecked	Jelly Face, Sharpie Face, Peanut Butter Face, and Mummy Dancers: The 2014 Project for Awesome 00:00:36
2015-11-09	more than a million dollars	USD	money raised by the Project for Awesome (pot distributed by vote)		in the last few years (resolved: up to 2015, from the upload date 2015-11-09)		unchecked	Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) 00:02:30

International poverty line

5 figures in 4 videos.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2012-12-17	$1.25	US dollars per day	absolute poverty line	for people in absolute poverty · in the world	2012-12-17 (implied: upload date)		unchecked	THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. 00:00:23
2012-12-17	$1.25	US dollars per day at purchasing power parity	absolute poverty line (PPP basis)	for people in absolute poverty · in world (valued at US prices)	2012-12-17 (implied: upload date)		unchecked	THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. 00:00:52
2014-04-29	$1.25	US dollars per day	international poverty line	for people in global poverty · in the world	2014-04-29 (implied: date said in the video)		unchecked	Influence, Airports, and the Nerdfighter Book Club 00:02:51
2014-06-10	more than $1.25 a day	US dollars per day	daily income of a garbage collector in Annawadi relative to the official poverty definition	for Sunil, a garbage collector · in Annawadi, Mumbai	2014-06-07 (implied: date said in the video)	Katherine Boo	unchecked	Our Old Friend Complexity: Behind the Beautiful Forevers 00:02:32
2015-09-22	$1.25 per day	USD/day	extreme poverty line used	for world population · in the world	1990		unchecked	Is Poverty Necessary? Looking back at the Millennium Development Goals 00:00:38

Annual number of under-five deaths

3 figures in 2 videos.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2012-12-17	seven million	children	deaths of children under five per year	for children under five · in the world	2012 ('this year')		unchecked	THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. 00:01:50
2025-01-28	over 11 million	deaths	annual deaths of children under five	for children under five · in the world	1995		unchecked	This Is Not Normal 00:00:00
2025-01-28	fewer than 5 million	deaths	annual deaths of children under five	for children under five · in the world	2024		unchecked	This Is Not Normal 00:00:00

Global maternal mortality

2 figures in 2 videos.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2015-11-12	44%	percent decline	maternal deaths (decline)	for maternal deaths · in worldwide	over the last 25 years (announced 2015-11-12)	World Health Organization	verified	Cheez Doodles Guy, Ringo Silver, and Dad Jokes (Pizzamas Day 4) 00:00:26
2025-10-01	about 23%		reduction in maternal mortality over the last 10 years	for world	2025		unchecked	Real Reasons for Hope 00:02:55

Global refugee population

2 figures in 2 videos.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2015-12-11	hasn't been this high since World War II		global refugee population	in the world	2015-12		unchecked	The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 00:03:04
2015-12-15	highest levels of displacement since World War II		number of displaced people	in the world	2015-12		unchecked	P4A 2015 - Condensed Soup 00:00:44

Life expectancy at age 70

2 figures in 2 videos.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2007-02-08	83	years	average age at death of a 70-year-old	for people aged 70	2007-02	census data	unchecked	Brotherhood 2.0: February 8th 00:02:44
2007-02-09	83	years	average age at death of a 70-year-old	for people aged 70	2007-02	Daniel Biss (via John)	unchecked	Brotherhood 2.0: February 9, 2007 00:00:33

Nerdfighter kiva lending total

2 figures in 2 videos.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2012-09-14	over $1,000,000	US dollars	loans made through the Nerdfighter group on Kiva	for Nerdfighter Kiva lending team	2012-09		unchecked	1000 VIDEOS!!! 00:01:04
2013-01-15	$1.76 million	USD	total loans made by the Nerdfighter Kiva lending group		2013-01-15		unchecked	An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 01:56:15

Nepal form of government

4 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2007-10-26	2001	year	year in which John's account of Nepal's crisis begins (constitutional monarchy facing a Maoist insurgency)	in Nepal	2001		unchecked	OCT. 26: DISCUSSING NEPAL WHILE EATING TOILET PAPER 00:00:05
2007-10-26	2005	year	year the king ends the constitutional monarchy and dissolves parliament	in Nepal	2005		unchecked	OCT. 26: DISCUSSING NEPAL WHILE EATING TOILET PAPER 00:01:33
2007-10-26	2006	year	year of pro-democracy protests leading the king to restore parliament	in Nepal	2006		unchecked	OCT. 26: DISCUSSING NEPAL WHILE EATING TOILET PAPER 00:02:11
2007-10-26	late 2006	date	Maoist rebels and parliament agree to stop fighting	in Nepal	2006		unchecked	OCT. 26: DISCUSSING NEPAL WHILE EATING TOILET PAPER 00:02:11

Guinea worm cases

3 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2016-08-16	about 3.5 million	cases	guinea worm disease cases per year	in the world	1986		unchecked	Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire 00:00:47
2016-08-16	22	cases	guinea worm disease cases per year	in the world	2015		unchecked	Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire 00:00:47
2016-08-16	7	cases	guinea worm disease cases so far in the year	in the world	2016		unchecked	Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire 00:00:47

Nepal election date

3 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2007-10-26	June 2007	date	originally scheduled election date	in Nepal	2007		unchecked	OCT. 26: DISCUSSING NEPAL WHILE EATING TOILET PAPER 00:02:40
2007-10-26	November 2007	date	rescheduled election date	in Nepal	2007		unchecked	OCT. 26: DISCUSSING NEPAL WHILE EATING TOILET PAPER 00:02:40
2007-10-26	about a week ago	time before video	announcement that elections would not be held	in Nepal	2007-10		unchecked	OCT. 26: DISCUSSING NEPAL WHILE EATING TOILET PAPER 00:02:40

Price of daraprim

3 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2015-11-24	13 dollars and 50 cents a pill	US dollars per pill	price of the toxoplasmosis drug before the hike	in United States	2015		unchecked	Crime and Outrage 00:01:45
2015-11-24	750 dollars a pill	US dollars per pill	price of the toxoplasmosis drug after the hike	in United States	2015		unchecked	Crime and Outrage 00:01:45
2015-11-24	375 dollars a pill	US dollars per pill	announced reduced price for some customers	for some customers · in United States	November 2015		unchecked	Crime and Outrage 00:01:45

Value of a statistical life

3 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2013-03-22	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	2013		unchecked	How Much is a Human Life Worth? 00:01:58
2013-03-22	six to nine million dollars	US dollars	value of a statistical life used by US government departments	for people · in United States	2013	various departments within the U.S. government	unchecked	How Much is a Human Life Worth? 00:02:22
2013-03-22	ten million dollars	US dollars	value of 78 years of high-quality life at the willingness-to-pay rate	for people	2013		unchecked	How Much is a Human Life Worth? 00:02:46

Asacol price increase

2 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2015-11-24	1,200%	percent	overnight price increase of a drug Hank needs	in United States	2011		unchecked	Crime and Outrage video description
2015-11-24	1200 percent	percent	overnight price increase of Asacol	in United States	2011		unchecked	Crime and Outrage 00:02:19

Conflict deaths

2 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2016-08-16	down in 2015 from 2014	trend	worldwide conflict deaths	in the world	2015		unchecked	Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire 00:01:37
2016-08-16	on pace to be down again this year	trend	worldwide conflict deaths	in the world	2016		unchecked	Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire 00:01:37

Cost to produce a us nickel

2 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2010-09-06	6.1 cents	US cents	cost to produce one US nickel	in United States	2009		unchecked	I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) video description
2010-09-06	more than nine cents	US cents	cost to produce one US nickel	in United States	2010		doubtful	I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) 00:02:18

Cost to produce a us penny

2 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2010-09-06	1.6 cents	US cents	cost to produce one US penny	in United States	2009		unchecked	I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) video description
2010-09-06	1.7 cents	US cents	cost to produce one US penny	in United States	2010		doubtful	I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) 00:00:45

Maize yield per hectare

2 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2014-08-26	6000	kg per hectare	maize yield	for corn fields · in Indiana	2014		unchecked	Food Is Weird: Understanding Agriculture in the Developing World 00:01:14
2014-08-26	2000	kg per cultivated hectare	maize yield	for cultivated land · in Ethiopia	2014		unchecked	Food Is Weird: Understanding Agriculture in the Developing World 00:01:14

NASA's share of the US federal budget

2 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2011-04-27	smaller than one half of a penny	cents per federal dollar	NASA's share of the US federal budget	in United States	2011		unchecked	NASA: Increasing Awesome 00:01:12
2011-04-27	0.45%	percent of federal tax dollars	NASA's share of the US federal budget	in United States	2011		unchecked	NASA: Increasing Awesome 00:03:25

Number of stars in the milky way

2 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2010-09-08	100 billion	stars	number of stars in the Milky Way (lower bound)	in Milky Way	2010		unchecked	Where are the Space Aliens?! 00:00:00
2010-09-08	400 billion	stars	number of stars in the Milky Way (upper bound)	in Milky Way	2010		unchecked	Where are the Space Aliens?! 00:00:00

Pancreatic cancer survival rate

2 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2016-08-16	approaching 30%	percent	early-stage pancreatic cancer survival rate	for early-stage pancreatic cancer patients	2016		unchecked	Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire 00:01:14
2016-08-16	under 10%	percent	early-stage pancreatic cancer survival rate	for early-stage pancreatic cancer patients	almost a decade ago (resolved: c. 2006, from the upload date 2016-08-16)		unchecked	Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire 00:01:14

Share of people with discomfort watching 3D films

2 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2011-04-18	10%	percent	share experiencing discomfort while watching 3D movies	for Americans · in United States	2011	Hank's research	unchecked	2D Glasses! Take the Headache out of 3D 00:00:41
2011-04-18	30 million	people	number experiencing discomfort while watching 3D movies	for Americans · in United States	2011	Hank's research	unchecked	2D Glasses! Take the Headache out of 3D 00:00:41

Share of refugees who are children

2 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2015-12-11	More than 60%	percent	share of refugees arriving in Gambella who are children	for refugees arriving in Gambella · in Gambella region, Ethiopia	2015-12		unchecked	The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 00:01:08
2015-12-11	more than half		share of refugees who are children	in the world	2015-12		unchecked	The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 00:03:04

Size of english wikipedia

2 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2015-08-28	about 24 terabytes	TB	size of the text of English Wikipedia		2015		doubtful	ALL of Wikipedia in One QR Code? 00:00:42
2015-08-28	24 trillion	bytes	size of the text of English Wikipedia		2015		doubtful	ALL of Wikipedia in One QR Code? 00:00:42

Swine flu case fatality rate

2 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2009-05-04	10%	percent of victims	case fatality rate of the 2009 swine flu	for people infected · in Mexico	early news reports, spring 2009	the news	doubtful	Oinkbarf Pandemic! An Intellectual Response to Swine Flu 00:01:27
2009-05-04	closer to 1%	percent of victims	case fatality rate of the 2009 swine flu	for people infected	May 2009		unchecked	Oinkbarf Pandemic! An Intellectual Response to Swine Flu 00:01:52

Tulip mania price collapse

2 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2011-04-20	99%	percent	fall in the tulip bulb market	for tulip bulbs · in Netherlands	1637		unchecked	Tulipomania 00:01:12
2011-04-20	two months	months	duration of the tulip bulb market collapse	for tulip bulbs · in Netherlands	1637		unchecked	Tulipomania 00:01:12

Us cancer survival rate

2 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2016-08-16	just under 50%	percent	overall cancer survival rate	for cancer patients · in United States	1980		unchecked	Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire 00:01:26
2016-08-16	very close to 70%	percent	overall cancer survival rate	for cancer patients · in United States	2016		unchecked	Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire 00:01:26

Us personal bankruptcy rate

2 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2016-08-16	fallen every year since 2010	trend	personal bankruptcy rate	in United States	2010-2015		unchecked	Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire 00:02:17
2016-08-16	down again in 2016	trend	personal bankruptcy rate	in United States	2016		unchecked	Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire 00:02:17

Ussher creation date

2 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2007-10-22	4004 BC	year	date of the creation of the world per Ussher's chronology		17th century	James Ussher	unchecked	October 22nd: The Anniversary of Young Earth Creationism 00:00:00
2007-10-22	October 22nd, just after nightfall	date	day of the creation of the world per Ussher's chronology		17th century	James Ussher	unchecked	October 22nd: The Anniversary of Young Earth Creationism 00:00:00

Vlogbrothers ad revenue split

2 figures in 1 video.

said on	value as said	unit	measure	for / in	as of	source	check	video
2015-12-08	half		share of Vlogbrothers ad revenue sponsoring online educational projects		2015-12		unchecked	The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report 00:02:42
2015-12-08	half		share of Vlogbrothers ad revenue going to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck		2015-12		unchecked	The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report 00:02:42