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Five things I learned while researching this chart: 1. The world's most expensive thing by weight is probably the Treskilling Yellow postage stamp. 2. The US's 400 richest people have a greater combined net worth than the poorest 50% of the country. 3. The EPA has a dollar value for human life; it's currently $8.4 million. They don't like to talk about it; they call it a VSL (Value of Statistical Life), and tend to use terms like "1000 Micro-VSLs" 4. The Eisenhower Interstate Highway System is arguably the most expensive public works project in the history of mankind 5. We spend roughly the same amount on cancer treatment as we do on cigarettes. I'm not sure what lesson to take from that. 6. Given their annual marketing budget, Coca-Cola could afford to literally buy the world a Coke. However, singing lessons for every person on Earth would be prohibitively expensive.

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OKAY, MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, IT'S THE FIRST TUESDAY IN FEBRUARY. 1 THIS MEANS THAT BY LAW AND CUSTOM, WE MUST SPEND THE MORNING READING THROUGH THE WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE LIST OF COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS, 50 YOU CAN SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIVES BEING A LITTLE LESS WRONG. 1 THE GUESTS AT EVERY PARTY YOU'LL EVER ATTEND THANK US IN ADVANCE. DR I WISH I LIVED IN THIS UNIVERSE.

ALL MODERN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE Ang A PROJECT SOME RANDOM PERSON IN NEBRASKA HAS BEEN THANKLESSLY MAINTAINING SINCE 2003

MAN, I SUCK ATTHIS GAME. CAN YOU GIVE ME A FEW POINTERS? OX3A28213A Ox 6339392C, OX7363682E. I HATE YOU.

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