Share of U.S. adults who “lack proficiency in literacy,” reading below the sixth-grade level:52 % [1]Share of adults with the lowest literacy levels who live in poverty:43 % [2]Share of 12th-grade students who achieved “proficient” or higher in reading performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress in 2015:37 % [3]Student score difference between low-poverty schools and high-poverty schools:32 pointsOfficial 2020 U.S. poverty rate:11.4 % [4]Poverty rate according to the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), which incorporates government assistance:9.1 %Times the SPM rate has been lower than the official measure prior to 2020:02020 SPM rate without government stimulus checks during the COVID-19 pandemic:12.7 %Championships currently considered to be the most prestigious titles in World Wrestling Entertainment:9 [5]Wrestlers who have won these titles in 2021:34 [6]Number of these wrestlers who are BIPOC:22Black wrestlers who held the WWE World Championship from 1963 to 2019:1 [7] Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, 1998Black wrestlers who have held the WWE World Championship from 2019 to 2021:3 [8]Total construction time of the Panama Canal:10 years [9]Total construction time of the Taj Mahal:17 years [10]Time it’s taken George R. R. Martin to publish the A Song of Ice and Fire book series (the source material for Game of Thrones ):25 years (and counting) [11]Estimated number of eukaryotic species (species with complex cells) on Earth:8.7 millionEukaryotic species that have been catalogued by humans:1.2 million [12]Decrease in wildlife population sizes from 1970 to 2016:68 % [13]Share of the world’s remaining biodiversity safeguarded by Indigenous peoples:80 % [14]Share of the global land mass customarily managed by Indigenous peoples:More than 50 %Share of the global land mass legally owned by Indigenous peoples:10 %According to surveys of 1,388 heterosexual women, change in the number of women likely to casually date a man based on whether or not he’s pictured holding a cat:–2.8 %Change in the number of women willing to consider a long-term relationship with a man based on whether or not he’s pictured holding a cat:–2.6 % [15]Share of American women who own a cat:33 %Share of American men who own a cat:37 % [16]