Americans who completely or mostly believe the central tenets of the QAnon conspiracy theory(that the United States is run by Satanic pedophiles, a coming political storm will restore Donald Trump to power, and Americans may have to resort to violence to save the country):
14%[1]
Americans who are mainline Protestants:
14.7%[2]
Americans who believe the 2020 election was stolen:
29%[1]
Americans who are evangelical Protestants:
25.4%[2]
“True tax rate†from 2014–2018 for the wealthiest American, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos:
0.98%[3]
Rate from 2014–2018 for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the second-richest American:
3.27%
Wealth gained by Bezos since January 2020:
$86 billion[4]
Wealth gained by Musk since January 2020:
$144 billion
Net decrease in total number of American jobs from January 2020 to May 2021:
7.3 million[5]
Number of Americans who became billionaires from March 2020 to April 2021:
98[6]
Americans confident that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will do the right thing regarding world affairs:
63%[7]
Out of 17 countries surveyed, number with less confidence in Merkel than the U.S.:
1
Americans confident that President Biden will do the right thing regarding world affairs:
60%
Number of countries with less confidence in Biden than the U.S.:
0
Centuries since the first documented sightings of Antarctica by Western explorers:
2[8]
Centuries since Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan sailed past Tierra del Fuego, then thought to be the northern tip of a vast southern continent:
5[9]
Centuries since Polynesian explorer Hui Te Rangiora and his sailors probably became the first people to sail Antarctic waters and to set foot on the continent:
14[10]
Number of live bees used in the production of the 1992 horror film Candyman:
Nearly200,000[11]
According to his contract, amount of bonus money made by star Tony Todd every time he got stung:
$1,000[12]
Bee stings suffered by Todd during the production of the film:
23
Stings suffered by Todd during the 2021 remake of Candyman:
Unknown
Times Fox News programming mentioned “critical race theory†from March 1–June 15, 2021:
1,278[13]
Number of states that introduced or passed bills to ban teaching of critical race theory during the same period:
18[14]
Number of these states with Republican control over both legislative houses and the governorship:
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