Harper's Magazine

"This elephant didn’t know his boundaries. He would take whole packs of cigarettes and [then] spit the lighter,” http://harp.rs/19qid7l 

Percentage that were loaded: 83 (Apr ’16, 2 of 2) #HarpersIndex http://harp.rs/4e313eh 

Number of firearms found by U.S. airport-security screeners last year: 2,653 (Apr ’16, 1 of 2) #HarpersIndex http://harp.rs/4e313eh 

Congratulations to @MacArthrJustice celebrating 30 years today! Learn about the good work they do here http://www.macarthurjusticecenter.org/index.html 

Minimum number of Mexican mayors who have been killed by hit men in the past decade: 44 (Apr ’16) #HarpersIndex http://harp.rs/4e313eh 

Who say so today: 1/5 (Apr ’16, 2 of 2) #HarpersIndex http://harp.rs/4e313eh 

Portion of Americans in 1966 who said that they trusted the government most of the time: 2/3 (Apr ’16, 1 of 2) #HarpersIndex

Who trust search engines: 63 (Apr ’16, 2 of 2) #HarpersIndex http://harp.rs/4e313eh 

Percentage of people worldwide who trust print and broadcast news as a source of accurate information: 58 (Apr ’16, 1 of 2) #HarpersIndex

Portion of the Israeli population that is Arab: 1/5 (Apr ’16, 1 of 2) #HarpersIndex http://harp.rs/4e313eh 

Of workers in Israeli technology companies: 1/33 (Apr ’16, 2 of 2) #HarpersIndex http://harp.rs/4e313eh 

#Finding: India considered whether to provide medical training to its quacks. (Apr ’16) http://harp.rs/1vqvxc5 

By the average French drinker: 12.9 (Apr ’16, 2 of 2) #HarpersIndex http://harp.rs/4e313eh 

Liters of alcohol consumed annually by the average Iranian drinker: 24.8 (Apr ’16, 1 of 2) #HarpersIndex http://harp.rs/4e313eh 

#Finding: India’s extinct pink-headed duck was found to have derived its coloring from carotenoids. (Apr ’16) http://harp.rs/1vqvxc5 

Portion of Saudi Arabia’s budget that comes from oil revenues: 3/4 (Apr ’16) #HarpersIndex http://harp.rs/4e313eh 

#Finding: A rabbit brain was frozen and thawed without destroying its memories. (Apr ’16) http://harp.rs/1vqvxc5 

Minimum average number of dams built globally each day over the past sixty years: 1 (Apr ’16) #HarpersIndex http://harp.rs/4e313eh 

Year in which the plastic in the world’s oceans is projected to outweigh the fish: 2050 (Apr ’16) #HarpersIndex http://harp.rs/4e313eh