NPR Fun Facts

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One of the great joys of listening to NPR is not knowing where the next story will take me. Will it be the Steppes of Mongolia? A prison in Alabama? The inside of the Federal Reserve?

Often embedded within these pieces are facts, figures, and fascinating trivia; but the smooth, dulcet tones of the reporter distract me, allowing the information to slip out the back. I will attempt to collect these morsels of hard data and post them here.

If you hear something, share something. But only the facts; not subjective thoughts, loose approximations, or unprovable claims.

Link: There have been 103,805 violations of campaign finance law in New York state over the past two years.


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Link: 15 percent of marriages today are interracial and inter-ethnic.


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Link: 2 percent of clothing in the U.S. is produced domestically; in 1990, it was 50 percent.


And going back to the 1950s and ’60s, nearly 100 percent.

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Link: Fast food chains now account for 54 percent of all restaurant sales in France


There are 1,200 McDonald’s and 400 Subways, while the number of cafes has dropped from more than 200,000 after World War II to just 32,000 today.

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Link: Sales of domestically produced hard cider have more than tripled since 2007.


Also, New York is the second-largest apple producer in the country.

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