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[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans who consider Canada a U.S. ally : 82

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Canadians who consider the United States a Canadian ally : 33

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Portion of Americans who say that the United States should “take control of” Canada : 1/4

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of Canadians who say that California, Oregon, and Washington should “become part of” Canada : 1/3

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Percentage increase this year in sales of the Canadian flag by Flags Unlimited, one of Canada’s largest flag manufacturers : 100

[Harper’s Index]

Average salary cut that a Democrat would take in order to have an employer with liberal views : $1,700

[Harper’s Index]

That a Republican would take in order not to have a liberal employer : $1,600

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans who said their sympathies lay more with Palestinians than with Israelis in 2013 : 12

[Harper’s Index]

Now : 33

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated percentage of U.N. press releases that were generated by AI last year : 14

[Harper’s Index]

Of corporate press releases : 24

[Harper’s Index]

Average percentage by which customers rate more highly customer-service calls that use AI to “standardize” accents : 22

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated minimum amount generated by Cambodia’s scam industry last year : $12,500,000,000

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage change in the portion of Americans who identified as Christian from 2007 to 2022 : –23

[Harper’s Index]

From 2022 to today : +5

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans who pray who do so in a place of worship : 46

[Harper’s Index]

Who do so in their car : 61

[Harper’s Index]

Ratio of parking spots to cars in New York City : 3:2

[Harper’s Index]

Of bicycle parking spots to bicycles : 1:46

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of apartment rentals in Brooklyn last year for which there was a bidding war : 27

[Harper’s Index]

Chance that an American changed addresses in any given year in the 1960s : 1 in 5

[Harper’s Index]

In 2023 : 1 in 8

[Harper’s Index]

Rank of Florida among the states that Americans say they would most like to move to : 1

[Harper’s Index]

Rank of California : 2

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of buildings in California constructed in the 1920s that are in high-risk fire areas today : 28

[Harper’s Index]

Of those constructed since 2020 : 80

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of the contiguous United States in which mosquito season is longer now than it was in 1979 : 3/4

[Harper’s Index]

Average number of days by which mosquito season is now longer in these areas : 17

[Harper’s Index]

Factor by which the number of days that American schools are closed because of extreme heat has increased since 2019 : 2

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage change since 2000 in the portion of U.S. kindergarten and preschool teachers who are men : +129

[Harper’s Index]

In the portion of U.S. registered nurses who are men : +83

[Harper’s Index]

Chance that an American believes they have a penicillin allergy : 1 in 10

[Harper’s Index]

Maximum chance that an American does have a penicillin allergy : 1 in 100

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of Americans with chronic kidney disease who are unaware of it : 9/10

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans aged 25 to 34 who consider themselves middle-aged : 21

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May 13, 2025

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Voice Figure, c. 1885-1904, an image of sound created with paint on glass, by Margaret Watts Hughes, from her book Sound May Be Seen, which was published last month by The Further Reading Library | Christine Burgin Books.

“Street Protests During the DNC, Chicago, Illinois, 2024,” by Kris Graves. This image is part of the two-book set entitled RNC/DNC published last year by KGP MONOLITH. Courtesy the artist and KGP MONOLITH

Between You and Me, a painting by Bárbara Alegre, whose work is on view with Dohing Art at NADA New York. Courtesy the artist and Dohing Art, Seoul

“Sick Hagemeyer shop assistant as a seventies icon posing in front of the United Trading Company headquarters, Accra, 1971,” a photograph by James Barnor, whose work is on view with Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair. Courtesy Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière

The Lonely Rowan, a painting (ink wash on paper mounted on hand-painted watercolor paper) by Gunnel Wåhlstrand, whose work is on view with Andréhn-Schiptjenko at the Independent Art Fair. Courtesy the artist and Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Paris

Percentage of Americans who consider Canada a U.S. ally : 82

Percentage of Canadians who consider the United States a Canadian ally : 33

Portion of Americans who say that the United States should “take control of” Canada : 1/4

Portion of Canadians who say that California, Oregon, and Washington should “become part of” Canada : 1/3

Percentage increase this year in sales of the Canadian flag by Flags Unlimited, one of Canada’s largest flag manufacturers : 100

Average salary cut that a Democrat would take in order to have an employer with liberal views : $1,700

That a Republican would take in order not to have a liberal employer : $1,600

Percentage of Americans who said their sympathies lay more with Palestinians than with Israelis in 2013 : 12

Now : 33

Estimated percentage of U.N. press releases that were generated by AI last year : 14

Of corporate press releases : 24

Average percentage by which customers rate more highly customer-service calls that use AI to “standardize” accents : 22

Estimated minimum amount generated by Cambodia’s scam industry last year : $12,500,000,000

Ratio of this amount to the country’s official GDP : 1:2

Minimum number of Fortune 100 CEOs who have frozen their sperm : 33

Estimated average cost, per milliliter, of commercially donated sperm : $6,000

Portion of men who report having at least seven orgasms per week : 1/4

Of women : 1/50

Percentage change in the portion of Americans who identified as Christian from 2007 to 2022 : –23

From 2022 to today : +5

Percentage of Americans who pray who do so in a place of worship : 46

Who do so in their car : 61

Ratio of parking spots to cars in New York City : 3:2

Of bicycle parking spots to bicycles : 1:46

Percentage of apartment rentals in Brooklyn last year for which there was a bidding war : 27

Chance that an American changed addresses in any given year in the 1960s : 1 in 5

In 2023 : 1 in 8

Rank of Florida among the states that Americans say they would most like to move to : 1

Rank of California : 2

Percentage of buildings in California constructed in the 1920s that are in high-risk fire areas today : 28

Of those constructed since 2020 : 80

Portion of the contiguous United States in which mosquito season is longer now than it was in 1979 : 3/4

Average number of days by which mosquito season is now longer in these areas : 17

Factor by which the number of days that American schools are closed because of extreme heat has increased since 2019 : 2

Percentage change since 2000 in the portion of U.S. kindergarten and preschool teachers who are men : +129

In the portion of U.S. registered nurses who are men : +83

Chance that an American believes they have a penicillin allergy : 1 in 10

Maximum chance that an American does have a penicillin allergy : 1 in 100

Portion of Americans with chronic kidney disease who are unaware of it : 9/10

Percentage of Americans aged 25 to 34 who consider themselves middle-aged : 21

May 13, 2025

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Humans are losing their ability to digest cellulose.

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The playing speed of a metal guitarist directly correlates with his intrasexual competitiveness but not his mating success.

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Astrophysicists argued that the development of advanced alien technology requires an atmosphere composed of at least 18 percent oxygen.

Onshore wind turbines severely deter German bats from foraging.

An AI that was fed the employment and health data of six million Danes turned out to be more accurate than existing sociological methods at predicting if a given person was about to die.

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Scientists were not certain whether the globally synchronized waves observed in the brains of wakeful rats on ketamine or LSD were a cause or a symptom of hallucinations.

Geoscientists were confident that, given access to the oldest barnacles on the flaperon of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, they could help pinpoint its crash site.

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