According to Ann Veneman, the executive director of Unicef:
"Women do 66 percent of the work in the world, produce 50 percent of the food, but earn 5 percent of income and 1 percent of the property."
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I wonder how many people this week realized that "ten percent down" followed by "ten percent up" does not equal "no change." Probably a few. And how many realized that "ten percent down" followed by "ten percent up" is the same as "ten percent up" followed by "ten percent down"?
A list of the top most satisfying jobs was just released by
John Allen Paulos' column at ABC News is up and it's quite interesting.
Sadly, I'm not talking about the desire to learn. A recent survey of teachers (pdf) revealed the following about hunger in the U.S. classroom:
I can't tell if you're using 'factoid' in its colloquial or original sense.
If the former; hilarious unintended irony.
If the latter; good point.