Data is my Obsession

Data is my Obsession

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🌙 Ramadan fasting isn’t the same everywhere:

• Equator: ~11–13 hrs
• Europe/Canada: ~13–16 hrs
• Arctic regions: up to 20+ hrs 😳

In places like Iceland & northern Sweden, the sun barely sets—fasts can stretch past 20 hours.

Perspective matters. 🌍

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Some birthdays produce legends 👀

Sept 15 Marco Polo (1254), Agatha Christie (1890), Prince Harry (1984)

Sept 9-20 also gave us Otis Redding, Jack Ma, Jesse Owens, Narendra Modi & A Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin.

September might just be the month of greatness 🎉📊

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📊 New research analyzing ~2,600 UK households finds that owning a cat or dog can boost your life satisfaction by 3–4 points on a 1–7 scale — a happiness gain worth about £70,000 (~$93,000 USD) a year in wellbeing terms. 🐶🐱 Science shows pets really do make people happier.

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🏆 Top Most Productive Countries (GDP/PPP)

🇱🇺 Luxembourg - ~$150,772
🇸🇬 Singapore - ~$150,689
🇮🇪 Ireland - ~$131,175
🇲🇴 Macau - ~$128,268
��🇦 Qatar - ~$126,110
🇧🇲 Bermuda - ~$119,719
🇳🇴 Norway - ~$101,032
🇨🇭 Switzerland - ~$93,819
🇧🇷 Brunei - ~$90,007
🇺🇸 United States - ~$85,810

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Zone 2 cardio isn’t hype - it’s longevity science.

A 120K+ study found high fitness linked to up to 5× lower mortality.

150–300 min/week of moderate cardio reduces all-cause death risk.

Better VO₂ max. Better metabolism. Longer life. 🫀

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🌍 Fastest Declining Cities in the World

🇯🇵 Tokyo: fastest shrinking major metro
🇺🇸 New York: lost ~200k residents recently
🇺🇸 Chicago: down ~50k
🇺🇸 San Francisco: down ~40k
🇲🇽 Mexico City: slight decline
🇨🇳 Chengdu: down ~600k

📉 Low birth, aging, migration, economic shifts

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✨ Final thought:

At the end of life, people don’t regret failure.

They regret:
• unlived truth
• neglected love
• postponed joy

Source: Bronnie Ware — “The Top Five Regrets of the Dying”

🔗 https://t.co/bLvSNwWB3t

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🧵 A nurse asked dying patients one question:
“What do you regret most in life?”

After years in palliative care, the answers were hauntingly consistent.

Here are the Top 5 Regrets of the Dying 👇
(Source: Bronnie Ware)

👇👇👇

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5️⃣ “I wish I’d let myself be happier.”
😊🔓

Many realized too late:
happiness isn’t found — it’s chosen.

Fear of change kept them stuck.

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📱 How much time do we spend staring at screens?

🌍 Global avg: 6h 38m/day
🇺🇸 U.S.: ~6h 40m/day
🇿🇦 South Africa: 9h 37m/day (highest)
📊 That’s ~42% of waking life on screens.

Mostly mobile. Mostly social media.
The attention economy is winning. 🧠⚠️

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📱 Global Screen Time Overview (from Comparitech)

Average daily screen time worldwide: ~6 hrs 38 min (internet-connected activities).

This includes time spent on:
Social media ~2 hrs 21 min
Streaming music ~1 hr 25 min
Podcasts ~52 min
Most screen time is on mobile ~3 hrs

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🌍 Top places for living the longest

🥇 🇲🇨 Monaco — 86.5 yrs
🥈 🇸🇲 San Marino — 85.8 yrs
🥉 🇭🇰 Hong Kong — 85.6 yrs
🇯🇵 Japan — 84.8 yrs
🇰🇷 South Korea — 84.4 yrs
🇫🇷 Saint Barthélemy — 84.4 yrs
🇵🇫 French Polynesia — 84.2 yrs
🇦🇩 Andorra — 84.2 yrs

🧬⏳

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🫀 Normal resting heart rate by age (bpm):

👶 Newborn: 100–160
👧 Infant: 80–140
🧒 Toddler: 80–130
🧑 School age: 70–100
🧑‍🎓 Teens & Adults: 60–100

📉 Heart rate naturally slows as we age.
Source: NCBI (NBK593193)

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📊 Ultra-processed foods = higher obesity risk

Across multiple countries, studies show people who eat more ultra-processed foods are more likely to be overweight or obese.

⚠️ Also linked to metabolic syndrome, high LDL & hypertension.

Source: PMC5787353

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📊 Alcohol & cancer risk (data-backed):

Average daily drinks → relative cancer risk

• 0 drinks: baseline
• 1 drink/day: ~+5%
• 2 drinks/day: ~+15%
• 3 drinks/day: ~+30%
• 4 drinks/day: ~+50%

There’s no “safe” threshold. Risk rises with every drink.
Source: Harvard Health

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🌍 Board of Peace: Founding Members (2026)

26 countries have signed on as founding members, spanning Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

A new geopolitical bloc focused on peace, reconstruction, and influence- outside traditional UN structures.