internet share telecommunications information 1993 2007

The Internet went from carrying 1% to almost all network information

In 1993, the Internet carried only about 1% of the information sent through two-way communication networks. Its share reached 51% in 2000 and more than 97% by 2007. The change took only 14 years.

The Sun is almost a perfect sphere

~8 parts per million

The Sun rotates, so its equator should bulge slightly outward. But measurements show that the difference between its equatorial and polar radii is extraordinarily small. Despite being a turbulent ball of hot plasma, the Sun is far closer to a perfect sphere than many familiar rotating objects.

Civil War soldier deaths were mostly from disease

≈2 in 3 deaths

A 2024 recalculation using newly available census records put American Civil War soldier deaths at about 698,000. Roughly two-thirds died from disease rather than battle.

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The Internet went from carrying 1% to almost all network information

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