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The earthquake—which so far has resulted in more than 700 dead people— was the equivalent of the explosion of 15.8 gigatons of TNT. That’s 316 Soviet Tsar nuclear bombs—at 50 megatons, the most powerful ever created—dropping at the same time in the same place.

Via Gizmodo

World’s Most Expensive Cemetery

Ben — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:19:10 +0000

Estimated value of $35 billion for all the decommissioned and out of date planes of the United States Air Force.

Via HuffPost

World’s Tallest Dog

Ben — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:33:28 +0000

This dog look remarkable like my sisters dog, except 100 pounds heavier.

Via Yahoo

Job Recovery

Ben — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:02:52 +0000

Another impressive stat shot about the stimulus and our recovery.

Via Obama

The Stimulus Bill Worked

Ben — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:57:01 +0000

Great article in the New York Times showing and discussing the impact of the stimulus bill.

Imagine if, one year ago, Congress had passed a stimulus bill that really worked.

Let’s say this bill had started spending money within a matter of weeks and had rapidly helped the economy. Let’s also imagine it was large enough to have had a huge impact on jobs — employing something like two million people who would otherwise be unemployed right now.

If that had happened, what would the economy look like today?

Well, it would look almost exactly as it does now. Because those nice descriptions of the stimulus that I just gave aren’t hypothetical. They are descriptions of the actual bill.