Tuesday Links

All human beings are 99.9 percent identical in their genetic makeup.

Humans share 98.8 percent of their DNA with bonobos and chimpanzees.

The US is the sixth-most expensive country in the world to build rapid-rail transit infrastructure like the New York City Subway, the Washington Metro, or the Chicago “L.”  The five countries that are more expensive are doing a lot more tunneling.

High inflation disproportionately harms the poor. 

Why are conservatives against no-fault divorce? Maybe they enjoy reading all the nasty things spouses say about each other when fault has to be established.

There were 379 deaths worldwide between 2008 and 2021 related to a person taking a selfie. That’s more than 4 times the number of people who died by shark bite in the same period.