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Feb 11, 2020 7 tweets 3 min read
Female graduates in science, technology, engineering, and math:

🇮🇳IND: 43%
🇿🇦RSA: 43%
🇮🇹ITA: 40%
🇬🇧GBR: 38%
🇮🇩IDN: 37%
🇧🇷BRA: 37%
🇸🇪SWE: 35%
🇹🇷TUR: 35%
🇺🇸USA: 34%
🇫🇷FRA: 32%
🇨🇦CAN: 31%
🇲🇽MEX: 31%
🇪🇸ESP: 30%
🇳🇱NED: 29%
🇩🇪GER: 28%
🇰🇷KOR: 25%
🇨🇱CHL: 19%

(UN) #WomenInScience Scientific authors who are women:

🇨🇴COL: 41%
🇦🇷ARG: 34%
🇦🇺AUS: 28%
🇮🇹ITA: 28%
🇲🇽MEX: 28%
🇪🇸ESP: 27%
🇿🇦RSA: 26%
🇺🇸USA: 24%
🇧🇷BRA: 23%
🇫🇷FRA: 23%
🇹🇷TUR: 22%
🇸🇪SWE: 21%
🇬🇧GBR: 21%
🇨🇳CHN: 19%
🇷🇺RUS: 17%
🇨🇦CAN: 17%
🇩🇪GER: 16%
🇮🇳IND: 15%
🇰🇷KOR: 11%
🇯🇵JPN: 6%

(ISSA) #WomenInScience
Nov 25, 2019 11 tweets 5 min read
Vehicles sold in the US last year

1. Ford F-series: 909k
2. Chevy Silverado: 586k
3. Ram Pickup: 537k
4. Toyota RAV4: 427k
5. Nissan Rogue: 412k
6. Honda CR-V: 379k
7. Toyota Camry: 343k

this year
Cybertruck: over 200k orders in 72 hours.

#Tesla @elonmusk Electric vehicles sold in the US last year

1. Model 3: 140k
2. Toyota Prius Prime: 28k
3. Model X: 26k
4. Model S: 26k
5. Honda Clarity: 19k
6. Chevy Volt: 18k
7. Chevy Bolt: 18k
8. Nissan Leaf: 15k
9. BMW 530e: 9k

Tesla's market share: 53%

$TSLA #Tesla
Jun 28, 2019 9 tweets 6 min read
Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in South Africa.

Companies founded
Age 24: Zip2
Age 28: PayPal
Age 30: SpaceX
Age 32: Tesla
Age 44: OpenAI
Age 45: Neuralink, Boring Co.

“I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”

Happy birthday, @elonmusk! Tesla’s annual revenue

2007: $73,000
2008: $15 million
2009: $112 million

2015: $4.1 billion
2016: $7.0 billion
2017: $11.8 billion
2018: $21.5 billion

(Tesla) #future #automotive
Jun 8, 2019 18 tweets 8 min read
Decomposition time of our garbage

paper towel: 3 weeks
paper bag: 4 weeks
newspaper: 6 weeks

plastic bag: 20 years
styrofoam cup: 50 years
plastic straw: 200 years
plastic bottle: 450 years
coffee pod: 500 years

Sharing is caring. #WorldOceansDay Countries polluting our oceans the most

12. USA
11. Brazil
10. Bangladesh
9. Nigeria
8. Malaysia
7. Thailand
6. Egypt
5. Sri Lanka
4. Vietnam
3. Philippines
2. Indonesia
1. China

(WSJ) #china #ocean
Feb 26, 2019 9 tweets 3 min read
Female speaking time in Best Picture noms

8% - Bohemian Rhapsody
10% - BlacKkKlansman
12% - Green Book (winner)
18% - Vice
30% - Black Panther
36% - A Star Is Born
69% - The Favourite
90% - Roma

(Ceretai) #0urWorld #Oscars A movie passes the Bechdel Test if:

1. it has at least two (named) women in it
2. who talk to each other
3. about something other than a man

About 40% of movies fail this test.