According to Google AI: The three most profound and existential questions for Homo sapiens center on our origin, our purpose, and our ultimate destiny . These questions have driven human philosophy, science, and religion since the dawn of consciousness. Things to think about: Philosopher Marin Heidegger asked, why is there something rather than nothing? One of the most mind-blowing facts is that Cleopatra lived much closer in time to the launch of the iPhone than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza . Cleopatra died in 30BC, while the Great Pyramid was built around 2560 BC, a gap of just over 2500 years. From her birth to the iPhone was only around 2000 years. Day vs. Year: A day on Venus (one full rotation on its axis) takes 243 Earth days, while a year on Venus (one orbit around the Sun) takes only 225 Earth days. More cosmic perspective : There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way —about 3 trillion trees compared to roughly 100 to 40...
A couple of days ago, the Department of Defense said it had spent $38 billion on the Iran War. Today, it was $43.6 billion . So I asked Google AI, how much, really, has this war cost us: The U.S. war against Iran has cost the military an estimated $43.6 billion directly , alongside roughly $87 billion in extra energy expenses for American consumers. [ 1 , 2 ] This war started 203 days ago. Doing the math: $429 million/day. So less than $1 billion/day. I then asked Google AI how many times had U.S. presidents banned news organizations from the White House. Outright blanket bans on entire news organizations from the White House are extremely rare in U.S. history, with only a handful of documented instances . Rather than banning entire outlets, administrations historically restricted individual reporters, limited event access, or used temporary suspensions. [ 1 , 2 ] First Amendment Challenges: Courts have repeatedly ruled that arbitrary suspension or ...