Each day, our editors collect the most interesting, striking or delightful facts to appear in articles throughout the paper. Here are 74 from the past year that were the most revealing. …
Each day, our editors collect the most interesting, striking or delightful facts to appear in articles throughout the paper. Here are 74 from the past year that were the most revealing.
By Times Insider Staff
Illustrations by Clay Hickson
Dec. 30, 2020
January
1. Japan’s legal system has a 99 percent conviction rate. Carlos Ghosn, at Home but Waiting for the Next Move
2. Fishing remains the United States’ second most dangerous profession, after logging. Overtaken by Frigid Seas, Hours From Help, There Was Little Chance of Survival
3. McSorley’s Old Ale House, established in 1854 in the East Village, served beer to Abraham Lincoln and John Lennon. After 190 Years, the ‘Most Famous Bar You’ve Never Heard of’ Avoids Last Call
4. The Lehigh Valley in Eastern Pennsylvania is within an eight-hour drive of one-third of American consumers. What the Rebirth of This Old Steel Center Means for Trump
Thai Soldier in Mass Shooting Had Business Clash With His Commander
9. About 95 percent of Egypt’s population lives on about 4 percent of the land, a green belt roughly half the size of Ireland that follows the Nile as it snakes through the desert, then fans out into the Nile Delta. As Egypt’s Population
