🍺 Europe’s Daily Alcohol Consumption; The Different Words Americans Use for Semi-Trucks; U.S. to Stop Minting Pennies?
PLUS, U.S. economy saw negative growth in Q1 2025, but there's a catch.
🍺 MAPPED: Europe’s Daily Alcohol Consumption
I didn’t know Portugal was like that. 🍻
🚛 Map Shows the Different Words Americans Use for “Semi-Trucks”
I had no idea. Here I thought tractor trailer was a basketball player.
🇬🇧 Iconic Companies Made in the U.K.
🤔 Most iconic? Tesco.
Sin duda.
📉 U.S. Economy Contracts in First Quarter of 2025
EDIT: Turns out most the stuff I say in this particular GDP equation bit is totally incorrect. Noah Smith explains in this piece.
Interesting, but should be noted that a good chunk of the decrease in GDP is kinda due a trick in the way we calculate GDP.
Here’s the equation for GDP:GDP = Consumption + Investment + Government Spending + Exports - Imports
Last quarter, there was a huge increase in imports as companies stocked up on goods before the tariffs were implemented.
You can see in the equation that, if imports are abnormally high, it makes GDP look abnormally low.
🪙 USA Might Stop Minting Pennies
At long last, bipartisan consensus.
🎶 Banger of the Day
We Carry On - Portishead
Portishead is an electronic music band from Bristol, England. They released a total of three albums between 1994 and 2008. They are credited with being one of the key players in popularizing the trip hop genre.
Their third album Third is an absolute masterpiece and everyone should listen to it. Here’s one of my favorite tracks from that album:
SIDE NOTE: On Instagram, we pair each post with a song that bangs. A lot of people don’t know that we have a comprehensive Spotify playlist with every song we ever played. Click here to check it out. 🎶
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