Kent Hendricks · December 28, 2023 – This is such an interesting list with so many subjects covered. Some are whimsical and many others are a fact checkers delight. Enjoy and hope you will click and read the links to articles referenced. From the list:

• Twelve plant species and five animal species are responsible for 75% of the world’s food supply. (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations)
• Most of the pasta made in Italy is from wheat grown in Yuma, Arizona. (“Home Grown: From Yuma wheat to Italian pasta”)
• The concept of moral decline—people today are less moral than years past and future generations will be less moral than the present one—is a belief that became widespread in 1949 and is now dominant in nearly every country. (“Illusion of moral decline”)