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Culture · Travel · Airlines · June 15, 2026

AIRLINES: How Incident Counts Hide Exposure Differences

336 airline records show capacity dominates safety rankings—United leads at 7.1B seat-km/week, but incident counts don't scale linearly with size. Culture · Food · Alcohol · June 15, 2026

ALCOHOL: Who Drinks the Most Per Capita?

Country-level consumption data map which nations drink the most per person—and how that has shifted. Culture · Travel · Bikeshare · June 15, 2026

BIKESHARE: How Far Portland Rides Actually Go

Trip-level bike-share data measures typical distance and duration across Biketown journeys. Culture · Food · Beer · June 15, 2026

BREWERIES: U.S. Craft Beer Peaks at 12.8% ABV While the Median Stays at 6%

Analysis of 2,410 U.S. Culture · Food · Fast Food · June 15, 2026

CALORIES: Fast Food's 2,430-Calorie Ceiling

515 U.S. Culture · Wellness · Fitness · June 15, 2026

EXERCISE: Colorado Leads U.S. Exercise Participation at 32%

Colorado leads at 32.0; median across 52 U.S. Culture · Travel · Heritage · June 15, 2026

HERITAGE: Sweden's UNESCO Sites vs. Denmark

Sweden led Scandinavia with 15 UNESCO sites by 2022; Denmark's count grew 150% from 2004. Culture · Environment · Hurricanes · June 15, 2026

HURRICANES: Maria's 2017 Peak Hammered Puerto Rico in a Three-State Season

Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico absorbed 100% of measured 2017 hurricane impact in 153-record TidyTuesday extract; median reading 703, ceiling 5,072. Culture · Leisure · Lego · June 15, 2026

LEGOS: LEGO Sets Shrank to 60 Pieces as Flagships Hit 11,695

Median part counts dropped from 142 to 59.5 as World Map and display sets pushed the complexity ceiling past 11,000 pieces. Culture · Travel · Parks · June 15, 2026

PARKS: Golden Gate Draws 94× the Median National Park Visit

Golden Gate National Recreation Area recorded 14.6 million visits in the dataset's peak year — 94 times the system median of 155,219 across 21,560 park-year records from 1904–2016. Culture · Food · Pizza · June 15, 2026

PIZZA: Two Economies in 10,000 Menu Rows

10,000 pizza menu records show a median price floor of 0.00 and a premium tier reaching 50.0, encoding two separate markets in one dataset. Culture · Environment · Plastic · June 15, 2026

PLASTIC: Plastic Mismanagement Stayed Uneven as GDP Doubled Since 1700

22,204 country-year records show high income funds collection but does not guarantee low leakage; coastal economies face mismanagement risk at any income level. Culture · Food · Ramen · June 15, 2026

RAMEN: Malaysia Leads Global Ramen Ratings by Half a Star

3,180 instant-ramen reviews show a 5.00-star ceiling and country gaps of 0.25–0.50 stars around the 3.75 median. Culture · Food · Restaurants · June 15, 2026

RESTAURANTS: NYC Inspection Scores Hit 156—Eleven Times the Median

NYC restaurant inspection scores cluster at 15; highest violation count reaches 156 in 100,000-record TidyTuesday extract. Culture · Food · Wine · June 15, 2026

WINE: Austria and Chile, Two Points Apart

Austria leads Chile by 2.00 points; the median sits at 88.0 in a dataset where the top dozen titles all score 100. Culture · Food · Coffee · April 14, 2026

COFFEE: Ethiopia Scores Highest on Coffee Quality—With Zero Starbucks Stores

Ethiopia's median CQI cup score is 85.3 — the highest of 16 countries with 20+ samples — yet Starbucks operates zero stores in the top three scoring nations.