# Today I learned **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [January 19, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835 "2021-01-19T22:46:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 107
**Author:** ![dothemath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/dothemath/32/651_2.png) [@dothemath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dothemath)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2132 "2024-12-12T00:09:02Z")
Huh. Today I learned… ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2133 "2024-12-12T00:41:57Z")
There will be a Swimsuit night? Asking for a friend. ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2134 "2024-12-12T02:22:30Z")
Every night is swimsuit night. Pull up. ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2135 "2024-12-15T13:37:47Z")
The US Capitol building is so radioactive, due to the high uranium content in its granite walls, it could never be licensed as a nuclear power reactor site. Source > **[Facts About Nuclear Radiation | Nuclear Reaction | FRONTLINE | PBS](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/reaction/interact/facts.html)** ---
**Author:** ![dothemath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/dothemath/32/651_2.png) [@dothemath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dothemath)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2136 "2024-12-16T01:40:46Z")
The root of the word vanilla is little vagina. ---
**Author:** ![The\_President](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_president/32/70075_2.png) [@The\_President](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_President)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2137 "2024-12-16T02:30:11Z")
Good thing we know how to price plain vanilla options. ---
**Author:** ![knoath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/knoath/32/65607_2.png) [@knoath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/knoath)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2138 "2024-12-16T02:58:43Z")
And both are associated with apple pie. ---
**Author:** ![NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/normaldan/32/1013_2.png) [@NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NormalDan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2139 "2024-12-16T14:18:46Z")
Per google, Disney employs more lawyers than there are credentialed P&C actuaries in the US ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2140 "2024-12-16T16:10:11Z")
When I Googled this that’s off by a lot. Disney employs 1,400 lawyers SOA has over 30,000 members CAS has over 10,000 members Now some are members of both. Not all SOA members practice in the U.S. But nearly all CAS members do. I don’t think that could possibly be true. And that’s not even counting EAs. ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2141 "2024-12-16T16:12:08Z")
There are 19,500 MAAAs who would nearly exclusively practice in the United States, and a LOT of credentialed American actuaries who practice in the United States are not Academy members. ---
**Author:** ![PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/patientzombie/32/391_2.png) [@PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatientZombie)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2142 "2024-12-16T16:35:26Z")
is 1400 a lot for a company with many subsidiaries? ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2143 "2024-12-16T16:39:46Z")
No idea! I know they have hundreds of thousands of employees. So I think significantly fewer than 1% are lawyers. Not sure what’s normal. The claim just didn’t pass the sniff test. Not even more than ACAS, which I’m guessing is the actuarial credential with the fewest actuaries (since most ACAS will go on to get FCAS). ---
**Author:** ![NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/normaldan/32/1013_2.png) [@NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NormalDan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2144 "2024-12-16T17:02:40Z")
When I google it says 10k lawyers work for Disney worldwide I dont know if it’s accurate, but Lincoln was quoted: [https://www.madpenguin.org/how-many-lawyers-does-disney-have](https://www.madpenguin.org/how-many-lawyers-does-disney-have) ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2145 "2024-12-16T17:31:48Z")
Hmmm, I’m guessing Google got their 1,400 number from this article: > **[Disney Revamps In-House Law Team to Meet Complex Legal Needs (1)](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/in-house-counsel/disney-revamps-in-house-counsel-team-to-meet-complex-legal-needs#)** > > The Walt Disney Co. has made key hires and other strategic moves to reorient its law department as the media and entertainment environment evolves. ![IMG_0191](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/1/a1309c3b2d2a4d0ba05ff40e0f34c11535da5524.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![knoath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/knoath/32/65607_2.png) [@knoath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/knoath)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2146 "2024-12-16T17:52:35Z")
Canada, UK, France and Australia have much higher homelessness than the US. In order 62.5, 56.1, 48.7 and 48.0 compared to 19.5 per 10,000. > **[List of sovereign states by homeless population](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_homeless_population)** > > It has been estimated that 318 million people are homeless worldwide. Habitat for Humanity estimated in 2016 that 1.6 billion people around the world live in "inadequate shelter". Different countries often use different definitions of homelessness. It can be defined by living in a shelter, being in a transitional phase of housing and living in a place not fit for human habitation. The numbers may or may not take into account internal displacement from conflict, violence and natural disasters. A... ---
**Author:** ![YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/yankeetripper/32/946_2.png) [@YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/u/YankeeTripper)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2147 "2024-12-16T18:29:46Z")
I saw another chart with Canada at 10.5 and Australia 12.9 so one of those is wrong either your figure or mine. It being the internet, could be either I didn’t do extensive vetting. But UK does consistently seem to be at or near the top in most sites I’ve seen and France is also ahead of US. I’m a bit surprised by both. ---
**Author:** ![knoath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/knoath/32/65607_2.png) [@knoath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/knoath)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2148 "2024-12-16T18:58:36Z")
I used Wikipedia but didn’t check to see their source. I was surprised that Australia was so much higher as homelessness is far less visible there. However, it rarely gets dangerously cold (a three dog night) so maybe they’re more dispersed. ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2149 "2024-12-16T19:05:04Z")
> [@knoath](#): > > I was surprised that Australia was so much higher as homelessness is far less visible there. How do they count the aboriginals? And the Crocodile Dundees? ---
**Author:** ![knoath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/knoath/32/65607_2.png) [@knoath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/knoath)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2150 "2024-12-16T19:28:55Z")
I haven’t been to any of the indigenous settlements since I was a child but from what I’ve read, the vast majority living in settlements are housed. There are a substantial number living in urban areas that are unhoused however. Crocodile Dundees are very rare, almost mythical. ---
**Author:** ![tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/u/tommie.frazier)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/2151 "2024-12-16T19:44:50Z")
they need an army for the global IP disputes they have to enforce, i imagine. that’s before getting to all the other reasons they might need attorneys [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835.md?page=106) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835.md?page=108)