Tim Urban

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

It’s funny that after the Big Bang, there were all these hydrogen atoms everywhere and 13.8 billion years later som… https://t.co/iMkyoX8uzV — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@Kupeplex That's insanely tiny — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Two population questions: Why are so many people bunched up on the southern ridge of the Himalayas? Why do all Ta… https://t.co/SHjdUWj5WL — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

K bye — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Fuck it https://t.co/vLC7e6t7be — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

If we really wanted to get dense, we could fit everyone into NYC by standing tightly together https://t.co/aMU9RxI75I — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Because we're on a roll: https://t.co/MAN3xpHvlJ — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Also I figured this out once: https://t.co/1KL8zCPEiL — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

While we're in Bangladesh, there are an equal number of people in the red and blue regions [from Reddit user u/Ando… https://t.co/Dmb3i1ayBr — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Northern India needs to chill https://t.co/V60fvqheq2 — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Or Australia https://t.co/DkebhxEpCF — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

No one is in Iceland https://t.co/3drPNkCShT — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Southeast Asia. Java is off the hook. https://t.co/IKzDgucVlN — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

A reminder that almost all the people in China are in the southeast. https://t.co/SMl2fsILFj — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

And some specifics by @VisualCap. The US is pretty undense: https://t.co/Ov9OEbANJU — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Population density thread because you and I both know you have nothing better to do. Let's start with this cool wa… https://t.co/C3WYEtcQ5m — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@InertialObservr Yeah just now — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

This cloud is mad at New York https://t.co/oGKpwjGL40 — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@Kupeplex @PeStrCz @elonmusk Seems like if you were traveling through the universe it would be rare to see any gala… https://t.co/aGb6hh0NHH — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@Kupeplex @elonmusk Wow. How bright would it be? — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

But fertility rates are rapidly dropping worldwide, so while the global population continues to grow, the rate of g… https://t.co/NtDAcj9vJx — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Africa’s high fertility rate means that by 2100 there will be almost as many people in Africa as Asia and only 17%… https://t.co/m841HtPDDl — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

This map sent me on a spiral. Some tidbits: Nigeria is currently the world’s sixth most populous country and is pr… https://t.co/yybpU8Wumi — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@udimsumulosesum “Ed edited it” — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@JesseAbraham Stop being mean — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

I still remember the devastating day I learned that Jupiter was a basically a giant cloud and not a solid planet with a fun bouncy surface. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Juno is my second favorite photographer after Webb https://t.co/wu8KZxJBRU — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

RT @Rainmaker1973: This variation by Raven Kwok shows an interesting fractal similarity built with "rotating squares" [author's site: https… — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@kaplanfx Yup. And nebulas come in so many different shapes, so why not a spiral too. Imagine the mind-blow when th… https://t.co/mJralPoPJQ — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@elonmusk I wonder what the Milky Way looks like to species living in Andromeda, and what names they’ve given it. — PolitiTweet.org