Alex Peek blog: February 2020

Saturday, February 29, 2020

U.S. federal government budget 2018

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Architect of the Capitol

This post is the U.S. federal budget in 2018. Source: Congressional Budget Office

Expenses ($4.1 trillion)

Social Security: $982 billion
Discretionary other: $639 billion*
Defense: $623 billion
Medicare (elderly): $582 billion
Mandatory other: $570 billion**
Medicaid (low income and disability): $389 billion
Net interest: $325 billion

Revenues ($3.3 trillion)

Individual income taxes: $1.7 trillion
Payroll taxes: $1.2 trillion
Other taxes: $271 billion***
Corporate income taxes: 205 billion

* includes transportation, education, vetrans' benefits, housing, assistance, etc.
** includes unemployment compensation, retirement, some benefits, etc.
*** includes excise taxes, estate taxes, customs duties, etc.

List of Wikimedia Foundation sister projects

This post is a list of sister projects of the Wikimedia Foundation as of February 29th, 2020. There are 13 projects listed below in alphabetical order.

Source: Wikimedia sister projects

License: CC BY-SA 3.0

1. MediaWiki: "...free and open-source wiki software." (Wikipedia: MediaWiki, 11.6.22 UTC 14:47)

2. Meta-Wiki: "...central site for coordinating all projects and the Wikimedia community." (Wikipedia: Wikimedia Foundation, 11.9.22 UTC 22:47)

3. Wikibooks: "...creation of free content e-book textbooks and annotated texts that anyone can edit." (Wikipedia: Wikibooks, 10.27.22 UTC 10:02)

4. Wikidata: "...common source of open data..." (Wikipedia: Wikidata, 10.16.22 UTC 06:32)

5. Wikinews: "...free-content news wiki..." (Wikipedia: Wikinews, 9.30.22 UTC 22:33)

6. Wikimedia Commons: "...media repository of open images, sounds, videos and other media." (Wikipedia: Wikimedia Commons, 10.7.22 UTC 21:53)

7. Wikipedia: "...multilingual free online encyclopedia..." (Wikipedia: Wikipedia, 11.13.22 UTC 16:24)

8. Wikiquote: "...reference of quotations from prominent people, books, films, proverbs, etc..." (Wikipedia: Wikiquote, 10.30.22 UTC 11:56)

9. Wikisource: "...library of free-content textual sources..." (Wikipedia: Wikisource, 11.2.22 UTC 12:14)

10. Wikispecies: "...catalogue of all species..." (Wikipedia: Wikispecies, 10.8.22 UTC 19:01)

11. Wikiversity: "...supports learning communities, their learning materials and resulting activities." (Wikipedia: Wikiversity, 10.28.22 UTC 07:51)

12. Wikivoyage: "travel guide for travel destinations and travel topics..." (Wikipedia: Wikivoyage, 10.15.22 UTC 03:09)

13. Wiktionary: "...dictionary of terms..." (Wikipedia: Wiktionary, 10.19.22 UTC 23:07)

List of basketball players with 2,000 career blocks

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Keith Allison

Photo license: CC BY-SA 2.0

This post is a list of basketball players with at least 2,000 career blocks in the NBA as of February 29th, 2020. There are 19 players listed below. The photo above is Dikembe Mutombo in 2009. Source: Wikipedia

1. Hakeem Olajuwon - 3,830
2. Dikembe Mutombo - 3,289
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 3,189
4. Mark Eaton - 3,064
5. Tim Duncan - 3,020
6. David Robinson - 2,954
7. Patrick Ewing - 2,894
8. Shaquille O'Neal - 2,732
9. Tree Rollins - 2,542
10. Robert Parish - 2,361
11. Alonzo Mourning - 2,356
12. Marcus Camby - 2,331
13. Ben Wallace -2,137
14. Dwight Howard - 2,126
15. Shawn Bradley - 2,119
16. Manute Bol - 2,086
17. George Johnson - 2,082
18. Kevin Garnett - 2,037
19. Larry Nance - 2,027

List of baseball players with 600 career stolen bases

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Gary Soup

Photo license: CC BY 2.0

This post is a list of baseball players with at least 600 career stolen in the MLB as of February 29th, 2020. There are 18 players listed below. The photo above is Rickey Henderson attempting to steal a base in 1983. Source: Wikipedia

1. Rickey Henderson - 1,406
2. Lou Brock - 938
3. Billy Hamilton - 914
4. Ty Cobb - 897
5. Tim Raines - 808
6. Vince Coleman - 752
7. Arlie Latham - 742
8. Eddie Collins - 741
9. Max Carey - 738
10. Honus Wagner - 723
11. Joe Morgan - 689
12. Willie Wilson - 668
13. Tom Brown - 658
14. Bert Campaneris - 649
15. Kenny Lofton -622
16. Otis Nixon - 620
17. George Davis - 619
18. Juan Pierre - 614

Thursday, February 27, 2020

List of United States presidents

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Gilbert Stuart

This post is a list of United States presidents as of February 27th, 2020. The presidents are listed below in chronological order and there are 45 in total. The portrait above is George Washington in 1796.

1. George Washington (1789-1797)
2. John Adams (1797-1801)
3. Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)
4. James Madison (1809-1817)
5. James Monroe (1817-1825)
6. John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
7. Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
8. Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
9. William Henry Harrison (1841-1841)
10. John Tyler (1841-1845)
11. James K. Polk (1845-1849)
12. Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
13. Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)
14. Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
15. James Buchanan (1857-1861)
16. Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
17. Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)
18. Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)
19. Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)
20. James A. Garfield (1881-1881)
21. Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885)
22. Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)
23. Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)
24. Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)
25. William McKinley (1897-1901)
26. Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
27. William Howard Taft (1909-1913)
28. Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
29. Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)
30. Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
31. Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)
33. Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)
35. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
36. Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
37. Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
38. Gerald Ford (1974-1977)
39. Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
40. Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
41. George H. W. Bush (1989-1993)
42. Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
43. George W. Bush (2001-2009)
44. Barack Obama (2009-2017)
45. Donald Trump (2017-now)

Collection of Jeff Koons works

This post is a collection of Jeff Koons works. There are 10 works listed below alphabetically.

Balloon Dog (1994-2000)
Bouquet of Tulips (2019)
Cracked Egg (1994-2006)
Diamond (1994-2005)
Inflatable Flower and Bunny (1979)
Play-Doh (1994-2014)
Popeye (2009-2011)
Puppy (1992)
Sacred Heart (1994-2007)
Tulips (1995-2004)

List of exchange rates by country

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons

This post is a list of the foreign currency exchange rates for the 30 largest economies. The exchange rate is for 1 USD as of February 27th, 2020. The countries are listed in order of GDP in 2019. Source: Google Finance

United States: 1
China: 7.01
Japan: 109
Germany: 0.91
India: 71.82
United Kingdom: 0.78
France: 0.91
Italy: 0.91
Brazil: 4.49
Canada: 1.34
Russia: 66.5
South Korea: 1,128
Spain: 0.91
Australia: 1.54
Mexico: 19.5
Indonesia: 13,970
Netherlands: 0.91
Saudi Arabia: 3.75
Turkey: 6.22
Switzerland: 0.97
Taiwan: 30.3
Poland: 3.94
Thailand: 31.6
Sweden: 9.71
Belgium: 0.91
Iran: 42,100
Austria: 0.91
Nigeria: 366
Argentina: 62.0
Norway: 9.45

Sunday, February 23, 2020

List of basketball players with 25,000 career points

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Steve Lipofsky

Photo license: CC BY-SA 3.0

This post is a list of basketball players with at least 25,000 career points in the NBA as of February 23rd, 2020. There are 22 players listed below. The photo above is Michael Jordan in 1997. Source: Basketball-reference.com

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 38,387
2. Karl Malone - 36,928
3. LeBron James - 33,849
4. Kobe Bryant - 33,643
5. Michael Jordan - 32,292
6. Dirk Nowitzki - 31,560
7. Wilt Chamberlain - 31,419
8. Shaquille O'Neal - 28,596
9. Moses Malone - 27,409
10. Elvin Hayes - 27,313
11. Hakeem Olajuwon - 26,945
12. Oscar Robertson - 26,710
13. Dominique Wilkins - 26,668
14. Tim Duncan - 26,496
15. Paul Pierce - 26,397
16. John Havlicek - 26,395
17. Carmelo Anthony - 26,173
18. Kevin Garnett - 26,071
19. Vince Carter - 25,688
20. Alex English - 25,613
21.Reggie Miller - 25,279
22. Jerry West - 25,192

List of baseball pitchers with 300 career wins

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons

This post is a list of baseball pitchers with at least 300 career wins in the MLB as of February 23rd, 2020. The photo above is Cy Young. There are 24 players listed below. Source: Baseball-reference.com

1. Cy Young - 511
2. Walter Johnson - 417
3. Grover Cleveland Alexander - 373
3. Christy Mathewson - 373
5. Pud Galvin - 365
6. Warren Spahn - 363
7. Kid Nichols - 362
8. Greg Maddux - 355
9. Roger Clemens - 354
10. Tim Keefe - 342
11. Steve Carlton - 329
12. John Clarkson - 328
13. Eddie Plank -326
14. Nolan Ryan - 324
14. Don Sutton - 324
16. Phil Niekro - 318
17. Gaylord Perry - 314
18. Tom Seaver - 311
19. Old Hoss Radbourn - 310
20. Mickey Welch - 307
21. Tom Glavin -305
22. Randy Johnson - 303
23. Lefty Grove - 300
23. Early Wynn - 300

List of baseball pitchers with 3,000 career strikeouts

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Chuck Andersen

Photo license: CC BY 2.0

This post is a list of baseball pitchers with at least 3,000 career strikeouts in the MLB as of February 23rd, 2020. There are 18 players listed below. The photo above is Nolan Ryan in 1990. Source: Wikipedia

1. Nolan Ryan - 5,714
2. Randy Johnson - 4,875
3. Roger Clemens - 4,672
4. Steve Carlton - 4,136
5. Bert Blyleven - 3,701
6. Tom Seaver - 3,640
7. Don Sutton - 3,574
8. Gaylord Perry - 3,534
9. Walter Johnson - 3,509
10. Greg Maddux - 3,371
11. Phil Niekro - 3,342
12. Fergie Jenkins - 3,192
13. Pedro Martinez - 3,154
14. Bob Gibson - 3,117
15. Curt Schilling - 3,116
16. CC Sabathia - 3,093
17. John Smoltz - 3,084
18. Justin Verlander - 3,006

List of baseball hitters with 3,000 career hits

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, KA Sports Photos

Photo license: CC BY-SA 2.0

This post is a list of baseball hitters with at least 3,000 career hits in the MLB as of February 23rd, 2020. There are 32 players listed below. The photo above is Ichiro Suzuki in 2009. Source: Wikipedia

1. Pete Rose - 4,256
2. Ty Cobb - 4,189
3. Hank Aaron - 3,771
4. Stan Musial - 3,630
5. Tris Speaker - 3,514
6. Derek Jeter - 3,465
7. Cap Anson - 3,435
8. Honus Wagner - 3,420
9. Carl Yastrzemski - 3,419
10. Paul Molitor- 3,319
11. Eddie Collins - 3,315
12. Willie Mays - 3,283
13. Eddie Murray - 3,255
14. Nap Lajoie - 3,243
15. Albert Pujols - 3,202
16. Cal Ripken - 3,184
17. Adrian Beltre - 3,166
18. George Brett - 3,154
19. Paul Wagner - 3,152
20. Robin Yount - 3,142
21. Tony Gwynn - 3,141
22. Alex Rodriguez - 3,115
23. Dave Winfield - 3,110
24. Ichiro Suzuki - 3,089 (4,367 including hits in Japan)
25. Craig Biggio - 3,060
26. Rickey Henderson - 3,055
27. Rod Carew - 3,053
28. Lou Brock - 3,023
29. Rafael Palmeiro - 3,020
30. Wade Boggs - 3,010
31. Al Kaline - 3,007
32. Roberto Clemente - 3,000

List of largest mountain ranges on Earth

This post is a list of some of the largest mountain ranges on Earth. The mountain ranges are organized by continent and alphabetically. I have also provided the maximum elevation for each mountain range. There are 19 mountain ranges listed below. Source: Wikipedia

Africa

Atlas Mountains (Northern Africa) - 4,167 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Kobersky

License: CC BY-SA 2.5

Ethiopian Highlands (Ethiopia) - 4,550 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Hulivili

License: CC BY 2.0

Great Escarpment (Southern Africa) - 3,000 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Drakensberg

License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Antarctica

Transantarctic Mountains (Antarctica) - 4,528 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Andrew Mandemaker

License: CC BY-SA 2.5

Asia

Caucasus Mountains (Caucasus) - 5,642 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Thomas Taylor Hammond

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

Hengduan Mountains (China) - 7,556 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Kogo

License: CC BY-SA 3.0

Himalayas (Central Asia) - 8,848 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Naveedhamiya

License: CC BY-SA 3.0

Karakoram (Central Asia) - 8,611 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Guilhem Vellut

License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Kunlun (China) - 7,167 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Alliance francaise de Wuhan

License: CC BY-SA 3.0

Hindu Kush (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikstan) - 7,708 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway, U.S. Air Force

Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains (China) - 7,090 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, 张骐

Pamir Mountains (Central Asia) - 7,649 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, FrancisTyers~commonswiki

License: CC BY-SA 3.0

Tian Shan (Central Asia) - 7,439 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Chen Zhao

License: CC BY 2.0

Australia

Great Dividing Range (Australia) - 2,228 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, fir0002/Flagstaffotos

License: CC BY-NC 3.0

Europe

Alps (Switzerland) - 4,808 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Abaddon1337

License: CC BY-SA 3.0

Ural Mountains (Russia) - 1,895 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, O.s.zlatoustovez

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

North America

Alaska Range (North America) - 6,201 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Frank K.

License: CC BY 2.0

Rocky Mountains (North America) - 4,401 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Nmadhubala

License: CC BY-SA 2.5

South America

Andes (South America) - 6,961 m

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Jorge Morales Piderit

List of baseball hitters with 500 career home runs

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, clare_and_ben

Photo license: CC BY-SA 2.0

This post is a list of baseball hitters with at least 500 career home runs in the MLB as of February 23rd, 2020. There is an asterisk next to every player suspected of using steroids. There are 27 players listed below. The photo above is Ken Griffey Jr. in 1997. Source: Wikipedia

1. Barry Bonds* - 762
2. Hank Aaron - 755
3. Babe Ruth - 714
4. Alex Rodriguez* - 696
5. Willie Mays - 660
6. Albert Pujols - 656
7. Ken Griffey Jr. - 630
8. Jim Thome - 612
9. Sammy Sosa* - 609
10. Frank Robinson - 586
11. Mark McGwire* - 583
12. Harmon Kilbrew - 573
13. Rafael Palmeiro* - 569
14. Reggie Jackson - 563
15. Manny Ramirez* - 555
16. Mike Schmidt - 548
17. David Ortiz* - 541
18. Mickey Mantle - 536
19. Jimmie Foxx - 534
20. Willie McCovey - 521
20. Frank Thomas - 521
20. Ted Williams - 521
23. Ernie Banks -512
23. Eddie Mathews -512
25. Mel Ott - 511
26. Gary Sheffield* - 509
27. Eddie Murray - 504

List of gravitationally rounded moons in the Solar System

This post is a list of the 19 gravitationally rounded moons in the Solar System. In total, there are 219 known moons in our Solar System (14 of which orbit dwarf planets). For each planet below, I listed the moons according to size. The diameter of each moon is also provided. Source: Wikipedia