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So, last night I am reading Contact at about 1 am, and read a line that says something to the effect of "The world population of nuclear weapons numbered below 3,200 for the first time since 1950" and think to myself, "How many do we have now?" And I realized, I don't know. I don't think anybody in my dorm would know, except for the general knowledge that we are being reduced and figures for the future. So, I then thought to myself, "How many questions are there that are easily answered and nobody really knows the answer to? Something we could just Google and people would be interested in knowing, but get too distracted to look it up?" And I thought that if I was a teacher, that would be my first assignment: Think of a question that you don't know the answer to, and that you don't think anybody in the class knows the answer to. Write it down, and look it up. You're going to answer it for us next class. Wouldn't that be the best assignment?
I looked it up this morning: The US has roughly 9,600 in their arsenal, which is apparently called "The Enduring Stockpile". On a lighter (well not really, but more random) note: Why the hell does Georgia need 2,000 nuclear weapons?
If you want, leave a question and I'll look it up. I think it's a cool idea, and it's better than reading my psych textbook.