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* Uncompiled Python code is over 2317 times faster than
  uncompiled Java or C

* Guido van Rossum invented whitespace

* There are over 350 million Python programmers in the
  continental United States

* Python use has been outlawed repeatedly by Kim Jong il, but an
  underground movement thrives in North Korea

* Scientists have found evidence of simple Python use among
  primates

* The Python multiprocessing module can often provide speedups of
  10x, even on single-core machines

* The Python standard library, if printed, would be the
  equivalent of over 600 Bibles

* If all the Python code in existence were printed in a single
  line in 12-point Courier, it would reach to Alpha Centauri and
  back seven times

* In Marietta, Georgia, all households are required by law to
  possess a Python interpreter