| 25% | “25%” | Poilievre: Canada's cold weather makes LNG liquefaction 25% cheaper | Pierre Poilievre | Apr 13, 2025 | Supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Flatt: Commodity Real Estate Underperforms While Top Quartile Thrives | Bruce Flatt | Apr 1, 2025 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Ury: Around 25% of People Can Shift Their Attachment Style Over Time | Logan Ury | Mar 18, 2025 | Supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Mackey: Whole Foods' Optimal Annual Growth Rate Was 15% to 25% | John Mackey | Oct 29, 2024 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Bragg: Holding Berkshire Hathaway targeting a 10% to 12% return | John Bragg | Oct 1, 2024 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Erin Wade: Job performance accounts for only 25% of Homeroom's hiring evaluation | Aaron Wade | Sep 17, 2024 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Dr. Rhonda Patrick: Omega-3 Trials Show 25% Drop in Cardiovascular Events | Dr. Rhonda Patrick | Apr 2, 2024 | Partly supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Stalk: Quadrupling Process Speed Cuts Operating Costs by 20% | George Stalk Jr. | May 2, 2023 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Klein: Half-Day ShadowBox Training Boosts Expert Alignment by 25% | Gary Klein | Aug 9, 2022 | Supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Walker: Waking two hours early can cost up to 70% of REM sleep | Dr. Matt Walker | Feb 22, 2022 | — |
| 25% | “25%” | Walker: Optimal sleep comprises 20-25% REM and 20-30% deep non-REM | Dr. Matt Walker | Feb 22, 2022 | Supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Cialdini: McDonald's Families Bought 25% More Food When Given Balloons First | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Haidt: US teen suicide is up 25% for boys, 70% for girls | Jonathan Haidt | Jul 2, 2019 | Supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Google Tracks 80% of the Top Million Websites; Facebook Tracks 25% | Gabriel Weinberg | May 14, 2019 | Supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Gawande: 25% of Medicare spending occurs in the final year of life | Dr. Atul Gawande | Oct 2, 2018 | Supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Gawande: Only 25% of seriously ill patients discuss quality-of-life goals | Dr. Atul Gawande | Oct 2, 2018 | Supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Gawande: Palliative Care Conversations Extended Lung Cancer Patients' Lives by 25% | Dr. Atul Gawande | Oct 2, 2018 | Supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Half of Emotional Expressions Are Universal; 25% Are Culturally Specific | Dacher Keltner | Feb 21, 2018 | Supported |
| 25% | “25%” | Tetlock: Prediction markets have proven well-calibrated across hundreds of forecasts | Philip Tetlock | Dec 8, 2015 | Supported |
| 24% | “24%” | Using a Sauna Four to Seven Times Weekly Cuts Mortality by 40% | Dr. Rhonda Patrick | Apr 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 24% | “24%” | Cialdini: Tailored Free Gifts Boosted Fast-Food Purchases by 24% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 23% | “23%” | Wolfe: US share of foreign graduates fell from 23% to 15% | Josh Wolfe | Mar 4, 2025 | Supported |
| 23% | “23%” | Balcetis: Narrowed visual focus makes runners 23% faster with 17% less pain | Dr. Emily Balcetis | Jul 4, 2023 | Supported |
| 23% | “23%” | Narrowed visual focus improves speed 23% and reduces perceived effort 17% | Dr. Emily Balcetis | Dec 13, 2022 | Supported |
| 23% | “23%” | Garneau: Cars and trucks cause 80% of Canada's transportation emissions | Marc Garneau | Jul 2, 2017 | Supported |
| 20.4% | “20.4%” | Teledyne Delivered 20.4% Annual Returns From 1963 to 1990 | Shane Parrish | Apr 22, 2025 | Supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Enders: An 80/20 ratio of whole to processed foods maintains dietary balance | Dr. Giulia Enders | Jun 23, 2026 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Pincus: Roughly 20% of Facebook users played FarmVille at its peak | Mark Pincus | Jun 2, 2026 | Supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Pincus: Zynga drove 20% of Facebook page views and 10% of revenue at IPO | Mark Pincus | Jun 2, 2026 | Supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Vietnam War Work Provided Nearly 20% of South Korea's 1967 Foreign Exchange | Shane Parrish | May 19, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Hyundai Had 82% Hands-On Labor Versus 60% for Japanese Shipbuilders | Shane Parrish | May 19, 2026 | Supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Tangen: Norway's sovereign fund increases productivity 20% using AI | Nicolai Tangen | Feb 17, 2026 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Tangen: Norway's sovereign fund actively manages 20% of its capital | Nicolai Tangen | Feb 17, 2026 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Clear: Working on the right objective yields 100x results; pure effort scales 20% | James Clear | Jan 1, 2026 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Poilievre: Chief Billy Morin Cut Enoch Reserve Unemployment to 3% | Pierre Poilievre | Dec 27, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Companies should shift 20% of marketing budgets to top-tier call centers | Rory Sutherland | Dec 9, 2025 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | The British sparkling wine industry was saved by raising prices 150% | Rory Sutherland | Dec 9, 2025 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Evans: US Surveys Show Only Roughly 10% of People Use LLMs Daily | Benedict Evans | Sep 2, 2025 | Supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Clayton Homes grew sales 25% annually during the stagflation era | Shane Parrish | Oct 21, 2025 | Contradicted |
| 20% | “20%” | Cool: An okay business earns 20% ROIC, a great one earns 50%+ | Tracy Britt Cool | Oct 14, 2025 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Pattison liquidated 20% of his assets ahead of the 1981 recession | Shane Parrish | Jul 1, 2025 | Supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Hastings: Gates-Funded GMO Cassava Delivers 5 to 10x Crop Yield in Trials | Reed Hastings | Jun 10, 2025 | Supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Dyson routinely invested 20% of revenue into R&D against a 2% norm | Shane Parrish | Mar 25, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Typical good HVAC service businesses operate at 15-20% net margins | David Heacock | Feb 18, 2025 | Supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Patrick: Every 100mg magnesium increase reduces pancreatic cancer risk by 20% | Dr. Rhonda Patrick | Dec 24, 2024 | Supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Mackey: Whole Foods bulk food sales dropped from over 20% to under 1% | John Mackey | Oct 29, 2024 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Housel: Personal assets consist exclusively of cash, home, index funds, and Markel | Morgan Housel | May 28, 2024 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Every 100mg of Daily Magnesium Cuts Pancreatic Cancer Risk by 20% | Dr. Rhonda Patrick | Apr 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Approximately 20% of society cannot form visual pictures in their mind | Todd Herman | Nov 28, 2023 | Contradicted |
| 20% | “20%” | Parrish: Any Business Appears Undervalued Under Indefinite 20% Growth Projections | Shane Parrish | Jan 23, 2024 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Gayner Liquidated 20% of Markel's Equity Portfolio in Early 2020 | Tom Gaynor | Jan 23, 2024 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Stalk: Quadrupling Process Speed Cuts Operating Costs by 20% | George Stalk Jr. | May 2, 2023 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Dignan: Replace rigid standards with flexible defaults to enable a barbell strategy | Aaron Dignan | Feb 7, 2023 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Dignan: Converting just 5% of an organization drives systemic operational transformation | Aaron Dignan | Feb 7, 2023 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Lütke: Generalists can reach 80% mastery in five fields simultaneously | Tobi Lütke | Nov 15, 2022 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Sinclair: 80% of human longevity is lifestyle, only 20% is genetics | Dr. David Sinclair | May 3, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Collins: The most successful companies alter only 20% of their operating recipe | Jim Collins | May 4, 2021 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Cialdini: Labeling dishes 'most popular' boosted restaurant orders by 13% to 20% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Partly supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Lavingia: Venture-backed startups need 10-20% MoM growth by Series A/B | Sahil Lavingia | Dec 8, 2020 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Cubitt: Even equity splits fail because future dilution destroys founder motivation | Code Cubitt | Oct 27, 2020 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | McLean: Enron investors ignored business fundamentals to chase 20% earnings growth | Bethany McLean | Jun 9, 2020 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Calacanis: No-code tools will enable 20% of people to build products | Jason Calacanis | Apr 14, 2020 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Fogg: 20% of Tiny Habits participants take on hard behaviors in five days | BJ Fogg | Jun 23, 2020 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Nagoski: Stress increases sexual interest for only 10 to 20 percent of people | Emily Nagoski | Sep 17, 2019 | Supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Scott Page: Making sense of complex systems requires ensembles of diverse models | Scott Page | Apr 2, 2019 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Scott Adams: 20% of People Experience Extraordinary Hypnotic Phenomena | Scott Adams | Nov 26, 2019 | Supported |
| 20% | “20%” | Collison: Stripe invests roughly 70-80% on core optimization and 20% on speculative bets | Patrick Collison | May 2, 2018 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Collison: Life is too short to read un-enjoyable books | Patrick Collison | May 2, 2018 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Robert Greene spends 80 percent of his working time on research | Ryan Holiday | May 16, 2016 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Sutherland: Business can profit from behavioral quirks that fail academic rigor | Rory Sutherland | May 30, 2017 | — |
| 20% | “20%” | Bakshi: Costco Generates 20% ROE and High Turns on Sub-2% Margins | Sanjay Bakshi | Sep 18, 2015 | Supported |
| 19% | “19%” | McDonald's enforced strict 19% beef fat using custom Fat-alyzer testing devices | Shane Parrish | Jan 27, 2026 | Supported |
| 19% | “19%” | Flatt: Brookfield's parent company achieved 19% annualized returns over 30 years | Bruce Flatt | Apr 1, 2025 | Supported |
| 19% | “19%” | Robinson: Slovic Study Proves Extra Information Increases Overconfidence Without Improving Accuracy | Adam Robinson | Dec 26, 2018 | Supported |
| 18% | “18%” | Pasricha: 18% of people and one-third of college students report anxiety | Neil Pasricha | Oct 18, 2022 | Supported |
| 17% | “17%” | Balcetis: Narrowed visual focus makes runners 23% faster with 17% less pain | Dr. Emily Balcetis | Jul 4, 2023 | Supported |
| 17% | “17%” | Narrowed visual focus improves speed 23% and reduces perceived effort 17% | Dr. Emily Balcetis | Dec 13, 2022 | Supported |
| 17% | “17%” | Marks: Oaktree achieved 16-17% distressed debt returns over 30 years without leverage | Howard Marks | Mar 5, 2019 | Supported |
| 17% | “17%” | Robinson: Slovic Study Proves Extra Information Increases Overconfidence Without Improving Accuracy | Adam Robinson | Dec 26, 2018 | Supported |
| 16% | “16%” | At Its Peak, Hyundai Constituted 16% of South Korea's Entire Economy | Shane Parrish | May 19, 2026 | Supported |
| 16% | “16%” | Flatt: Investment upside takes care of itself; downside risk is what matters | Bruce Flatt | Apr 1, 2025 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | Parrish: FedEx permanently kept 15% of 1997 UPS strike customers | Shane Parrish | Sep 9, 2025 | Supported |
| 15% | “15%” | Costco strictly caps its retail product markups at 14 to 15 percent | Shane Parrish | Aug 12, 2025 | Supported |
| 15% | “15%” | Nooyi: Activists with 1-2% stakes should not agitate for board seats | Indra Nooyi | Jun 24, 2025 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | Poilievre: Commits to 15% Income Tax Cut for Average Canadian Workers | Pierre Poilievre | Apr 13, 2025 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | Wolfe: US share of foreign graduates fell from 23% to 15% | Josh Wolfe | Mar 4, 2025 | Supported |
| 15% | “15%” | Sitting near low performers decreases employee productivity by 30% | Codie Sanchez | Jan 7, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 15% | “15%” | Women wearing makeup earn 15% more annually than equally attractive peers | Codie Sanchez | Jan 7, 2025 | Supported |
| 15% | “15%” | Tversky: Superforecasters succeed through fine calibration and perspective changing | Barbara Tversky | Sep 6, 2022 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | Holiday: Small quality drops from overcommitting compound until career opportunities disappear | Ryan Holiday | Jan 11, 2022 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | Cialdini: Moving expert testimonials to top of Bose ad increased sales 15% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 15% | “15%” | Cialdini: Reframing Bose Ad Headline Around FOMO Increased Sales 45% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 15% | “15%” | Cubitt: Only 10 to 15 Percent of His Deals Exited Highly Positively | Code Cubitt | Oct 27, 2020 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | Scott Page: Making sense of complex systems requires ensembles of diverse models | Scott Page | Apr 2, 2019 | — |
| 15% | “15%” | MacAskill: The poorest people in the US or Canada are in the top 10-15% globally | William MacAskill | Jul 11, 2018 | Contradicted |
| 14% | “14%” | Hyundai Had 82% Hands-On Labor Versus 60% for Japanese Shipbuilders | Shane Parrish | May 19, 2026 | Supported |
| 14% | “14%” | Ury: Only 14% of US men are six feet or taller | Logan Ury | Mar 18, 2025 | Supported |
| 14% | “14%” | Davis: Capital One at a 14% earnings yield beats single-digit real estate cap rates | Christopher Davis | Mar 5, 2024 | — |
| 12% | “12%” | Pat Farrah's Early Retail Concept Ran at Disastrous 12% Gross Margins | Shane Parrish | Dec 16, 2025 | Supported |
| 12% | “12%” | Founder Dick Stack Sold Company to Children Under Brutal Financing Terms | Shane Parrish | Sep 23, 2025 | Supported |
| 12% | “12%” | Finkelstein: Shopify processes about 12% of all U.S. e-commerce | Harley Finkelstein | Jul 8, 2025 | Supported |
| 12% | “12%” | Gil: Cost-plus contracts incentivize defense firms to run late and overrun costs | Elad Gil | May 13, 2025 | — |
| 12% | “12%” | Bragg: Holding Berkshire Hathaway targeting a 10% to 12% return | John Bragg | Oct 1, 2024 | — |
| 12% | “12%” | Housel: Financial trouble begins when expectations grow faster than net worth | Morgan Housel | May 28, 2024 | — |
| 12% | “12%” | Cialdini: Tailored Free Gifts Boosted Fast-Food Purchases by 24% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 11% | “11%” | Ury: Research Shows Only 11% of People Experience Love at First Sight | Logan Ury | Mar 18, 2025 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Pincus: Zynga drove 20% of Facebook page views and 10% of revenue at IPO | Mark Pincus | Jun 2, 2026 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Vietnam War Work Provided Nearly 20% of South Korea's 1967 Foreign Exchange | Shane Parrish | May 19, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Hyundai Built Ships in Half the European Time at 10% Lower Prices | Shane Parrish | May 19, 2026 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Liemandt: Only 10% of Education Market Prioritizes Academics Over Time Efficiency | Joe Liemandt | Mar 31, 2026 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Ovitz: Building momentum requires continuous effort without cutting back even 10% | Michael Ovitz | Feb 3, 2026 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Housel: America's Non-Fascist Great Depression Recovery Was a Top 10% Tail Outcome | Morgan Housel | Jan 20, 2026 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Clear: Working on the right objective yields 100x results; pure effort scales 20% | James Clear | Jan 1, 2026 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Bernie Marcus Rejected $3M VC Offer Demanding Cuts to Employee Healthcare | Shane Parrish | Dec 16, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Marketing is fat-tailed, making hourly billing a fundamentally broken compensation model | Rory Sutherland | Dec 9, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | The British sparkling wine industry was saved by raising prices 150% | Rory Sutherland | Dec 9, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Evans: US Surveys Show Only Roughly 10% of People Use LLMs Daily | Benedict Evans | Sep 2, 2025 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Flexport aims to cut global shipping costs by 5% to 10% | Ryan Petersen | Aug 5, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Parrish: HP cut all salaries by 10% during a recession to avoid layoffs | Shane Parrish | Nov 4, 2025 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Scilipoti: The primary investing rule is avoiding catastrophic, embarrassing losses | Anthony Scilipoti | Oct 28, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Cool: Pampered Chef scaled digital sales from 10% to 75% | Tracy Britt Cool | Oct 14, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Kahneman: Insurance underwriters varied by 50% on identical cases, despite 10% expectations | Daniel Kahneman | Jul 22, 2025 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Schwab forced succession planning with an asymmetric 5 percent profit-share penalty | Shane Parrish | Jul 15, 2025 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Nooyi: 10% female CEOs is not real progress given MBA demographics | Indra Nooyi | Jun 24, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Nooyi: Dealmaking Is Only 10% of an Acquisition; Integration Is 90% | Indra Nooyi | Jun 24, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Hastings: Netflix Accounts for Only 5% to 10% of TV Viewing | Reed Hastings | Jun 10, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Gil: Cost-plus contracts incentivize defense firms to run late and overrun costs | Elad Gil | May 13, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Rose Blumkin Built Her Business by Consistently Selling 10% Above Cost | Shane Parrish | May 6, 2025 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Berkshire Hathaway Acquired Nebraska Furniture Mart for Approximately $55 Million | Shane Parrish | May 6, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Garry Tan: Y Combinator's unicorn hit rate increased from 3.5% to 5.5% | Garry Tan | Apr 29, 2025 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Garry Tan: AI passing the Turing test will jump to 30% this year | Garry Tan | Apr 29, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Poilievre: Society must treat successful entrepreneurs as heroes, not bandits | Pierre Poilievre | Apr 13, 2025 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Parrish: The Mellons Controlled 10% of US Oil Exports in 1894 | Shane Parrish | Feb 25, 2025 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Eaton's Canadian retail market share collapsed from 60% to under 10% | Shane Parrish | Feb 11, 2025 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Dunford: Only 10% of successful startups actually create new market categories | April Dunford | Aug 20, 2024 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Housel: Financial trouble begins when expectations grow faster than net worth | Morgan Housel | May 28, 2024 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Davis: Asset manager incentives favor relative preservation over absolute client goals | Christopher Davis | Mar 5, 2024 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Pasricha caps travel at 40 nights yearly with mandatory monthly family days | Neil Pasricha | Oct 18, 2022 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Tversky: Superforecasters succeed through fine calibration and perspective changing | Barbara Tversky | Sep 6, 2022 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Nagoski: Extra hour of sleep increases next-day sex likelihood by 10 percent | Emily Nagoski | Jun 21, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Huberman: About 10% of people experience a dopamine surge from alcohol | Dr. Andrew Huberman | Mar 22, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Holiday: Small quality drops from overcommitting compound until career opportunities disappear | Ryan Holiday | Jan 11, 2022 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Hertz: Living alone makes people 10% more likely to feel lonely | Noreena Hertz | Jun 29, 2021 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | McGonigal: Lying in bed is bad for concussion recovery; patients need graded activity | Jane McGonigal | Jan 19, 2021 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Lavingia: Venture-backed startups need 10-20% MoM growth by Series A/B | Sahil Lavingia | Dec 8, 2020 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Calacanis: LAUNCH invests $100k for 6% and seeks another 10% follow-on | Jason Calacanis | Apr 14, 2020 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Kahneman: Insurance underwriters varied by 50% on identical cases, defying 10% expectations | Daniel Kahneman | Oct 15, 2019 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Nagoski: One extra hour of sleep increases the chances of sex by 10% | Emily Nagoski | Sep 17, 2019 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Howey predicts self-driving robotaxis will reduce car ownership to 10% | Hugh Howey | Aug 6, 2019 | Open |
| 10% | “10%” | Scott Adams: Humans Make Decisions Irrationally and Rationalize Them Afterward | Scott Adams | Nov 26, 2019 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Mauboussin: Kahneman Noise Study Found 40% to 60% Decision Variance | Michael Mauboussin | Jan 23, 2018 | Supported |
| 10% | “10%” | Rao estimates that 30 to 40 percent of workers are free agents | Venkatesh Rao | Jan 28, 2016 | — |
| 10% | “10%” | Tetlock: 50 minutes of debiasing training improves forecasting accuracy by 10% | Philip Tetlock | Dec 8, 2015 | Supported |
| 9% | “nine percent” | Cava limited investment bankers to 9% of its IPO share distribution. | Ron Shaich | Nov 11, 2025 | Contradicted |
| 9% | “nine percent” | Davis: Value Managers Gained 9% to 25% During 2000 Market Drop | Christopher Davis | Mar 5, 2024 | Supported |
| 8% | “eight percent” | Teledyne Delivered 20.4% Annual Returns From 1963 to 1990 | Shane Parrish | Apr 22, 2025 | Supported |
| 8% | “eight percent” | Patrick: High Omega-3 Index Correlates with Five-Year Longer Life Expectancy | Dr. Rhonda Patrick | Dec 24, 2024 | Supported |
| 8% | “eight percent” | Mackey: Whole Foods had highest sales per square foot among public food retailers | John Mackey | Oct 29, 2024 | Supported |
| 8% | “eight percent” | High Omega-3 Index Correlates With 5-Year Life Expectancy Increase | Dr. Rhonda Patrick | Apr 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 8% | “eight percent” | Dr. Rhonda Patrick: Two Grams of Daily Fish Oil Raises Omega-3 Index to 8% | Dr. Rhonda Patrick | Apr 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 7% | “seven percent” | Only 5% to 7% of U.S. businesses were women-owned in 1963 | Shane Parrish | Dec 2, 2025 | Supported |
| 7% | “seven percent” | Singleton: Paying 15x Earnings Yields No Premium Over Treasury Bills | Shane Parrish | Apr 22, 2025 | — |
| 6% | “six percent” | Jacobs: QXO will reach $50 billion by capturing 6% of distribution market | Brad Jacobs | Aug 4, 2026 | Open |
| 6% | “six percent” | Hetty Green Issued a Record $1.8M Mortgage on NYC's Stewart Building | Shane Parrish | Oct 7, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 6% | “six percent” | Jacobs: QXO will reach $50B by taking 6% market share | Brad Jacobs | Dec 24, 2024 | Open |
| 6% | “six percent” | Jacobs: QXO can reach $50B in revenue through acquisitions and organic growth | Brad Jacobs | Mar 19, 2024 | Open |
| 6% | “six percent” | Pasricha: Only six percent of global population has post-secondary education | Neil Pasricha | Oct 18, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 6% | “six percent” | Shah: Less than 6% of urban Indian women have independent income | Kunal Shah | Jun 28, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 6% | “six percent” | Cialdini: Sharing commonalities dropped email negotiation deadlocks from 30% to 6% | Robert Cialdini | Oct 19, 2021 | Supported |
| 6% | “six percent” | Cubitt: Even equity splits fail because future dilution destroys founder motivation | Code Cubitt | Oct 27, 2020 | — |
| 6% | “six percent” | Calacanis: LAUNCH invests $100k for 6% and seeks another 10% follow-on | Jason Calacanis | Apr 14, 2020 | — |
| 5.9% | “5.9%” | Vogue's September 1997 issue had 734 pages and weighed 4.3 pounds | Shane Parrish | Jun 17, 2025 | Supported |
| 5% | “five percent” | Jacobs: FP&A should calibrate manager forecasts against their historical accuracy | Brad Jacobs | Aug 4, 2026 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Gurley: 5% or fewer of non-product people can develop product instincts | Bill Gurley | Jun 9, 2026 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Harik: XPO tracks first and second derivatives of 10 daily KPIs | Mario Harik | Apr 14, 2026 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Liemandt: Traditional classroom lecturing wastes 90% of students' time | Joe Liemandt | Mar 31, 2026 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Housel: 'Just Be Yourself' Is Good Advice for Only 5% of People | Morgan Housel | Jan 20, 2026 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Ross Perot Demanded 70% of Home Depot for a $2 Million Investment | Shane Parrish | Dec 16, 2025 | Supported |
| 5% | “five percent” | Price Club introduced a 5% retail surcharge for non-paying members | Shane Parrish | Aug 12, 2025 | Supported |
| 5% | “five percent” | Charlie Munger: People Consistently Underestimate the Power of Incentives | Charlie Munger | Nov 18, 2025 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Scilipoti: The primary investing rule is avoiding catastrophic, embarrassing losses | Anthony Scilipoti | Oct 28, 2025 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Cool: Most businesses can improve productivity 2% to 5% annually through discipline | Tracy Britt Cool | Oct 14, 2025 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Schwab forced succession planning with an asymmetric 5 percent profit-share penalty | Shane Parrish | Jul 15, 2025 | Supported |
| 5% | “five percent” | The Lauder family withheld the final 5% of fragrance formulas from employees | Shane Parrish | Mar 11, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 5% | “five percent” | Estée Lauder expanded the fragrance market by selling perfume as bath oil | Shane Parrish | Mar 11, 2025 | Supported |
| 5% | “five percent” | Adam Karr: Breakthrough Investment Insights Come From the Last 5% of Research | Adam Carr | Nov 12, 2024 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Patrick: Body Converts Plant ALA to EPA and DHA at Only ~5% Efficiency | Dr. Rhonda Patrick | Apr 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 5% | “five percent” | Patrick: Vitamin D Regulates Roughly 5% of Protein-Coding Human Genome | Dr. Rhonda Patrick | Apr 2, 2024 | Supported |
| 5% | “five percent” | Markel Liquidated Its Citigroup Position at $26 Ahead of the 2008 Crash | Tom Gaynor | Jan 23, 2024 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Stalk: Unmanaged operations add value only 0.5% to 5% of total time | George Stalk Jr. | May 2, 2023 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Dignan: Converting just 5% of an organization drives systemic operational transformation | Aaron Dignan | Feb 7, 2023 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Goldsmith: Tweaking a subordinate's idea slightly ruins their commitment to execute | Marshall Goldsmith | Jul 12, 2022 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Holiday: Small quality drops from overcommitting compound until career opportunities disappear | Ryan Holiday | Jan 11, 2022 | — |
| 5% | “five percent” | Calacanis: No-code tools will enable 20% of people to build products | Jason Calacanis | Apr 14, 2020 | — |
| 4% | “four percent” | Baszucki estimates Roblox captures 3% to 4% of the $200B gaming market | David Baszucki | Aug 18, 2026 | Supported |
| 4% | “four percent” | Valiante: 99% of New Year's Resolutions Fail by the End of March | Dr. Gio Valiante | Jul 7, 2026 | Contradicted |
| 4% | “four percent” | Evans: US Surveys Show Only Roughly 10% of People Use LLMs Daily | Benedict Evans | Sep 2, 2025 | Supported |
| 4% | “four percent” | Garry Tan: Y Combinator's unicorn hit rate increased from 3.5% to 5.5% | Garry Tan | Apr 29, 2025 | Supported |
| 4% | “four percent” | Patrick: High Omega-3 Index Correlates with Five-Year Longer Life Expectancy | Dr. Rhonda Patrick | Dec 24, 2024 | Supported |
| 4% | “four percent” | High Omega-3 Index Correlates With 5-Year Life Expectancy Increase | Dr. Rhonda Patrick | Apr 2, 2024 | Supported |
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