# Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674 "2020-04-13T03:19:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2906
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/2906 "2021-10-22T22:31:03Z")
Guys, what do you think ‘net of sustenance’ meant? Or ‘surplus productive wealth’? It means the slave owner kept all surplus productive value produced by the slave, excepting that needed for sustenance. I mean… it’s right there in my words. Twice. More context found here: > [@Democratic Party Seems Determined to Allow the Perfect to be the Enemy of the Good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-seems-determined-to-allow-the-perfect-to-be-the-enemy-of-the-good/951791/157): > > 410,000,000,000 hours. It’s a number which should be taught in American high schools, but if you mention it in, say, Texas, you will then have to (a) frame it in a way which is not negative, or (b) offer a countering, positive, connotation to this number. 410 billion hours. Remember it. For the rest of your life, @gandrews3367. What is this number? According to the National Institute of Health, [it is the total number of hours worked](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7716878/) by the near 10,000,000 slaves which existed in the colonies… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674)._