30 Interesting Statistics that Will Make You Blow Your Mind
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What does the world really look like? How do things really work? The truth is, there are a lot of things that we don’t know. We only know the surface of everything and we don’t see how everything works underneath. Here we found a compilation of some interesting statistics that may make you think and rethink life and the world around us.
Here is a collection of the best ones and some others we found across the web:
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Southpaws die, on average, 13 years younger than right-handed people.
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If the entire world participated in a single-elimination rock-paper-scissor tournament it would be over in 33 rounds.
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Roughly 36% of fruit eaten in 1986 was oranges
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In a room of 23 people there is a 50% chance two of them have the same birthday. In a room of 72 it's almost certain.
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75% of English people around have some relation to William the conqueror
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90% of the world population, past and current, will die within 200 miles of where they were born.
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More people live in Tokyo than in Canada.
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India has over 50 million monkeys
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Over the past century, "Michael" has been the most popular male baby name 44 times.
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Over a thousand nuclear bombs have been detonated in the United States, everywhere from Alaska to Nevada to the East Coast.
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In the U.S., 1,700 people become millionaires every day.
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Vending machines kill more people than sharks.
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Coconuts kill over 150 people each year, more than sharks
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You're more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider
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Sharks have been around longer than trees
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90% of letters are spam
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You burn more calories sleeping than watching TV
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McDonald's sells 75 burgers per second.
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The average American generates nearly 4.5 pounds of trash each day.
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The global rate for washing hands after using the toilet is under 20 percent.
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The average person goes to the toilet 6 times a day
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There are more chickens than people
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On an average day, only 19 percent of American men do housework—as compared to 49 percent of American women.
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One-third of adults still sleep with a comfort object.
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The average person falls asleep in 7 minutes
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Cats spend 66% of their life asleep
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Koalas sleep around 18 hours a day
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Einstein slept 10 hours a night
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Gorillas sleep 14 hours a day
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An average person will spend 25 years asleep
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