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Data are everything — it’s a simple fact that holds a lot of truth. You know, those tidbits of factual information recorded and used for the purpose of analysis and creating reliable statistics?
It’s so easy to think of them as just a bunch of dry, boring numbers, but without trustworthy data and statistics, how would we measure progress? How would we make informed decisions? How would we understand the world and the people living in it? How would companies plan for the future? Statistics provide insights, patterns, and perspectives that would otherwise be impossible to discern. Without them, we wouldn’t have a clue about anything but the obvious.
Some of them, though, are more fascinating than others. Like, much more. With all the random facts shared by newspapers, documentaries, and your favorite sources of reliable information, you’ve surely come across surprising statistics that made you do a double take before.
If, like us, you’re also a numbers person, you’re aware of how many interesting facts can be found out there — and we’ve got so many of them to dive into right now! We’re about to let you in on a massive bunch of data about the world, straight from a Reddit thread where people from all walks of life shared their favorite interesting statistics. And rest assured, the results are nothing short of mind-blowing. Animals, people, society, sports — we covered enough of everything to make you feel like a know-it-all in the end!
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#1
Cantbetoobad1953 said: "There are more privately owned guns than people in the U.S." Your_One_Lord replied: "I should hope so. Privately owned people have been illegal for years."
Aria Whitaker 2 years ago
Stats like these are certainly scary...however I was also surprised to learn that only 32% of Americans own a gun. So most of those gun numbers are gun collections from barely a third of the entire country's population.
Phobrek 2 years ago
Right. When I see these stats - and our American news stories of shootings, etc. - I always want to try conveying some perspective to people seeing this scary stuff from around the world. I've lived in the US most of my life (53 yrs) and only once have I ever seen someone (in RL) besides a cop holding a gun. Not only have I never owned one, but none of my friends have ever owned one (that I know of), my family has never owned any. This is not to say that this country doesn't have a huge gun problem. But the US is v v big, and differs a lot by state/region and other factors.
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ConstantlyJon 2 years ago
Right but also the number of people vs. guns is ridiculous. There’s literally double the # of guns, and that’s just the legally, privately owned ones.
Jip van Neerven 2 years ago
But, it wasn't stated that there are NO privately owned people... Just less than guns.. Which can mean A Whole lot!
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#2
Davecasa said: "Of the 30 fastest 100-meter sprint times, 21 were run by athletes who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. The other 9 were Usain Bolt." Your_One_Lord replied: "He's the combination of a lot of factors adding up right. Right genetics born to someone with the motivation and the right influences born in the right place." scrubjays replied: "And the right last name."
DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago (edited)
Usain Bolt making Jamaica and the Caribbean proud. The one thing we're really good at, sprint.
ConstantlyJon 2 years ago
You know, I've read so many of these "impress your friends with these facts at parties!" lists on BP, but never once have I actually impressed any friend with a fun fact at a party. Mostly because I don't go to parties... or have friends...
My O My 2 years ago
See, I always tell people about random stuff I know, yet no one ever is impressed
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Kevin Palachik 2 years ago
Donovan Bailey has not ever tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. People should check their facts. "Bailey and Bolt are the only two men's 100-metre Olympic champions since 1984 who have not tested positive for drugs at some point in their careers."
RedMarbles 2 years ago (edited)
Looks like it checks out if you don't limit the list to Olympic winners. But, yeah, looks like he's number 17 among Olympic champions.
Load More Replies... LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
According to the official Olympic webpage the top speed that Usain Bolt has reached is 44.72 km/h. That’s beyond mind blowing.
Robert Davis 2 years ago
When Usain Bolt stopped an interview to listen to our National Anthem, he proved he is World Class.
#3
"That belly button bacteria study was wild. 60 belly buttons sampled. 2368 different species of bacteria were found. The study indicated that 1458 of them may be new to science. One had a rare bacteria found in Japanese soil and they had never been to Japan. Two had rare bacteria that thrived on ice caps and thermal vents. Not a single bacteria was common to all buttons."
TK 421 2 years ago
So, are we all in agreement that belly buttons are actually portals to otherworldly places?
DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
Wth...how did they even get that bacteria. Hold on why I go vigorously wash my belly button.
Rachel Ainsworth 2 years ago
Chill, there is bacteria all over your skin, its natural.
Load More Replies... Nitka Tsar 2 years ago (edited)
Interesting. If there was no bacteria common to all those 60 navels and they found 2368 different species, more then halv being new….. how come they did not continue? Or did they? Imagine what they could find in 600 or 6000 navels!? Incidentally… did they only test locals? What about the rest of the world? This is intriguing!
EP 2 years ago
What’s amazing is that what’s living in our belly buttons isn’t making us sick, ill, have a skin rash, etc. All this rare bacteria and we can house it in an external body hole without ramifications. We are amazing! But someone sneezes on you and you’re down and out with the common cold for a week lol.
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
Well I knew I was a weirdo for using a special toothbrush to clean my deeply recessed belly button. Now I’m glad I do ! Don’t know why but I used to use alcohol prep pads to clean my navel, all because my sister grossed me out by putting peanut butter in her belly button as a kid then putting a band aide over it. Hurl !
#4
SuvenPan said: "34 percent of adults and 75 percent of children sleep with a stuffed animal or a blanket, or other sentimental objects as their comfort object." Reddit user replied: "I don't care if this is false or not. It's not harmful misinformation, it's just plain cute. One in every 3rd adults I see statistically sleeps with a stuffed animal. Awesome."
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
Mine is a baby blanket my Nana made for me. She’s gone now but it still makes be feel safe and comfortable ❤️
Robert Trebor 2 years ago
I've got my grandma's "Amazing Afghan". Twenty minutes under it totally calms the 7-year-old in me. PS I'm 73, now.
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Julie Snelling 2 years ago
I saw a teenage girl in a coffee shop with a teddy bear she had clearly just bought it from the build-a-bear opposite the café, and I thought wouldn't it be great if it was totally normal for everyone to walk around with teddy bears or some kind of comforter like Linus in the peanuts comic. I think that would make us all feel better on a daily basis.
BeepBeepBoopBoop 2 years ago
I walk around with a teddy bear! I'm an anxious person, and developing social anxiety on top of my general anxiety, and my bear makes me feel a little bit better. It happens to be a build a bear too! It's the rainbow peace bear. They recently brought it back for the 25 year anniversary, so now I own the old one and the new one! My bear is about 10 years old too
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N Miller 2 years ago
I was very poorly at the start of January. I slept in the guest bedroom with a medium sized stuffed toy. The toy served two functions - 1) it was like a second pillow, helping to keep me at an angle that facilitated easier breathing, and 2) I got something to cuddle until I was well enough to get cuddles from my husband. I have no idea if he also substituted me with a stuffed animal for the duration and I don't intend to ask - that's between him and Mr BedtimeBear....
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
You stole my line! Bouche is currently stuffed with kibble.
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Verinder of the Valley 2 years ago
Mine is a flat, sheepskin bear, made by flatout. It smells like me, and I love it. It is the object closest to me, and I have ha it from day 1 of life.
D. Pitbull 2 years ago
You know how some people have fancy pillows that litter their bed? I have... large plushies... including a chubby unicorn and a giant cannoli. Sooo comfortable...
I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago
I have a blanket covered in pictures of my daughter. And her birthday is tomorrow 😆
#5
JESquirrel said: "Dragonflies have a 95% hunt success rate. Making them the most effective hunters in the world." supbros302 replied: "It's because the dragonfly optic nerve connects directly to their wings allowing incredibly fast reaction times since the target finding isn't mediated by the nervous system."
iBlank 2 years ago
now I wish my wings were connected directly to my optic nerve!
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EarthGrowl 2 years ago
Mother Nature making murder more efficient... I don't think humanity stands a chance.
Arky Gamalan 2 years ago
While people optic and nerve connect to the hand, so pretty quick to smack other head
Panda-riffic 2 years ago
How is the percentage of success calculated? Those are the dragonflies that didn't starve?
howdylee 2 years ago
in our backyard pool last year, we were being bothered by horse flies. they randomly stopped bothering us, and we noticed several dragonflies circling the area. dragonflies are always welcome!! random thought - why do dragonflies leave humans alone? the horsefly will bite, but I'm happy to have a dragonfly land on me. What's the deal with that??
#6
loopywolf said: "3 people are killed by sharks per year, 3 million sharks are killed by people per year." SeaWaveGreg replied: "I thought to myself "3 million sharks a year? That seems way too high to be true." So I googled sharks killed by people per year and the answer was 100 million."
Shark Lady 2 years ago
Shark fin soup is nothing more than a status symbol, the sharks aren't even killed when they have their fins chopped off, they are thrown back in the sea where they drown. It makes this Shark Lady angry and sad in equal measure.
Sergio Bicerra 2 years ago
Shark fin soup is stupid, has no nutritional value, and for many tasteless.
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Timbob 2 years ago
Nat, I live in America. We have the right to bear arms. I definitely don’t feel safer!
I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago
Another fact said 12 people are killed a year and 11,400 sharks are. These are very different statistics
Salty Sasquatch 2 years ago
Actually, I googled that myself, and that website said 100 million were killed by people. Maybe they meant killed by anything?
#7
BlueCandyBars said: "When tested by another agency, TSA failed to detect weapons, bombs, and other destructive materials 95% of the time." TheBoulder_ replied: "On top of that, they were told "today is the day we are going to be tested" ...and they STILL failed 95% of the time."
David H 2 years ago
meanwhile SanFran, one of the few airports allowed to opt out of the TSA and use a private company had a 82% success rate, and that was without being told in advanced. Its the arguement some are making to phase out the TSA for private companies. Costs 30% less, workers are paid 10% more, and a way better success rate, with a major Airport like SanFran to model after.
Strings 2 years ago
My ex wife accidentally went through an airport screening (several years before 9-11) with a large pocket knife in her purse. "Turned herself in" when she realized, and the screener sent her bag through several more times (and even the knife by itself). It never showed on the xray
Rachel Ainsworth 2 years ago
Security screening is such a joke when you are allowed to carry large bottles of flammable liquids on board, provided you buy it after security screening.
Tim 2 years ago
The liquid thing is to drive beverage sales on the planes and in the airport and no one will convince me otherwise.
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DeoManus Argentem 2 years ago
I absentmindedly boarded a flight with a spring-loaded 4-inch folding blade attached via carabiner to the OUTSIDE of my carry-on backpack (was going on a ski trip, usually used the bag for camping) around 2005 (so 9/11 was still fairly fresh). Noticed it while in the air and just quietly detached it and put in inside the bag... Who knows what would have happened if I surrendered it to flight crew! SMH!
Eric Jorgensen 2 years ago
... and they found over 6000 guns last year, which suggests 1.2 millions guns fly every year.
The Darkest Timeline 2 years ago
Bless you for doing the calculation for us
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#8
Pleasant_Moose_5417 said: "That 49.6% of Pakistanis marry a first cousin and 8.3% marry a second cousin. In rural areas of Pakistan, up to 80% of people marry a cousin." ViolettaNoRegard replied: "In Britain, Pakistanis make up 2% of the population but account for 30% of children with genetic diseases. That’s because on average 55% of them (but up to 70% in some areas) practice first cousin marriage." transemacabre replied: "It's the consequence of arranged marriage and families not wanting 'outsiders' to join their families. They want a bride for their son who they can control -- so a niece is preferred. One generation of cousin-marriage won't cause these problems, its cousins marrying, generation after generation, resulting in a very small gene pool with bad recessive genes getting combined."
David H 2 years ago
The actually genetic issue rate for a one time first cousin marriage is an increase of 8%, a woman over 40 has a 10% increase in potential rate for genetic issues. However multiple generations of first cousin marriages increases that risk exponentially, which is where the issue is
CanadianDimes 2 years ago
To expand on that, the risk of genetic defects if you’re having children with a genetic stranger is 2-3% and with a first cousin 4-6%, which means with first cousins, the chances of having a child with no genetic defects is 94-96%. That only applies to one offs, not repeated first cousin breeding down generations.
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Jeff Gabrisl 2 years ago
This is why we should all love and embrace interracial marriages. Whoever thought that "keeping it in the family" was a good idea is just dumb.
Rachel Ainsworth 2 years ago
I fact checked this and found an academic paper from a reputable journal published in 2022 that has the rate of cousin marriages at 65% between 1990 and 2018.
Minnie Not Mouse 2 years ago
My aunt and uncle were first cousin marraige, and out of their 3 kids, 2 were born with ushers syndrome, and the other had speech problems. It did nnot end well for them.
Kim Lorton 2 years ago
Neither did the genetic decline of the Spanish royalty. Eventually leading the line down to King Charles who had profound physical defects because of interbreeding to both brother to sister, niece and uncle. You got the picture. If you don't, go check it out online as it is a really Interesting but bizarre story of " keeping it in the family marriages.
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Remen Zack 2 years ago
I just read something similar and mindblowing in Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. A totally awesome book, by the way.
RajunCajun 2 years ago
....if she ante goodnuff fur her own famly shed ante goodnuff fur dis one.....
#9
Rudeboy67 said: "90% of the Canadian population live within 100 miles of the US border. 90% of the Australian population live within 100 km of the Ocean." lilskurt replied: "100% of the Vatican population live within 100 km of Italy." MinifridgeTF_ replied: "There are 2.3 popes per square km in Vatican City."
Michael Largey 2 years ago
It was one of those schisms the Church has from time to time.
Load More Replies... Timbob 2 years ago
100% of people in Australia live near something that can poison them, or bite their leg off !
Cristi nah 2 years ago
The amount of Popes per square km decreased drastically in the last months...
Nikki Angulo 2 years ago
In Canada we use the metric system. And why did they suddenly go from miles to kilometres? I feel like this isn’t accurate. So I looked it up, and it’s not. It’s actually 150 miles, which is 241km.
Calvin Smelliott 2 years ago
Years ago I forgot I had weed in my bag. I smoked it when I got home.
#10
"Gary Numan is 13 days older than Gary Oldman."
TheNightOwl 2 years ago
And Gary Mediumman claims he can speak to the dead. We still don’t know his age, though. Nobody can get close enough to tell. The last dead person he talked to was one of his victims. He is to be considered armed and dangerous.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
We can all speak to the dead. Getting the dead to reply is another matter.
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Marcellus II 2 years ago
Numan is a chosen name though, real name Webb. Wanted something like "Newman", but more futuristic hence "Numan".
#11
cbandy said: "Used to work as a meteorologist. More people die from flooding each year than from every other natural disaster added together. A good portion, at least, are people who think their cars can make it through the water when they obviously cannot." BearsChief replied: "If there's one thing I've taken away from survival shows and documentaries, it is: Never underestimate the power of moving water."
LK 2 years ago
People vastly underestimate the force of flowing water that's 30cm/12" deep. It's enough to sweep most people off their feet. If you double that to 60cm, and 24", it's enough to move cars!
Danielle Edwards 2 years ago
Don't walk though flood water; it can lift manhole covers and you can fall into them.
Jeff Gabrisl 2 years ago
Not my car, there are way too many holes in the floor for that to happen!!
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Old Roadie 2 years ago
1st thing you learn driving in Midwest: never drive over a flooded slab. Never.
Dawn Marie 2 years ago
Except we now must consider the 46,000 + that have passed in the Turkey/Ciria (pardon the spelling) earthquake.
Hiram's Friend 2 years ago
Exception that proves the rule. Not to denigrate their suffering, but more than 227 000 deaths were due to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.
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"Genghis Khan killed so many people that he cooled the earth by a bit."
TheNightOwl 2 years ago
That’s not the crazy part. The crazy part is that Genghis Khan bred so profusely during his time on Earth that one in 200 people alive today are related to him. 16 million descendants.
Cuppa tea? 2 years ago
Breed? More like serial rape, when poor victims ended up pregnant.
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Captain Awesome 2 years ago
I think we'll start with politicians, then oligarchs.
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Jared Robinson 2 years ago
You need to state exactly how much a "bit" is because in this case it's like by .000000000000001 degrees. Calm down Climate Activists. It's not time to start the burn pyres for the genocide, you want, just yet.
#13
"A survey of Fortune 500 executives found that 93% agree that golf reflects life. 86% admit to cheating at golf."
TheNightOwl 2 years ago
Who would have guessed that over three-quarters of them were cheaters at golf? I wonder if this cheating bleeds into other areas of their lives.
DrBronxx 2 years ago (edited)
I really love playing golf. Cheating makes it much less fun, so I never do it. If the person playing with me cheats, I turn a blind eye to it. I don't play against people, so if they cheat, the only person they're affecting is themselves.
#14
Vaspion66 said: "Only about 2% of Earth's population has naturally blonde hair. That's insane if you think about it." nba123490 replied: "Light colors on humans are just rare. 1% are red haired 2% are blonde haired 20% are brown haired The majority are black-haired in the world For eyes same thing really: - green eyes 2% - blue eyes 8% - brown eyes (darker again being the majority) 55% to 79%."
Esme Gigi Genevieve Squalor 2 years ago
Less than 1% I believe! Mine are gray, and it’s unusual enough that my optometrist has commented on it!
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DrBronxx 2 years ago
This makes sense. Living in Japan, almost everyone has black hair and brown eyes. Everyone in my family is blue-eyed, so it was strange when I realised how rare blue-eyed people actually are. When my daughter is born, she will be the first person in my family (other than spouses) without blue eyes in I-don't-know-how-many generations.
Leigh 2 years ago
Hair is a type, not a color. I miss my light blonde hair. My hair is now dark blonde and people confuse me for a brunette. Green eyes run in my family as does red hair. I have red highlights and if the sun hits right my hair is auburn. I have blue gray eyes which is rare.
Verinder of the Valley 2 years ago
don't be sad about your hair!!!! Your description paints a beautiful picture. I used to be upset about my brown eyes, but now I like them. They are the warm colour you get by crossing amber with chocolate, and even has a few freckles in it! They are quite big too, so i like them a lot now. My hair is dark blonde too, and I believe the highlights to be beautiful, and has a copper sheen, like yours. Anyway, I bet you are lovely!
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A Wild Bean 2 years ago
Another random fact, iirc the most uncommon combination is red hair and blue eyes, which I thought was interesting.
Whimsical Duckling 2 years ago (edited)
YO THATS ME well... close enough. lol I am a strawberry and have blue eyes! I never knew it was the least common combo!!
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Garry Cowan 2 years ago
So my dad one of my wee brothers and wee sister who have flaming red hair are in that 1% and Scottish too ...who would have guessed lol
Redheaded1 2 years ago
Red hair and green eyes... With those percentages I would like to have won the lottery one time.
#15
debTG81007 said: "That the remains found in Machu Picchu are 80% female." zazzera replied: "They don't think that's true anymore. George Eaton, one of the first archaeologists that studied the Machu Picchu skeletons, classified sex based on height. Like, if the skeleton was over 5'6" it must be a man, right? He didn't consider that the Inca population might not have the same genetics as his friends from back home. Turns out he was probably wrong."
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
my understanding is that it's to do with hip/shoulder width ratio?
Jeff Gabrisl 2 years ago
At Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, FL, the tour will take you through the old barracks. The beds were 5 and 1/2 feet. At 13yo, I wouldn't have fit. Those Spaniards must have been all women!
DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
By height would be wildly inaccurate. That's like me taking samples but not recording sex and just separating everyone by height.
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
I believe it’s the pelvis. Men and women’s pelvises are shaped differently because of women being the ones to give birth. Wide pelvis, different shape to pelvic opening, and if a woman has given birth, the symphonis pubis has been altered.
Joe Reaves 2 years ago
This is similar (but reversed) with Viking warriors. Archaeologists went in with the assumption that warriors were men therefore if you're buried with weapons you must be a man and then used the fact that all skeletons buried with weapons had been identified by archaeologists as men to back up their assumption, even though mostly they'd been identified purely on the basis of the grave goods not the skeletal features. It's turning out a LOT of them are actually female skeletons.
#16
monsem12 said: "2/3 of the Australian population will develop skin cancer at some point in their lives." Henry_Sadiq replied: "Damn, even the SUN is dangerous in Australia."
Best Behave 2 years ago
If I could offer you one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. …
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Margaret H 2 years ago (edited)
Aussie here who has a brother who has had to have over 200 skin cancers removed. As he said, he can understand some of them, but the ones in places where he knows the sun has NEVER shone are tiresome. And painful to remove. So get those spots checked, people.
Lolly Gagger 2 years ago (edited)
We take this seriously with our younger generation. We are requested to put sunscreen on our kids before they arrive at school/day care, “no hat no play” when outside, reapplying sunscreen throughout the day. I had to sign exemption forms for my kids to not have to wear hats during lunchtime as they are dark skinned and have Vitamin D deficiencies (and the incidence of sun-related cancers in people with their particular genetic is minuscule).
Sandra Gleeson 2 years ago
Out of my husband and his 2 brothers and 1 sister...all had melanomas cut out of them. Everything here in Australia is trying to kill us........I'm typing this and collecting a monstrous huntsman on my broom bristles at the same time, dont know what a huntsman is....Google it and let the nightmares begin
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
Government agencies here try to educate people about the dangers, the "slip, slop, slap" advert probably being the best known
Samyan Elrod 2 years ago
i went to italy and at the beach aussies were the only ones wearing rashis ... smh
Nikki Angulo 2 years ago
That’s because of that nasty hole in the ozone in the that was caused by all the pollution just collecting in that one spot. In the 80s/90s.
#17
kawcreek said: "Motorcycles are 2% of all vehicles [USA]. Motorcycles account for 20% of all road fatalities. I don't ride anymore." Kraagenskul replied: "In the same vein, less than 10% of Americans do not wear seatbelts and account for 51% of car-related fatalities."
David H 2 years ago
And New Hampshire is the only state that does not mandate drivers to wear seatbelts, living up to their motto "live free or die"
Trisec Tebeakesse 2 years ago
They don't require helmets, either. that's "Live Free AND Die."
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It is insane how many people in Japan don't wear seatbelts. Drivers and passengers are required by law to wear them, but people in the backseat don't have to unless they're on the highway. It drives me insane. My car doesn't move unless everyone has their seatbelt on. It's also crazy how many small children I see standing between the front two seats in a car, or sitting on someone's laugh, leaning on the dashboard. It makes me so angry, and I can't believe that I will have to make sure that my wife's family will not let that happen, should my daughter ever be in their cars.
RajunCajun 2 years ago
I ride every day it's not raining. you have to look at every car on the road like it trying to kill you.
TK 421 2 years ago
It should be a law that those who refuse to wear a helmet on a motorcycle or seatbelt in a car are automatically considered organ donors without restriction.
talliloo 2 years ago
when i did ride i always at least wore my leather jacket and gloves as well as full facial helmet. was constantly teased by my partner and friends who rode without any protective gear. these people were from all types of work but it was the professionals that would give me the worst time. yeah...don't wear a helmet and that makes you an organ donor. gave too much money and effort for what i developed between my ears. told them i hoped at least one of them had O neg blood.
#18
uncleleo_ said: "Miscarriages are going up 1% each year and sperm count of men has gone down 50% since 1970 (US)." Tanyaaahhh replied: "I wonder if this is because more women will seek medical attention for a miscarriage now (and this be included in medical statistics) than say 20-50 years ago when it was almost a taboo subject and many women went without medical assistance."
Hannah M 2 years ago
The reason miscarriages appear more common is because modern technology/medicine is able to confirm pregnancy at an earlier and earlier stage. Women are likely miscarrying at the same rate as always, but, whereas in the past many women would've miscarried before even realising they were pregnant, women nowadays find out about their pregnancy almost straight away, so more miscarriages are recognised and registered as such
Kirsten Kerkhof 2 years ago
My grandmother had 8 kids, but she told me that every now and then she missed a period and then next month it would be twice as bad. I looked at her and said those were probably miscarriages. She looked at me and then said that would certainly explain it. She grew up in a pre-WW2 Catholic environment so I’m not surprised she had no idea.
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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
Kind of like the whole "you didn't give me a boy" but the chromosome responsible for the boy is not from her.
Lily Lu 2 years ago
As always, the actual scientific data is a lot more complicated than a one-liner https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/declining-sperm-count-much-more-than
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Louisa Johnson 2 years ago
I wonder if how we live today has anything to do with it, there is so many chemicals and additives in our food, it's all fast food and processed. I'm sure this would have an impact on one's fertility as there is a whole range of health issues that have come down to bad diet/lifestyle
Louisa Johnson 2 years ago
Also per the taboo subject from years back. When I was 15 in 1999, i fell pregnant, at 16 weeks I had a miscarriage, I was in labour for 3 days before losing the baby. I had many appointments with my GP asking for help, I was sent for a scan confirming loss of pregnancy. Every medical professional my mum and I spoke to would not address me and would only speak to my mum, I would ask a question and they would answer it to my mum. I had the scan and was offered a D and C there and then, they said I could comeback on the Monday after the weekend if I needed the time (this was a giant African doctor who must have been 6 and a half foot) he was the only person who addressed me, he spoke to me like I was the only person in the room.
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Dawn Marie 2 years ago
I had 3 miscarriages between 1988-1992. My OBGYN at the time could never diagnose a reason. We were finally blessed in 1993 and again in 1999. Please remember it as a very traumatic time for the parents when speaking of it and just don't boil it down to statistics. I beg of you?
AK to LV 2 years ago
Why the down votes? She is just trying to put a face to statistics.
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galacticality said: "Though numbers have slightly inflated due to the pandemic, it remains that only about 4 in every 10 Americans wash their hands after using the bathroom. IIRC, about 60% of women and only 35% of men. Everyone got gross peepee poopoo hands." werd5273 replied: "I don’t understand how people can not wash after pooping. Maybe once in my life, I did not immediately wash due to necessity, but then immediately found a restroom to wash."
Verinder of the Valley 2 years ago
Let me join you. Ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew EEEWWW ew ew EURGH hurl.
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Robert Trebor 2 years ago
Handwashing in men's room goes up much higher when others are present. Pee-r pressure.
Leigh 2 years ago (edited)
I hate when you use a bathroom and then discover there's no tp or soap. It's disturbing how many times I've found no soap.
The Other Guest 2 years ago
I carry a packet of soap strips (aka camping soap) in my purse. No more worrying about an empty dispenser.
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Upstaged75 2 years ago
Which is why I try not to touch too many things while I'm out in public and immediately use sanitizer when I get back in my car. And then I wash as soon as I get home. People are nasty!
GEPowers 2 years ago
There was a text years ago about . . . A sailor and a marine we using the bathroom at the same time. As the marine was about to walk out without washing his hands the sailor said "in the navy they taught us to wash our hand after using the bathroom" the marine said "in the marines they taught us no to pee on our hands". Washing still a good idea along with grab the door handle with a paper towel.
Neuridivergent 2 years ago
Yes. Because we are more afraid of covid than dysentery or other excrement related diseases
Susan Reid Smith 2 years ago
Gag. I wash after even putting on shoes, because they've been in contact with the ground, bleh.
#20
"20% of the mammal species on our planet are different types of bats. There are about 5000 species of mammals, and about 1000 of them are varieties of our little winged buddies."
Phobrek 2 years ago
Just imagine how many more Batman can cram into his mouth
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Marek Čtrnáct 2 years ago
Since bats fly, they can get to places like newly emerged islands where mammals normally can't go. They can speciate into kots of niches.
#21
godofhorizons said: "Wayne Gretzky and his brother hold the record for most points by a brother pair in NHL history. His brother has four points." modestmandrakeman replied: "Gretzky also holds the record for fastest to 1000 points, who’s in second? Wayne Gretzky again on his second 1000 points."
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
Saw a bumper sticker years ago that I loved: Jesus saves... Gretzky shoots and scores!
Trisec Tebeakesse 2 years ago
That goes back to the Big Bad Bruins of the 1970s....."Jesus Saves, and Espo scores on the rebound!" (Phil Esposito)
Load More Replies... Cuppa tea? 2 years ago
Incredible stats considering they are what - 30 years old. How many great players since then and yet no-one get even close to him.
Annanana 2 years ago
Fun fact - Gretzky means greek in russian, which is probably the origin of his surname
OnAFreakingRollercoaster 2 years ago
Another fun fact - Gretzky is Canadian 😍 and was a total hero when i was growing up (1984 edition here)
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#22
ConstantlySlippery said: "That we are chronologically closer in time to the T-Rex than the T-Rex was to the Stegosaurus. We are about 66 million years after the t-rex, but the stegosaurus was about 85 million years before the t-rex, 20 million years longer. Dinosaurs were around for a VERY long time. Humans are just a drop in the bucket relatively evolved just a few hundred thousand years for Homo sapiens." DangyDanger replied: "I swear there must have been a highly technologically advanced species of dinosaurs, then came the World War Dino that resulted in one country chucking a huge asteroid at the planet while mass evacuating their population to Venus, where they abused their new home to no end until it became what it is today, which ultimately either drove them out of our system or they faced extinction due to the atmosphere that is no longer compatible with life."
M O'Connell 2 years ago
DangyDanger's comment resembles the Silurian Hypothesis thought experiement, which posits that a sentient species developed a technologically complex society during the Silurian period (443 million to 419 million years ago). All evidence of this species and its society would have been lost to the constant march of geology, supported by scant fossil evidence from this time period.
#23
"The most obese state in the country in 1990 (Mississippi, 15%) was still far skinnier than the least obese state in the country in 2020 (Colorado, 24%). This still blows my mind and I literally think about it every day."
Con O Cuinn 2 years ago
We like to insult America for this as if it isn't happening right across the western world.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
yep, UK is similar at about 25%. France is about 17%. Germany 19%. Our country (SA) is about 27%. it has to do with nutrition quality. The french eat less fast-food. Our people here eat a lot of maize porridge and oily stews.
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Marie Dahme 2 years ago
Food manufacturers care only about profits….over processed high fat high carb food is cheap. Figure a poor person is likely to afford a case of high sodium ramen noodles than fresh fruits and vegetables which are perishable. A cheeseburger can cost less than a salad compound that with US school lunches are being sponsored by fast food outlets and students are offered abysmal choices and lots of sodas. These foods are purposely manufactured to be high fat/high carb food and I stress, the food is designed to be addictive in the US. There are a handful of food giants in this country that own most of the food labels you see. Nutrition will not change because these food giants lobby Congress and line politicians pockets to make sure these government entities look the other way so more and more additives can be put in our food. Even if it’s poison. Many food additives in the US are banned in the EU. The EU has a higher standard for food than the US. No wonder the US is obese & sick.
#24
"Even in the 2022 Kentucky Derby, 19/22 entered horses can trace lineage to Secretariat."
Margaret H 2 years ago
You have to wonder how interbreeding of close relatives can be so good for horses and so drastic for Pakistanis.
Seabeast 2 years ago
It isn't good for horses. Thoroughbreds are becoming more inbred with each passing generation and have the problems to show for it. Many of them are "bleeders", for example, with their lungs bleeding a little in each race or hard training effort.
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Gabby M 2 years ago
Virtually all 500,000 of the world’s thoroughbred racehorses are descended from 28 ancestors, born in the 18th and 19th centuries, according to a new genetic study. And up to 95% of male thoroughbreds can be traced back to just one stallion. I live in a horse racing town in fact the oldest track in the US. Trust me when I say these magnificent beings are so well cared for. Studies from a decade ago suggest roughly 25% of Thoroughbreds have a pedigree we call inbred, that is, with at least one duplicated ancestor within four generations. This means that the vast majority, 75%, are not inbred. Feel better?
HARRY KOPPERS 2 years ago
don't forget that cattle are so inbred that about all the bad genes have been filtered out, thus allowing for monotonous repetition.
Niall Mac Iomera 2 years ago
All thoroughbred horses can be traced back to just four stallions.
#25
Salohacin said: "90% of people live in the northern hemisphere." dxbigc replied: "Primarily has to do with land mass. Just look at a map and that will explain most of it. Then, take into account the Sahara desert, Amazon rain forest, and that the majority of Australia is basically uninhabitable and you really see the reason."
#26
"Despite making up less than 4% of the population, Americans produce over 20% of the garbage in the world."
Neuridivergent 2 years ago
Don't blame individuals only. Manufacturing adds quite a bit as well as certain packaging that is very hard to avoid.
ZenChickChristine 2 years ago (edited)
This! Exxon Mobile is the world’s largest producer of single-use plastic waste followed by Dow Chemical. Even if everyone in the US successfully adopted a zero-waste lifestyle, these companies would still produce enough garbage to keep us in that 20% range.
Load More Replies... Jeff Gabrisl 2 years ago
What are the stats on China? Everything I buy that's made in China is garbage!
Alex Chan 2 years ago
The post talks about producing garbage. The packaging is not garbage until it is disposed by the consumer.
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Hiram's Friend 2 years ago
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/visualized-ocean-plastic-waste-pollution-by-country/
#27
"If you made $295,000 every single day since the birth of Christ, you still wouldn't be worth what Elon Musk is. Edit: Let's put the same concept into seconds. If you were to do a conversion of dollars to seconds ($1 = 1 second), the median American gets 1 day and 10 hours (net worth of $121,760). Elon musk would get 6,910 YEARS."
David H 2 years ago
Except all but about $1 billion of Elon's money is in Tesla, Space X, Twitter, and his other companies stock. It's his net worth, not actual money he has. Twitter and Tesla crash, so does his value.
DrBronxx 2 years ago
A billion seconds is still 31.69 years. $1 billion is still an obscene amount of money that no one person needs.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
I think most people are worth more than Elon Musk. They just happen to have less money.
Louisa Johnson 2 years ago
I am happy with the life I have, it's not much to some people but with a successful marriage, 4 amazing kids, my sister who still lives with us when we adopted her when she was 12 (she is 25 now). I tell my kids we are some of the richest people in the world for what we have. But it baffles me that these billionaires are not making big changes in the world, they are like boys with their toys, rockets, cars. Elon and Jeff Bezos live in one of the most populated countries in the world, a country that could really use a huge change in the health care system, homelessness, the way that veterans are just left aside, drug abuse issues. Can you imagine what a difference these two men alone could make to their country. I suppose you don't go down in history for kindness and compassion so what's the point, right?
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
It’s truly disgusting for one person to control that much wealth when so much good he could do with it. He won’t be able to spend it all in his lifetime. He can’t take it with him when he dies. All his and his future generations would still be provided for and he’d still be obscenely wealthy. Why so much selfish greed ? But hey, free country and all…it’s his wealth.
#28
Ok-Reputation9619 said: "One in 8 men thinks they can win a point about Serena Willams." LutherRaul replied: "Just hoping for a double fault on her serve."
RandomHumanBean 2 years ago
she could beat me if she couldnt hear or see and had to use her left pinky toe as a raquet and the ball mysteriously turned into a 3 day old meatball covered in marinara sauce and sardines when it was near her and back into a ball near me.
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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
I am definitely not one of those one...I'm the other seven. Serena will beat me 6-0 in all sets and in record time.
John Topper 2 years ago
I would only hope she served away from me, because I doubt my body would offer much resistance to that hypersonic fireball she launches.
Jeffrey Diehl 2 years ago
I have better birthday parties and Christmas celebrations than she ever will.
#29
"A full 6 percent of Americans reckon they could beat a grizzly bear in unarmed combat. Edit: And before another bear arm joke, just FYI bears already don’t have arms. So removing bear arms doesn’t improve your chances. Technically, all four are legs, with the front two called forelegs."
Neuridivergent 2 years ago
And they should encouraged to try before they procreate. Safety regulations has severely reduced the number of Darwin award participants
BG 2 years ago
Yukon Territory: Come for the grizzly wrasslin', stay for the f****n'.
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Jeff Gabrisl 2 years ago
One day I killed a bear by picking up an alligator by the tail and swinging it at the bear. They both died, but I got a lot of good meat from it. Surprisingly, they both taste like chicken. /s
RajunCajun 2 years ago
in armed combat, I think most people would have a good chance of out shooting a bear.
RandomHumanBean 2 years ago
americans are idiots (coming from an american who is sometimes an idiot)
Kevin Humble 2 years ago (edited)
Line em up and let em try. Put that s**t on pay per view - you know people will watch the hell out of it.
#30
SebaZDK said: "The birthday 'paradox', is the fact if you have 23 random people there is a 50% chance 2 have the same birthday." fantasticdamage_ replied: "I’ve always wondered, at a baseball game, in a stadium full of people, is it plausible to say that someone has a birthday on every single day of the year? This means everyone in that stadium could fill a calendar and the entire calendar would be 100% full of dates with everyone’s birthday on it. Am I too high, I’m not making sense am I?"
Donkey boi 2 years ago
Ok so this actually came up a few years ago at a meeting, so I had the boffins work on it. The answer, believe it or not we got 2 answers. Answer 1: You would need around 7 Billion people to ensure you covered every day of the year because so few people are born on the 29th Feb. Answer 2: The maths is too long, but the answer is no.
Cuppa tea? 2 years ago
I had colleague who's birthday was on my nameday and on her nameday it's my birthday.
Brian Silverstein 2 years ago
I just worked it out. Ignoring leap years for a moment, the minimum number of people you'd need in order to get one on each day is 365 (of course). Also (of course) there is no number of people which will guarantee you always cover every day of the year. To get one on every day half the time or more you need about 2300 people.
Upstaged75 2 years ago (edited)
My boss and I started at my company within a month of each other. She was hired first, and then she hired me. We have the same birthday. I wonder what the odds are on that happening?
The Other Guest 2 years ago
I went to a small high school. In my graduating class of 26 students, there were two other people with my same first name, and one person with whom I shared a birthday. His first name was the same as that of my oldest brother, plus his initials were the reverse of mine.
assdog 2 years ago
@fantasticdamage, you could be correct but if there are only 147 people watching and playing a baseball game in a full stadium well it might not work. But let's say there are 60,000 fans well....who fxkin knows; Just google it and IF NO ONE has the same birthday, well yer probably still high!!
Nikki Angulo 2 years ago
I work at a place with 18 other people. Six of them had birthdays at the end of January, all in a seven-day span (two on the same day.) We ate a LOT of cake over those seven days!
norabest321 2 years ago
I worked with two people who had the birthday before mine and one that had a birthday the day after. Dang I loved that job. Wonder why.
Louisa Johnson 2 years ago
My son shares his birthday with 2 people we know, my 16 year old daughter shares a birthday with my mum. My oldest daughter shared a birthday with my husbands Nan.
Brian Silverstein 2 years ago
I just did the math. To start with, let me state the obvious: the minimum number of people you need to get one born on each day of the year is 365 (ignoring leap years for the moment). Of course, the probability of getting 365 people where none have the same birthday is practically zero. As you add more people, the chances of them having the same birthday goes up fast. As said above, if you have 29 people, the chance is almost even that one of them matches another's birthday. As it turns out, the number you need for a 50:50 chance that you've covered every birthday is around 2300. In other words, of any random selection of 2300 people, there is an even chance that every birthday of the year is covered. Now, if you want a 90% chance that ever birthday is covered, you need about 3000 people, and if you want a 95% chance, you need about 3200 people. However, you never get 100%: even with a million people, there is some tiny possibility that no one is born on a particular day.
#31
"Rabies has a 99% mortality rate. You can go a year with it, no signs or anything, but when you start showing symptoms you're dead in a few hours."
LK 2 years ago
This only tells half the story. If there is a chance you have been bitten , you will be given the rabies vaccine. The vaccine is always successful if it’s given immediately after exposure. You’ll get one dose of fast-acting rabies immune globulin, which will prevent you from getting infected by the virus. Then you’ll get four rabies vaccine shots over the next 14 days. On the other hand, if you are bitten, don't seek immediate assistance, and symptoms appear, then your chances are very, very poor. GET THE VACCINE!
Adam Belaire 2 years ago
Buh! Vaccine causes diseases! I ain't no takin' da shot! My body! Dems created rabies cuz they hate Trump!
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I got bitten by a confirmed rabies dog (a stray that ran into the hotel lobby amd bit me in the face while I sat in a sofa.) Lucklily a serie of vaccines prevented the rabies from developing.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
guess you must really love the antivax- crowd.
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#32
Molesandmangoes said: "48% of British people wouldn’t go to space even if their safety was guaranteed with the most popular reason being that they just simply didn’t have any interest in going." LogicBalm replied: "Hey, with how much stuff I've learned about living in space, it sounds like a nightmare. Eating, drinking, digestion, and going to the bathroom are all thrown off by a lack of gravity. Along with brushing your teeth or clipping your nails. Working out is one of the most common activities in space so you don't lose muscle mass from the lack of gravity. Even then it's common to have a lot of aches and pains when returning to Earth because you didn't really use your feet all that much or something. Not to mention space blindness! That one's a bit hyperbolic, but it is sort of a thing. I'll stay home, thanks. Take pictures for me."
Vix Spiderthrust 2 years ago
British astronaut Helen Sharman got the job by answering an ad she heard on the radio.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
We are all traveling in space - most on a planet and a few a smidgeon above one.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
I'd still go. That's once-in-a-lifetime s**t. BUT ... probably wouldn't want it to be more than a day trip.
#33
"The average human has less than two arms."
TheNightOwl 2 years ago
Plenty of people out there are missing a limb, meanwhile, one poor guy is seriously bringing up the average. I’m speaking, of course, of the Octo-man.
Thegoodboi 2 years ago
Are we saying THE average human, or taking a group and saying averages are they have less than two arms?...
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Not to get all mathy (alright, getting mathy is my precise intention), there are three types of averages in statistics - mean, median, and mode. The statement is correct for the first, but not the other two. For them, the answer is exactly two.
#34
THElaytox said: "At least 50% of adults in the US are likely experiencing symptoms of lead exposure from their childhood. Which includes loss of IQ, increased phobias, addiction issues, and neuroticism. Makes the current state of things make a lot more sense." Chopskie117 replied: "How are they getting exposed to lead this often? Is there any way to prevent it?" THElaytox replied: "Depending on age a lot of it could be from leaded gasoline and paints. Leaded gasoline introduced airborne lead worldwide for about 70 years. Younger people are probably most exposed to lead pipes in our water systems and/or polluted waterways. The state of Washington did a survey a couple of years ago and found 80% of elementary schools across the state had at LEAST one water source with unsafe levels of lead. Recent studies have shown that exposure as a child can take 40+ years to present mental symptoms."
Luke Branwen 2 years ago
I've heard somewhere that it may be one of the reasons why boomers are Like That.
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
That and parents that experienced the worst horrors of humans in modern history, at a time when you were supposed to just walk off the trauma and keep on smiling.
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I wonder if the lead caused the orangeness as well?
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Froggie 2 years ago
People need to be more aware of lead. You know those ceramic bowls and mugs and stuff? There’s some lead in the glaze. Painted toys? More often than not, there’s a low level of lead in that paint. You need to be aware of this if you have kids; do your research, and buy some lead tests as needed.
User# 6 2 years ago
I just want to point out that this is not the case in the EU (and probably the US as well). There are very strict regulations regarding lead and they are enforced. We've just finished a project re. lead in various ceremics and found not one single infringement of regulations, regardless of the country of origin.
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#35
"National Geographic found in 2018 that only 9% of all plastic worldwide gets recycled."
Max M 2 years ago
We???? When i use time sorting the c**p and the renovation just send it to other countries to be stored or burned, it is not really my fault.
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its actually better environmentally to burn them for electricity production in special plants, than recycle, less emissions actually and we get electricity from our trash. Sweden has been doing a lot of this, and in the US, NYC now processes 1/5th of its trash this way, and planning to go 100% within 20 years.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Some plastic has not been recycled because it remains in use. Such as the keyboard I am typing this on.
scag$y 2 years ago
Now is probably a really good time for us to stop using plastic altogether. Imagine if mankind becomes extinct not because of a lack of food or water, a meteorite strike or because we killed the planet, but because we all slowly poisoned ourselves with micro plastics. Out with a whimper. Some might say, a fitting end.
#36
hobochomsky said: "Cigarette butts make up ~38% of all litter collected and can take up to 10 years to decompose. If you smoke, please just throw them in an ashtray. Or better yet, stop smoking." Reddit user replied: "They can take up to 10 years to decompose, but most cigarette butts have decomposed more than 90% within the first year. Technically tho, the plastic fibers never decompose."
#37
"The risk of a heart attack is about 20% greater on Mondays for adult men, and 15% greater for adult women."
#38
"18% of all boating accidents are caused by people trying to pee over the side. The Canadian Red Cross did a study of all water-related deaths between 1991 and 2008. Table 8 on page 39 states that between '91 - 08, 62 people lost their lives from urinating from their watercraft. That only makes up 3% of total deaths due to urination. I couldn't find an online source about how many accidents (not resulting in death) were attributed to urinating over the side of the boat, but my boating instructor gave me the number 18%, and I've always trusted that number. The fact that they keep a record of deaths due to urination, and that yachting insurance companies warn about the dangers of urinating over the side of the boat makes me think that accidents not resulting in death is much higher than 3%."
#39
"The amount of rodent and bug particles allowed by the FDA to be in your cereal is not zero."
DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
Yep because realistically you can't avoid it all during processing or harvesting. The amounts would be low...but not zero. (Also..to avoid legal issues I assume).
ZenChickChristine 2 years ago
Oftentimes there’s no way to confirm 100% absence of something. Analytical instruments have detection limits so they can only confirm to that limit. For example we can say that something has less than 5ppm since that’s the smallest concentration the instrument can detect, but we cannot truly say it’s zero. Source = worked as an environmental analytical chemist
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
well they are thinkng of using bugs as food so... https://www.fao.org/fao-stories/article/en/c/1603016/#:~:text=Insects%20can%20also%20offer%20an,a%20generally%20higher%20vitamin%20content.
CP 2 years ago
I have no problem with that. Bugs are typically a great protein source.
Load More Replies... Margaret H 2 years ago
In the bad old days, I heard a US Army muesli bar was allowed to have up to two rodent droppings per bar.
#40
"Sharks have existed for longer than the rings of Saturn (450 million years vs. Around 100 million)."
Temporary Dork 2 years ago
No, they're older than trees. Plant life started 3 billion years ago and made it out of the oceans 20 million years before sharks existed.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
It's even more amazing when you consider the fact that the rings of Saturn do not have to rely on someone saying "Hey, watch this!" or "Hold my beer" to obtain subsidence.
#41
tpenna219 said: "There are more ants alive today than there have been humans alive ever." reallycool_opotomus replied: "Also, all of the insects in the world right now weigh more than all of the people in the world. I've also heard that there are more insect species than there are people."
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
If you just got all the beetles in one scale, they would outweigh every other living creature together on the other scale.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
Love the way God made this world for the ants, they are his chosen race. /s
#42
bkidcudder said: "In Florida, adults with poor credit scores and clean driving records paid an average of $1552 (annually) more in car insurance than the same drivers with excellent credit scores and a DUI conviction The trend is similar throughout the nation." justonetimeplease replied: "This is a result of zip codes and the credit score is just a correlation. That is, people with good credit scores live in higher income zip codes where car theft/accidents etc., and thus insurance is cheaper."
CP 2 years ago
I still amazes me that people just don't get it. It is the success paradox. Luck has more say about how you end up than anything else. However, humans would go crazy believing that they have less control over their life than they really do. It is the Catch 22 of life. Hard work doesn't guarantee anything, but to believe luck is more of a factor doesn't help anything. There is a good Veritasium video on this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LopI4YeC4I
Load More Replies... Neuridivergent 2 years ago
To the edut: But then why is the insurance company checking your credit score?
Vix Spiderthrust 2 years ago (edited)
It's not. That's the point he's making - good credit scores correlate to safe neighbourhoods, and safe neighbourhoods pay lower insurance premiums.
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"Chopping wood for an hour results in a 48% increase in testosterone in men."
#44
Maxpro2001 said: "I read somewhere that about 80% of Indians feel that if they're too happy something bad is around the corner." Mundane-Flounder-765 replied: "Stoicism, Buddhism, and such all have teachings about not getting too happy or too low. Honestly, I think it’s pretty sound advice."
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Never worry about unhappiness arriving. It employs its own travel agent and manages its own itinerary without any of your involvement.
#45
"Over one-quarter of teenage pregnancies involve a father over the age of 20."
David H 2 years ago
The municipality with the highest teen birth rate in America is a 99% religious township in New York where they get the young men and women married right out of high school. So you have 18 year old guys and girls getting married and having a kid before 20 for example. Also you can have two kids who met in HS, one is 20 or 21 the other 18 or 19 when the pregnacy happens. I am sure some are pedo, but I would assume more are more situations of older end of the teen years with someone within 3 years of age.
Load More Replies... Kirsten Kerkhof 2 years ago (edited)
So the dads are pedophiles but the moms get made fun of? Got it.
#46
"You have far more chances to die from a coconut fall than by a shark attack."
Marek Čtrnáct 2 years ago
How would they carry it? Two sharks carrying a coconut on the string? What is the waterspeed of an unladen shark?
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Esme Weatherwax 2 years ago
Oh no I'm going into London tomorrow do I need a very strong umbrella?
*Confused Screaming* 2 years ago (edited)
I think that this is trying to reduce people’s fears of sharks but it just created my fear of coconuts instead
#47
"Although it's well known that flying is an extremely safe form of travel, this only applies to commercial flights. While 2019 recorded only 1 fatality on a U.S. commercial flight, 414 people were killed on non-commercial U.S. flights ("general aviation"). That's more than 1 death a day!"
Con O Cuinn 2 years ago
1 a day is useless information without the total number of these flights
CP 2 years ago
That is like that fear stat to sell security systems. "Every 20 seconds a home is broken into in America"
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Gold-Leadership-5128 said: "25% of my country's (Denmark) population dies of smoking or smoking-related causes. But nearly all deaths where the person who died is smoking counts as a smoking death. So it is hard to say the actual number." aeriox-phenomenon replied: "So basically 25% of Denmark smokes. That's actually pretty good by European standards."
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
Interesting, apparently the french who are notorious for smoking is only 33%. Sacre bleu.
#49
"33% of the Jonas Brothers has diabetes."
Miss Scarlet 2 years ago
There are 4 brothers in that family. But only 3 of them are in the musical group "The Jonas Brothers". Obviously OP meant the band, not the family.
BG 2 years ago
There are four Jonas brothers. There are three Jonas Brothers.
Load More Replies... DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
I'm assuming there's three of them or nine? If not, that'd be weird.
#50
"The average age of retirement in the US is 62. 53% of retirements aren't voluntary."
Neuridivergent 2 years ago
Yet what is the age of our highest ranking politicians. Can we force retire them?
#51
"I did a calculation and confirmed that every person on Earth could fit inside Harris County, TX standing side by side with room to spare. Each person would have a square equaling 2'-6.5" by 2'-6.5". Harris County is 1778 sq. miles. Go ahead, do the math. Granted, you would have to tear down every home, skyscraper, tree, etc. This calculation assumes that the entire county would be one big, flat parking lot with a LOT of bathrooms around the perimeter..."
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
It used to be that everyone on Earth would be able to fit entirely on the Isle of Wight.
Arthur Waite 2 years ago
Try "Stand on Zanzibar" by John Brunner. Takes place in 2010, so it's really a hoot!
#52
"In the US, if one graduates high school then gets married then has children, in that order, one has a 97% chance of never living in poverty."
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
I’m willing to bet that this is very skewed. The poverty line is set extremely low in the US.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
If you're born to the monied class, you could fail to do any of these things and still have a 0% chance of living in poverty.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
I don't see how this could be true, unless poverty strongly correlates with parents having children out of wedlock...?
#53
"There are more Panda Express restaurants than actual Pandas."
#54
"All of the planets (including Pluto) can fit side-to-side between the Earth and the Moon (at its average distance)."
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
Pluto is still a planet. Just a dwarf planet. We call Jupiter when probably in all reality, it’s a failed star.
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"In 2020, overdose with a synthetic opioid (primarily fentanyl) became the LEADING cause of death in all Americans ages 18 to 45. Motor vehicle accidents were the former leading cause for this age group."
CP 2 years ago
Fun Fact: Actually it isn't all the fun. The leading cause of death for children in the US is by a gun.
HolyDiver 2 years ago
sigh.... no, it is not. Got to the CDC, not a doctor with a political agenda.
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I just lost a friend last week to a fentanyl OD. I did not even know he was using it.
#56
Reddit user said: "The human eye blinks about 4.2 million times a year on average." meggrone replied: "This made me manually blink."
#57
this_guy83 said: "In the US, it is illegal to build anything other than a detached single-family home on 75% of the land designated for residential use." DulceDays replied: "Portland, OR is doing the opposite of this now. On many lots it’s no longer legal to build one single-family home, instead many lots have been rezoned for multi-family units/condos. On an average lot of ~5000sf, you’re now required to build no less than 2-3 units and up."
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 2 years ago
So, the government basically cleared the way for people with money to build rental properties? Maybe I'm misunderstanding.
David Houde 2 years ago
They are trying to encourage high(er) density housing. I don't think they are building rental properties in Portland, they are trying to build more affordable homes for people to buy. Instead of individual houses, you would have 3 or more condos on the same property. It also helps to create neighborhoods that are more self contained. They have neighborhood grocery stores, etc and reduces the need for cars in those areas.
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#58
Flat-Cold said: "The Sherco Power Plant in MN - a coal power plant - today alone consumes on average 6.5 million tones of coal a year... which is the equivalent of 3/4s of the entire nation's coal consumption in 1850, a time when the steam and coal revolution was in full swing worldwide. Currently, they record a number between 20-30 thousand tones a day, meaning it could be even larger..." Sacrifice_Starlight replied: "Sherco is a 3-unit plant with all 3 units scheduled to go offline starting next year with the second in 2026 and the third in 2030. The nearby nuclear plant in Monticello MN is now slated to stay open 10 years past it originally planned to decommission date while the former coal plant site is transitioned to natural gas."
#59
"Ride-sharing services (uber, lyft) have contributed to an increase in traffic deaths by nearly 3 percent."
#60
"California's GDP is twice Russia's."
User# 6 2 years ago
The BeNeLux (population 29 million, area 77 sq. km) has a bigger GDP than Russia (pop. 144 million, area 17 million sq. km)
CC 2 years ago
BeNeLux area (according to Wikipedia) is 75,149 sq km, not 77 sq km 😀
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Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
Greenland is (or was) the land of snow while Iceland is rather green…
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