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35 Stats That Could Very Well Cook Your Noodle

October 27, 2023

No one would look at the number 3 and think, “Whoa! That’s astounding!” No offense, number 3, but we’re gonna need a little context before we grant you “noodle-cooking” status.

But if we say, “The average person takes enough steps in their lifetime to take them around the world 3 times”… Damn, 3! You really made that factoid pop!

Now let’s see what the rest of these numbers can do…

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Falling Out of Bed

CRACKED.COM You're more likely to die FALLING OUT OF BED than in a plane crash. Both likelihoods are very slim: 1 in 2 million for the bed against 1 in 5 million for the plane. — Source

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Gun Percentages

A full 70% OF GUNS seized by police in Mexico can be traced back to the United States. CRACKED COM — Source

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The cast of Glee has had 207 SONGS on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. That's three times as many as the Beatles. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Since 1989, 365 convicted prisoners have been exonerated by DNA evidence. 28% had confessed. 20 were on death row. CRACKED COM — Source

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Hippos kill 3,000 PEOPLE every year. Sharks kill fewer than six. Where are all the Hipponado movies? CRACKED COM — Source

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About HALF of airline pilots admit to falling asleep during flight. ONE THIRD report waking up to find the other pilot asleep as well. CRACKED COM — Source

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CRACKED YOU MAKE ENOUGH SPIT TO FILL A POOL. Over the course of a lifetime, the average person will produce enough saliva to fill a modest swimming pool - 20,440 liters. — Source

28

Unbelievable Statistics

YOU WALK ENOUGH STEPS TO TAKE YOU AROUND THE WORLD THREE TIMES. The average adult will walk around 75,000 miles in their lifetime, which is like taking a trip around the world three times. CRACKED — Source

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Unbelievable Statistics

CRACKED YOUR HEART WILL BEAT BILLIONS OF TIMES. Throughout our lives, our hearts beat an average of about 2.5 billion times. In a day, that's 100,000 times, and in a year, it's 35 million times. — Source

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YOU GROW NOSE HAIRS LONGER THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON'S HEIGHT. A nose hair growing from a single follicle can grow up to six feet in a person's lifetime. Enough for a whole new you, roughly. CRACKED — Source

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YOU SHED HALF YOUR WEIGHT IN SKIN. Over the course of their life, the average person will shed around half their body weight in skin - that's about 77 pounds. CRACKED — Source

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CRACKED YOU FILTER ONE MILLION GALLONS OF WATER. Throughout their life, the kidneys will filter out around one million gallons of water and turn it into urine. — Source

23

Heart attacks increase by 24% on the Monday after Daylight Savings Time kicks in. Researchers speculate that the spike has to do with a disruption in circadian rhythms and cortisol levels. And, unsurprisingly, stress. CRACKED.COM — Source

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If you want to get ahead, it just makes sense that you should avoid hanging out in bars. But a study by the Journal of Labor Research found that regular drinkers make 10% to 14% more money than those who don't drink. The study also concluded that men who visit a bar at least once a month earn an additional 7% more than those who don't. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Recreating The Lego Movie using actual Lego pieces would require 080, 330 15, blocks. A tower made with that many Lego bricks would reach almost 90 miles high. — Source

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1/2 of all panda births are twins However, it's very rare for both to survive to adulthood. The mother will pick the strongest cub to care for, abadoning the weaker one. CRACKED.COM — Source

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IF FLEAS WERE AS TALL AS PEOPLE, THEY COULD JUMP OVER 15 CARS And that's bumper to bumper. Fleas can jump 38 times their body length. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Red Shirt, Short Life Number of crew deaths in Star Trek: The Original Series: 59 Number of Red Shirt Deaths: 43 79% of dead crew-members wore red shirts. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM STAY Being 112.5 feet tall and 37.5 feet wide, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters contains roughly 925,000 GALLONS of marshmallow. The goo from its explosion could be used to make 186 million s'mores. — Source

16

In 1963, Bruce Springsteen bought his first guitar for $18. His signature, one-of-a-kind guitar is insured for $1 million to $5 million. CRACKED.COM — Source

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$92.12 billion -Pokémon, the highest grossing media franchise of all time. In second place is Hello Kitty at $80 billion, followed by Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse, and Star Wars. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Whiskey used to cost 25 cents per gallon In 1820, the average American consumed 90 bottles a year, as the liquid cost less than coffee or milk. CRACKED.COM — Source

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People who marry at 18 have a 60% divorce rate Compare that to people who marry at 23, whose divorce rate is only around 30%. CRACKED.COM — Source

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95 billion packets of ramen noodles are sold every Year. Yeah, those ramen noodles. High Hair This is according to the World Instant Noodle Association, and, when you do the math, adds up to 15 packs of noodles for every human being on Earth. CRACKED.COM — Source

11

We trust the scale at our doctor's office to be reliable. But 20% of those are inaccurate. That's pretty disconcerting when you consider that dosages are based on patient weight. CRACKED.COM — Source

10

Toilet Paper Usage

Americans use 36.5 billion rolls of toilet paper each Year. That's 1/5 of all the TP in the world, even though the U.S. makes up only 4% of the global population. CRACKED.COM — Source

9

Raising 101 Dalmatians would cost a fortune. Cost of owning a single dog: $153 per month. x 12 months = $1836 X 101 = $185,436 per year CRACKED.COM — Source

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It can cost $250 million to make one NASA spacesuit Spacesuits aren't custom-fitted... NASA mixes arms and leg sections to adjust to different astronauts. CRACKED.COM — Source

7

1.03 billion -times the episodes of the final season of Game of Thrones were pirated while it was airing on HBO. 16.1 million viewers watched the first episode of the last season either live or later on HBO, while illegal downloads or streams amounted to a staggering 187.4 million. CRACKED.COM — Source

6

The main cast of Seinfeld dated a grand total of 212 GIRLFRIENDS AND BOYFRIENDS over the course of the series. 27 73 50 62 CRACKED.COM — Source

5

Batman’s Identity

Number of people who know Batman's secret identity: 31 with an additional 9 who might know. CRACKED.COM — Source

4

CRACKED.COM Minecraft's total surface area is over 9 MILLION EARTHS. Or if you prefer big, unwieldy numbers, 4,722,366,482,869,645 square kilometers. — Source

3

Slavery in Brazil

Brazil received four million African slaves. GRACKED COM That's during the entire Atlantic Slave Trade and was over ten times the number that went to the United States. When Brazil abolished slavery in 1888, 40 percent of Rio were slaves, — Source

2

Germans have made up the bulk of US immigrants. CRACKED.COM Between 1870 and 2000, seven million immigrants to the US were Germans, making them the country that sent the most people during this time. — Source

1

Spartans

Women owned 40% of property in Sparta. CRACKED.COM Sparta, unlike a whole lot of places at the time, had an inheritance system where the deceased would split their property among all their children, both sons and daughters. — Source

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