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29 Inconceivable Stats About the World We Live in That Prove It’s Gotta Be a Simulation

January 13, 2024

Inconceivable! (You read that in Wallace Shawn’s Princess Bride voice, didn’t you?) If not, Google it, youngin’! Well, it isn’t solely a nostalgic one-word catch phrase — it’s what we thought the entire time we were compiling this mountain of unbelievable stats. Each more inconceivable and unbelievable than the last!

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There's a 123456789 misconception that stairs are safe and elevators are death traps. Yes, taking the stairs is healthier, but it's not safer. Number of deaths per year in U.S. elevator accidents: 27 Number of deaths per year, for stairs: 1600 CRACKED.COM — Source

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90% OF OFFICE THERMOSTATS DON'T DO ANYTHING AT ALL. This is according to an HVAC De Set -3:49 Fan Auto specialist who Hold installs 78 dummy Run Cen thermostats at on How the request of landlords who are tired of complaints about the temperature. GRACKED.COM — Source

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People who are popular in school earn more money as adults. Scientists conducted a long-term survey where they interviewed high school students, then tracked them down 35 years later. They found that kids in the top fifth of the popularity rankings earned 10% more than those who were in the bottom fifth. CRACKED.COM — Source

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If someone really wants to commit suicide, there's no stopping them, right? Actually, of the 515 people prevented from committing suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge between 1937 and 1971, only six percent went on to kill themselves. A researcher in the '70s tracked them all down. GRACKED.COM — Source

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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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Bars

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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Rats B OVERALL, BAD CHEFS CRACKED.COM They're more than just an annoyance. Between their effect on crops and how they attack stored grain, it's possible they eat or contaminate 10% of all food. — Source

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Guns kill, right? B GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE? CRACKED.COM Sure. But if you make it to the hospital with your heart still beating, you have a 95% of surviving. — Source

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America's Revolution B DIVIDED STATES CRACKED COM Not everyone wanted independence. By John Adams' estimate, one-third did, one-third were apathetic, and another third were loyal to the British. — Source

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American lawns B WE SPEND MORE ON BEER GRACKED.COM Americans spend about $40 billion per year on lawns! Which works out to about $25 per household per month, which arguably isn't that much ... — Source

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The Defense budget B #1: ERITREA CRACKED COM People think America's is the highest, but then America is a big, rich country. In terms of military spending divided by GDP, America's isn't even in the world's top 20. — Source

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Venomous snakes B MILD DANGER NOODLES CRACKED.COM Snakes aren't that deadly, even ignoring all the truly harmless ones. Some 8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the US annually. Just five die. — Source

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Plane crashes BE SAFEST WAY TO TRAVEL CRACKED.COM They don't have to be deadly. When you factor in how many crashes are really quite minor, your chance of survivng if your plane crashes is over 95 percent. — Source

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The more you spend on a wedding, the more likely you are to get divorced Those who spend over $20,000 on their wedding are 46% more likely to get divorced than those who spend $5,000 to $10,000. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BLUE WHALES EJACULATE ENOUGH SPERM TO OVERFILL A WATERCOOLER One researcher estimated a whale produces 5.4 gallons of sperm with each ejaculation. The largest blue whale testicle ever found was over 30 gallons. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The world's most expensive parking spot costs $1.3 million A luxury building in Hong Kong sold a spot for more than $10,000 per square foot. CRACKED.COM — Source

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50% -number of U.S. adults who believe that demons definitely or probably exist. Talking WILLIAM FULD OUIJA . MYSTIFYING REG e ORACLE ES FGH 46% E also believe in ghosts. CRACKED.COM — Source

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12,200 Americans are erroneously declared dead every Year. I S I This is by the U.S. Government, so the victims of the error have to cope without minor things like driver licences, social security checks, bank accounts, etc. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In the US, there are almost 12,000 injuries per year due to falling TVs. To compare, there were only 57 unprovoked shark attack bites worldwide in 2020. Be more afraid of your beloved TV showing JAWS than a shark attack. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Low social interaction is as dangerous to your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day Social connections (including friends and family) improve our odds of survival by 50%. CRACKED.COM — Source

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100,000,000 ATOMS IN A ROW WOULD BE ABOUT THE WIDTH OF YOUR FINGERNAIL An average atom is about 10-10 meters. For comparision, if the same number of standard pencils were laid end-to-end, they would wrap around the Earth's equator more than 47 times. CRACKED.COM — Source

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When we talk about climate change, people love to make jokes about farting cows. But cow farts aren't a thing. 0092 Cows do emit methane, but 95% of it comes from burping. They belch because they're ruminants, and burping is part of their digestive process. CRACKED COM — Source

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Kowloon Walled City had a population of 3.25 million people per square mile The former military fort was the most densely populated place to ever exist. Compare that to Manhattan's 27,000 people per square mile. CRACKED.COM — Source

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If you think of Muslims as living عبد يا أبت لا in the Middle نَتِ الّي East, you're mistaken. 61.9 قان و كُو ن percent don't. ته And not all Arabs are Muslim. يم ليز As much as 10 percent of the عفر لك world's Arab population is 2. Christian, which means there are 1 million more Arab ونَ مِن دُونِ Christians than the world's م entire Jewish population: سفيا وهباله اله GRACKED.COM — Source

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AUSTRALIA IS WIDER THAN THE MOON The moon has more square area, but Australia is almost 4000 kilometres, compared to the Moon's 3,475 km. CRACKED.COM — Source

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RUSSIA IS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS PLUTO Pluto's surface area is 17,646,012 km2, compared to Russia's 17,098,246 km2. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EATING DISORDERS ARE A FEMALE PROBLEM. 25% of anorexia & bulimia sufferers, and 40% of binge eaters, are 0lbs 320 OZ 04 men. 300 or S 10 IS 145 SV 0 20 25 082 140 DI kg Many men DE 08 SEL 130 280 SE don't get OZZ 125 OR OF 120 help because St 260 50 00 115 110 OIL they're SS OGZ 105 100 07 embarrassed. CRACKED.COM DEL 56 06 DEL n9 60 & 70 cL — Source

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Taking care of 101 Dalmatians? You'd better be ready to clean up 76 POUNDS OF POOP EVERY OR SINGLE DAY. Skip one day, and the next you'll have the weight of a grown- up human in dog poop. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A BLUE WHALE'S HEART IS ABOUT AS TALL AS A SHORT PERSON A blue whale's heart is about 4 feet wide by 5 feet long by 5 feet tall. It weighs about 400 pounds. CRACKED.COM — Source

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