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35 Statistics That Make Numbers Sorta Cool

March 05, 2024

Not that we need to tell you, but we really do “value” numbers around here. Get it? ‘Cause numbers already have value. Laugh-out-loud jokes aside, we actually are numbers freaks. Especially when they help measure some pretty interesting things, like how many years of your life you’ll spend waiting in line.

Okay, some numbers we just don’t want to know.

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CRACKED.COM MORE SERIAL KILLERS ARE BORN IN JANUARY THAN ANY OTHER MONTH A study of 293 serial killer spread across 29 countries all over the world revealed that 11.2% of those were born in January, even though the month of January has 7.9% of all births. Fun fact: Hannibal Lecter was born on January 20, 1933. — Source

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Learning to play a piano makes you better at math. After 8 months of piano lessons, students went from scoring in the 30th to the 65th percentile on the Stanford 9 Math Test. GRACKED COM — Source

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A survey of American businesses found 35% of entrepreneurs are Dyslexic — Source

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In a 2013 study, scientists found that men with bald or balding heads are 32% more likely to get heart disease. CRACKED COM — Source

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A 2011 study from the Netherlands showed that people who are good at holding their pee are also good at long-term money management. GRACKED.COM — Source

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BLIND PEOPLE SUFFER FOUR TIMES THE NIGHTMARES THAT SIGHTED PEOPLE DO. NIGHTMARES ACCOUNT FOR 25% OF DREAMS FOR PEOPLE BORN BLIND VS. 6% FOR THOSE WITH FULL SIGHT. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED SHUFFLING A DECK OF CARDS It's almost impossible to shuffle a deck of cards into the exact same order twice - it's like trying to arrange the same number of atoms as there are in our entire galaxy. So it's almost certain that every single shuffled deck of cards, ever, is unique. — Source

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CRACKED DOPPELGANGERS The chances of having an exact twin are pretty slim - only one in 135. But if you look at the bigger picture - attributes like the overall shape of your face-it's more likely that you have a doppelganger out there. — Source

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CRACKED H BER BIRTHDAY PARADOX There's a roughly 50% chance that if you get a group of 23 people together, two of them will have the same birthday. — Source

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CRACKED CHANCE OF BEING BORN It's incredibly unlikely that you were born - the odds that all 150,000 generations of your lineage would remain unbroken are about one in 400 trillion. So ... go and make the most of it. — Source

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CRACKED SUPER WT ROAD BISHOPSGATE MAYP BOUR 1. KINGS ROAD COLLECT €600k 2. KE £2M AS YOU PASS E4M GO MONOPOLY In the US version of Monopoly, the orange group of properties - St James Place, Tennessee Avenue, and New York Avenue - are statistically the likeliest spots for players to land when they get out of Jail. So: buy those. — Source

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CRACKED GETTING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING It's really unlikely that you'll get hit by lightning in any given year - almost a one-in-a-million chance. Most people who do get struck by lightning make it out alive, with around 90% of them surviving. — Source

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CRACKED GENETIC INFLUENCE ON GENDER OF OFFSPRING According to a Newcastle University study of hundreds of years of family trees, men who had more brothers were more likely to have sons, and those with more sisters were more likely to have daughters. This pattern wasn't seen in women. — Source

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CRACKED RISK OF DYING ON ONE'S BIRTHDAY People are 14-18% more likely to die on their birthday than any other day of the year. That's according to a major Swedish study, and one of the authors says We can only speculate on the reasons for the extra deaths on birthdays. — Source

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CRACKED FLIPPING A PENNY When you flip a penny, it's more likely to land on tails than heads. That's because the penny's center of mass is slightly more on the heads side, making tails come up about 80% of the time. — Source

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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

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95 billion packets of ramen noodles are sold every Year. Yeah, those ramen noodles. HOM HGH 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

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In the movies, a gunshot wound means you're dead, period. BUT... As long as your heart is still beating when you arrive at the hospital, you have a 95% chance of surviving a gunshot wound. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Think trial jurors are well-prepared? They aren't. One study actually tested jurors on the things they should know after hearing their instructions. Their score? About 40%. ? ? ? Jurors who understood that the defendant doesn't need to prove him- or herself innocent: 50%. Jurors who didn't know what constitutes proof of guilt: 86%. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EATING DISORDERS ARE A FEMALE PROBLEM. 25% of anorexia & bulimia sufferers, and 40% of binge eaters, are 04 20 0lbs 320 men. 300 DE S 10 145 SI 25 140 O 20 09 DE Many men 062 by 0٤ 08 SEL 130 280 SE don't get 125 US OF OZZ 120 help because SV 260 50 001 SEE 052 110 55 OIL they're CRACKED.COM 105 240 100 OZ embarrassed. 95 DEI 06 DEZ no 60 99 GL 70 — Source

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BLACK WIDOWS ARE RUTHLESS AND DEADLY. SO, SO DEADLY. 1% OF THE TIME. Most of the time, a black widow won't even inject any venom into its bite. CRACKED.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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Think men think about sex every 7 seconds? Yeah, that's crap. In fact, experts estimate that 30% of men don't think about sex during the day at all. 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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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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CRACKED.COM In late 2008 and early 2009, 1in5 BOOKS SOLD was written by Stephenie Meyer. — Source

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CRACKED.COM A survey of 6,000 people found that 1 IN 3 MEN don't wash their hands after using the bathroom (compared with 1 in 10 women). So if you shake their hand, you might as well be shaking something else. — Source

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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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CRACKED.COM NEC HOME ESTE 1270 adidas LEGAL E DESDER MIRRORE FORNO 5 I DELAR g Adam Sandler movies have grossed OVER and $5 BILLION worldwide. — 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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The average person spends FIVE YEARS OF THEIR LIFE waiting in line. 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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GRACKED.COM The budget for the Curiosity rover is about the same amount the U.S. military spends in a little over 30 HOURS. — 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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