31 Stats and Facts That Will Expand Your Mind and Implode Your Psyche
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![GRACKED.COM 60% of marriages at the age of 18 end up in a divorce. Only 30% marriages above the age of 2 3 fail.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/8/1078528.jpg)
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![Longest Time Not Really... Doing Anything NBA CRACKED.COM LA Lakers point guard Derek Fisher once spent 34 minutes without a single point, assist, or even a rebound.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/3/1078523.jpg)
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![CRACKED COM 36837861 O 12 : 12 You are wealthier than 15 percent of American households if you have at least a dollar in your pocket and no debt.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/4/1078524.jpg)
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