Surprising statistics and figures that are a little hard to grasp
Nathan Johnson
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08/23/2016
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NASA’s budget for the year is about how much the US military spends every 11 days. In 2012, the defense budget was higher than 50 years of NASA budgets. -
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The average US college student attends 62 parties a year. -
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59% of those college students graduate in 6 years or less. -
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The average person reads 250 words per minute. Braille readers manager about 115 words per minute. -
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Speaking of braille, only 1% of the UK’s visually impaired citizens read it, compared to the 10% of legally blind Americans. -
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3.3% of US births are twins, a number that has risen 76% in the last 30 years. -
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A 2013 survey found that 38% of kids 2 years old or younger have watched games or videos on a mobile device. -
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In 2009 the Pew Research Center surveyed 2,260 people on whether they preferred to live closer to a Starbucks or McDonalds. They learned that 46% of liberals picked Starbucks as opposed to 28% of conservatives. -
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In 2013 the BBC reported that 50% of Justin Bieber’s Twitter followers are fake. The source was a website who searched Bieber’s followers for buzzwords typically associated with spam, such as diet and money… and probably McLaren. -
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Barn owls are technically monogamous, but 23.5% of them are “divorced.” -
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4% of lost remotes are found in either the fridge or freezer, according to one 2011 survey. -
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You’ve probably heard before that 50% of marriages end in divorce, but it’s not true. Divorce rates in the US have been decreasing for years, and it’s now estimated that 2/3 of current American marriages will stay intact. -
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It’s not true that only 1 in 10 Americans have a passport, despite many claims. The actual number is currently 38%, which is much larger than 1974, when only 3% of Americans had one. -
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Facebook hosts 4% of photos EVER TAKEN. -
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A 1993 study conducted in the UK found that injuries procured on Friday the 13th were 52% more likely to result in a hospital admittance than other Fridays. -
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An estimated 80% of US jobs that are available are never advertised. -
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If we could remove a pumping human heart from a body, it would shoot blood 30 feet in the air. Yikes. -
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Only 32% of network shows get a second season. -
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5 million Americans spend 40 hours a week playing video games. That’s a full time job, people. -
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25% of Americans aged 18-24 years who own a smartphone say they can’t remember the last time they didn’t have their phone by their side. -
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In 2011 the Bureau of Transportation Statistics found that 40% of the most delayed flights in the US were either going to or leaving from Newark Airport in New Jersey. -
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33% of people say a movie made them consider a breakup. -
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A 2015 study found that over half of Americans’ leisure time is spent in front of the TV. -
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46% of pro football hall of famers only played for one team during their time in the NFL. -
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14% of Americans think Bigfoot is real. -
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According to one survey, about 72% of women and 60% of men who had affairs with a coworker started the infidelity at an office holiday party. ’Tis the season. -
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Researchers at the University of Massachusetts researched lying in 2002 and found that 60% of adults lie at least once in a ten-minute conversation. Most of them actually averaged about 3 lies per conversation….. One of them was probably about that office holiday party.
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