36 Stats, Numbers and Pieces of Data That Will Make You Want to Punch a Calculator in the Face
Before you start screaming that these numbers are filthy liars, please trust that we triple-checked each stat after we had that same initial reaction.
Well, admittedly, we didn’t personally check anything. Much smarter fact-checkers than us spent the day trying to disprove these wildly suspicious figures, and they couldn’t find a single digit out of place.
If you’re not convinced, feel free to feverishly scrawl on a chalkboard like Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting, but we’re just trying to save you some time. Believe the unbelievable, as they say.
Being Smelly
Source: Science Direct
Jogging
50 Cent
Dirty Money
Scotland
Impulse Purchasing
Mustard Gas
Source: Department of Defense
Australia
100 Bird Gangs
Jazz
Wi-Fi
Dune
Pianos
Calculators
Winnie Cooper
Lysol-Related Deaths
Jay-Z and The Number 4
Statue Sizes
Saffron Prices
Atoms
Meteorites
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Coin Toss Odds
Terrorism
Source: 20 Statistics About Probability That Will Blow Your Mind
Odds
Low Social Interaction
Source: ScienceDaily
STEM Degrees
Source: JSTOR
Blue Lobsters
Cheating Odds
The Odds of Dating a Supermodel
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Earthquakes
Larry Walker
Student Loans
People’s Favorite Numbers
Prime Numbers
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