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35 Trivia Tidbits About Unbelievable Statistics

August 17, 2024

We’re just gonna go right ahead and say it: Numbers are magic. They’ve magically turned the unbelievable into the believable. Since we’re pretty skeptical by nature, we tried finding some strings or mirrors that would give the trick away. But as far as we can tell, these numbers are legit.

We walked into this list not believing a single one of these shocking stats, but we left as true believers. We think you will too.

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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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Dyslexia

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

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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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We trust the scale at our doctor's office to be reliable. But 20% of those are inaccurate. That's pretty disconcerting when you consider that dosages are based on patient weight. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Police interrogation techniques are tough, but they get the job done. Right? Maybe a little too well. Innocent people will confess to a crime they didn't commit 43% of the time. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ramen

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

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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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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Snakebites

You might worry that a snakebite is a death sentence. Out of the 7,000 to NAH, YOU'LL BE FINE. 8,000 people who are bitten by venomous snakes in the U.S. each year, only five die. That makes your odds of death by snek around one in 50 million. GRACKED.COM — Source

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95% OF SUSHI IS MISLABELED. Conservation group Oceana recently found that roughly a third of the time, seafood sold at U.S. markets and restaurants had been swapped for species that are cheaper, overfished, or risky. The worst offender was sushi restaurants. Out of 118 visited, 95% sold fish that varied from their menu. Hamachi was incorrectly labeled in every case. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Earning Potential of Popular Kids

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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The Middle East

If you think of Muslims as living عبد يا ابت لا in the Middle إنّي East, you're نَتِ mistaken. 61.9 قان و percent don't. ه لام كين And not all Arabs are Muslim. ية ليز As much as 10 percent of the عفر لك world's Arab population is z. Christian, which means there ونَ مِن دُولِ are 1 million more Arab Christians than the world's P entire Jewish population: / -كلاح سفِيا وهبناله GRACKED.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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Eating Disorders

EATING DISORDERS ARE A FEMALE PROBLEM. 25% of anorexia & bulimia sufferers, and 40% of binge eaters, are (4 20 0lbs 320 men. 300 DE S 10 145 SI 25 140 O 20 09 N Many men 062 by 0٤ 08 SEL 130 280 SE don't get 125 OF OF OZZ 120 help because SV 260 50 00 115 052 110 55 OIL they're CRACKED.COM 105 240 100 OZ embarrassed. 95 DEL 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

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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Drinkers

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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12,200 Americans are erroneously declared dead every Year. | I I I 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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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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People who marry at 18 have a 60% divorce rate Compare that to people who marry at 23, whose divorce rate is only around 30%. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Whiskey used to cost 25 cents per gallon In 1820, the average American consumed 90 bottles a year, as the liquid cost less than coffee or milk. CRACKED.COM — Source

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1.3 MILLION EARTHS COULD FIT INSIDE THE SUN That's only if we squashed all the Earths in, but if they retained their sphere shape, if only about 960,000 would fit. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Superior Foots BISMARCK Huron 94 29 PIERRA One day, Forrest Michigan NG Gump just felt MADISON HEYE like running. LINCOLN DES MONES COLUMBI And he ran a 70 ENVER 15,248 grand total of OKLAHOMA CITY JE MILES. ROCK SPR NDIANAPOLIS 59 M ATLANTA Pheidippides' run from Marathon to Athens 20 75 Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race 85 KSON MONTGOME Forrest Gump The world's longest footrace is just 3,100 miles. — Source

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The Dwarfs are filthy rich. Height of Grumpy: 2-foot-six Diamond size (est.): 7 inches Largest gem-quality diamond ever found, measuring 4 inches: $2 billion So, why do they live in a cottage? CRACKED.COM — Source

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That magic carpet was wildly fast. Giza to Athens on a flying carpet: 697 miles in 10 seconds Magic Carpet Speed: 250,920 miles per hour CRACKED.COM — Source

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Frodo's journey was insanely long. Hobbiton to Mt. Doom: 1,779 miles Los Angeles to Chicago: 1,745 miles CRACKED.COM — Source

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There's no reason to worry about falling CRACKED.COM birth rates. True, the U.S. fertility rate is only 1.73 children per woman, an all-time low. But researchers get that number by assuming women currently in their 20s, say, will have as many kids in their 40s, as women currently in their 40s are having. And young women today are postponing having kids until later in life, so they'll have more kids than that assumption predicts. — 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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If WALL-E worked around the clock, without ever stopping to recharge, make repairs, or 95 mess around, YEARS it would him roughly take to build one trash U'AL skyscraper. E Enough to watch Hello, Dolly! over 300,000 times. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM According to tie-in novels, soldiers in Gears of War maintain their peak physical form with a daily intake of 6,900 CALORIES human. Three times that of a normal adult KFC That's over 10 Bargain Buckets from KFC. KFC KFC KFC KFC KFC KFC KFC KFC KFC — Source

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The main cast of Seinfeld dated a grand total of 212 GIRLFRIENDS AND BOYFRIENDS over the course of the series. 27 73 50 62 CRACKED.COM — Source

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Groundhog Day

The website Obsessed with Film calculated that in order to master piano, ice sculpture, and on, Phil Connors to DAYS spend in Day. so had 12,403 10 stuck Groundhog 2 10 3 9 4 That's just under 34 years. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Powering your Iron Man Suit ESTIMATED ENERGY FOR 90-SECOND FLIGHT: 2 Gigawatts POWER GENERATED BY THE LARGEST U.S. NUCLEAR POWER PLANT: 3.3 Gigawatts CRACKED.COM — Source

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