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Personal Trainers

CRACKED.COM The majority of working personal trainers aren't a bunch of dumb jocks. Sixty-four percent have a bachelor's degree, and over forty percent have a master's. — Source: 38 Eyebrow-Arching Facts (About Ordinary Jobs)

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20/20 Vision

65% of adults need some kind of eyesight correction. x CRACKED.COM Only about 35 percent of adults have 20/20 vision without glasses, contact lenses or corrective surgery. With corrective measures, approximately 75 percent of adults have 20/20 vision. — University of Iowa

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Squirrels

9 percent to 21 percent of unexpected power outages are caused by squirrels. Over 4,700 animal-related (most of which are squirrels) outages were reco

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Disney

DISNEY IS THE WORLD'S NUMBER 2 BUYER OF EXPLOSIVES. NUMBER 1 1S THE U.S. MILITARY. Not to say the two organizations are quite in competition with each

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Exoplanets

The number of known exoplanets has doubled every 27 months since they were first discovered. CRACKED.COM Since the first ехо- planets were discov- ered in the early 90s, the number is now over 4,000 of con- firmed findings. — Source

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Infinity

NUMBER FACTS CRACKED.COM THE OPPOSITE OF INFINITY ISN'T ZERO, IT'S INFINITESIMAL. 1-18 INFINITY IS THE NUMBER LARGER THAN ALL OTHER NUMBERS. INFINITESIMAL IS THE NUMBER SMALLER THAN ALL OTHERS, BUT STILL LARGER THAN ZERO. — Source

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Student Loans

The number of old student loan owners is greater than ever before. The number of people with student loans who are 60 years old or more went from 700,

32

Magic Carpet Ride

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

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Vacant Houses

In the US, the number of vacant houses are six times greater than the number of homeless people. USA Europe Homeless 3.5 million 4.1 million people Vacant 18.5 million 11 million houses The ratio in Europe is less than half that. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Biggest Rock in the World

CRACKED The biggest rock in the world is Burringurrah, also known as Mount Augustus, in Australia. It's twice as massive as the better-known Uluru, at 2,350 feet high and five miles long, although arguably not as photogenic. — Source

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The Tsar Bomb

Tsar Bomba the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated. The mushroom cloud is 59 miles high and 29 miles wide. Island of Manhattan 13.5 miles long Rhode Island 48 miles N to S CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jupiter

CRACKED Jupiter's Great Red Spot The massive anticyclonic storm is bigger than Earth. But it's recently gotten the smallest it's ever been-only 10,250 miles across. It used to be 25,500 miles long in the late 1800s (so, over two Earths) and 14,500 miles across in 1979. — Source

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Monarch Butterflies

CRACKED THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY: 2,500 MILES OF FLAPPING. The monarch butterfly is famous for its yearly trip of 2,500 miles across North and South America. Disappointingly, it's now on the endangered species list. — IUCN

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The Longest Wedding Veil Ever

CRACKED THE LONGEST WEDDING VEIL WAS OVER FOUR MILES LONG. The veil, measuring exactly 22,843 feet and 2.11 inches long, was worn by Maria Paraskeva, a bride from Cyprus, on her wedding day in 2018. — Guinness World Records
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Three Mile Island

Three Mile Island is only 2 1/2 miles long. + x During a geological survey made by the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1963, someone apparently believed the island was about 3 miles long. To be fair, they were close. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Lancaster Online

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Locusts

In 1875, a swarm of locusts very literally blotted out the sun. They were Rocky Mountain locusts, and the swarm was 110 miles wide and 1,800 miles long. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Gold in Them Thar Phones

A phone contains a greater percentage of gold than gold ore does. BLAINEK pLtr COlad FINE PoS JoDDy One ton of gold-rich ore deposit yields about 1 or 2 grams of gold, but one ton of used phones (with the batteries taken out) yields 300 grams of gold. NOW YOU — Source: BBC

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Aging

22% of Americans are over the age of 60. This is much higher than the global percentage of 12, but the rest of the world should catch up by 2050. The percent- age of US senators over 60 is 70%. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Obesity

If asked, many people would bet their dollaridoos on the USA being the most obese country in the world. However, by percentage of obese adults, the crown actually goes to small country Nauru, with a 61% obesity rate. CRACKED.COM — Source: World Population Review

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Belly Buttons

90% of people have an innie belly button There are about the same percentage of left-handed people as people with outies. CRACKED.COM — Source: American Museum of Natural History

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The Ocean Floor

More than eighty percent of the Earth's ocean is unmapped, unobserved, and unexplored. CRACKED.COM A far greater percentage of the surfaces of the moon and the planet Mars has been mapped and studied than of our own ocean floor. — National Ocean Service

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Peanut Butter

Peanut butter has to be 90% peanuts If it's a lower percentage, in the United States, it legally has to be labeled as peanut spread. CRACKED.COM — The Atlantic

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South Dakota

CRACKED.COM Married! Just South Dakota has a higher percentage of LGBT people than: CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC STATE OF THE omt OF HL SEA/ 1889 And 39 other

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Singapore

The highest percentage of millionaires on the planet live in Singapore. GRAGKED.COM Singapore has the world's highest percentage of millionaires, with one out of every six households having at least $1,000,000 US in disposable wealth. — Wall Street Journal

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American Farmers

Percentage of American workforce employed in farming in: 1840 70% 2017 1.3%

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Literacy

LITERACY IS AT AN ALL- TIME HIGH. In America, the literacy rate is 99 percent. Worldwide numbers are up too. In India, for example, 60 percent of adults can read and write. Fifty years ago, that number was 18 percent. Worldwide as a whole, the literacy rate is 84 percent. 100% 2:28 PM AT&T Now It's MUCH better!! CRACKED.COM is https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2103.html Thanks! With — 12 Pieces Of Good News The Media Just Skipped

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Man v Beast

6% of Americans think they could take a grizzly bear in a fight. CRACKED.COM Eight percent of Ameri- cans believe they could beat a gorilla, an ele- phant and a lion in a fight, and 9 percent think that a crocodile is hardly a worthy foe. — Relevant Magazine

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Gay Monogamy

Gay men actually don't sleep with a lot of people. Of 3.2 million OKCupid users, 45 percent of gay ones (and 44 percent of straight ones) had 5 sexual

11

Whale Milk

Whale milk has the consistency of toothpaste. This is due to whale milk being 30-50 percent fat. CRACKED — Source

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Identical Twins

Children of identical twins are genetically siblings, not cousins. GRACKED.COM Cousins whose parents are identical twins share 25 percent of their DNA, instead of the usual 12.5 percent, making them ge- netically the equivalent of half-siblings. — The Tech

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The Human Body

CRACKED CON Your body houses trillions of microorganisms, percent of which are unknown to science. — Source

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Frozen Water

69 percent of Earth's water that is not in the ocean is frozen. CRACKED.COM Of the three percent of the water that is not in the ocean, about 69 percent is locked up in glaciers and icecaps. Ninety percent of that frozen water is in Antarctica and about nine percent covers Greenland. — National Ocean Service

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Fear of Commitment

THe STEREOTYPE... MEN HATE COMMITMENT. but in REALITY... NOT AS MUCH AS WOMEN DO. Polled men are quicker than women to fall in love and want children across the board. 77 percent of women crave independence in a relationship, as opposed to 58 percent of men. CRACKED.COM — Source: Widely Believed Stereotypes That Are Completely False

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Green Eyes

Only 2 percent of the population has green eyes. CRACKED.COM Green eyes are more common in females than males. Less than 1 percent have gray eyes. — Soource: Healthline

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Volunteer Firefighters

CRACKED.COM A whopping SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT of firefighters are volunteers. Coincidentally, SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT of fire departments are made up entirely out of volunteers. — Source: 25 Surprising Things You Should Know About Common Jobs

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So Many Arrests, So Little Time

WEIRD WORLD In California, one guy got arrested 3 times in a span of sixteen hours. Apparently, the last arrest happened at 3 AM, after police had to pursue him-they tried to cite him for jaywalking, but he fled. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Everyone’s Favorite Number

NUMBER FACTS CRACKED.COM A SURVEY ASKED 30,000 PEOPLE FOR THEIR FAVORITE NUMBER. o 9 3 9 C 4 8 8 1 2 2 7 4 ^ o 3 9 9 8 3 4 5 4 7 9 8 5 5 6 5 9 6 5 5 4 4 5 ما A 8 c 6 2 1 2 6 3 6 5 9 4 5 7 1 4 7 5 9 9 5 5 9 1 7 8 3 8 9 9 4 4 7 ٤ 1 O 8 ح I 3 L 6 o 8 3 ح 2 2 6 1 — Source

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Larry Walker

The baseball Hall of Famer Larry Walker was fixated on the number 3. CRACKED.COM Не wore number 33, was married on November 3 at 3:33 and his phone number had as many threes as the phone company would al- low. In 1993, he signed a $3 million contract. — Men’s Journal / Wikipedia

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Prime Numbers

The largest found prime number is 5 9 4 8 6 7 5 04 4 6 10 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 1 1 2 1 6 10 9 6 2 3 3 4 7 45 1 10 8 7 45 1 10 8 4 8 4 J 9 ( 6 7 6 7 6 7 7 9 2 6 5 5 2 10 5 1 9 l 1 1 9 6 3 8 3 10 de 2 7 8 7 10 2 7 8 10 5 4 10 5 7 3 8 5 3 5 1 — Source

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