39 Random Stats and Figures That’ll Reverse the Polarity of Every Atom in Your Brain

In a list of stats, each stat is a stat! Cool, right?
39 Random Stats and Figures That’ll Reverse the Polarity of Every Atom in Your Brain

The phrase “What are the odds?” has become pretty popular over the years. Like, “Back for another list of stats, are we? What are the odds?” 

Most of us know it to be a rhetorical question, but our Cracked statisticians take it as a call to action. So dont go asking it around here, okay? Theyll get right on it, and theyre busy enough as it is. We need them focused on finding more of these numerical gems.

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

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

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,

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

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.

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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.

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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

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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

American Farmers

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

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

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

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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

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