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Math can’t believe it’s in the same league as these stunning stats

35 Attractive Stats and Fine Figures That Have Math Itself Blushing Like A Smitten Schoolboy

November 20, 2024

Have you ever had a stunningly attractive person suddenly pay attention to you?

Yeah, neither have we. But movies have shown us that it can be pretty jarring. Those fictional nerds start looking behind them as if to say, “There’s no way you’re talking to me right now.” This is how we suspect the boring, nerdy field of mathematics feels when it realizes that it’s somehow rubbing elbows with wildly interesting stats.

Maybe, like the nerds in those movies, these stats will finally help math realize that it’s cooler than it thinks.

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The Olympics

Bekoji is a small town in Ethiopia. It has around 17 000 citizens. Runners from this town won over 30 world championships and 16 Olympic medals. For reference that is more than India won in the history of the Olympics, with its 1.2 billion citizens! CRACKED.COM — Source

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Magic Carpet Speed

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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Scrooge McDuck’s Money Pit

Estimated value of Scrooge McDucK's Money Pit: SS DEPTH GAUGE 90ft Depending on your starting point: $52 billion (based on depth), $239 billion (based

32

Waiting in Line

The average person spends FIVE YEARS OF THEIR LIFE waiting in line. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cows

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 GOM — Source

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Scotland

5 percent CRACKED.COM From 1993 to 2002, 5% of murders in Scotland were contract killings. — Source

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Divorce

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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Hygiene

CRACKED.COM A survey of 6,000 people found that 1 IN 3 MEN don't wash their hands after using the bathroom (compared with 1 in 10 women). So if you shake their hand, you might as well be shaking something else. — Source

27

Up

DisnepoPIXAR The final count of the balloons used in Pixar's movie UP was 10,297. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Babies

1 out of every 2,000-3,000 babies is born with a tooth. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Satellites

Of over 8,000 satellites orbiting the Earth, only one has ever been destroyed by a meteorite. CRACKED.COM Satellites are programmed to avoid meteorites so they don't get destroyed. The European Space Agency's communications satellite, Olympus, is the only one to have been hit, in 1993. — Source

24

Killer Trees

CRACKED COM Either by falling out of them, or having them fall on you, trees kill over 100 people yearly in the United States. — Source

23

Ancient Egypt

Cleopatra was born approximately 2,500 years after the pyramids were built - but just 2,000 years before the first moon landing. Source: CRACKED.COM http://lunarscience.nasa.gov/articles/how-long-ago-was-it/ — Source

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Planck Time

A second can be an eternity Planck Time is the shortest unit of time possible. It is the time it takes light in a vacuum to cross one Planck Length (the shortest distance possible). There are more units of Planck Time in one second then there have been seconds since The Big Bang. Seconds since Big Bang: 10 CRACKED.COM Planck Times in a second: 10 44 — Source

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WALL-E

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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Falling Out of Bed

CRACKED.COM You're more likely to die FALLING OUT OF BED than in a plane crash. Both likelihoods are very slim: 1 in 2 million for the bed against 1 in 5 million for the plane. — Source

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Batman’s Identity

Number of people who know Batman's secret identity: 31 with an additional 9 who might know. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Slavery in Brazil

Brazil received four million African slaves. GRACKED COM That's during the entire Atlantic Slave Trade and was over ten times the number that went to the United States. When Brazil abolished slavery in 1888, 40 percent of Rio were slaves, — Source

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Spartans

Women owned 40% of property in Sparta. CRACKED.COM Sparta, unlike a whole lot of places at the time, had an inheritance system where the deceased would split their property among all their children, both sons and daughters. — Source

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Weddings

The more you spend on a wedding, the more likely you are to get divorced Those who spend over $20,000 on their wedding are 46% more likely to get divorced than those who spend $5,000 to $10,000. CRACKED.COM — The Atlantic

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Relationships

The longer you're together, the more likely you are to stay together Married couples are much more likely to stay together than non-married couples. For heterosexual married couples, 3% of those married 5 years broke up to less than 1% married for 20 years. CRACKED.COM — Washington Post

14

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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 — 16 Eyebrow-Arching Fictional Universe Stats

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The Civil War

Civil War generals were 50% liklier to die than privates. CRACKED COM Unlike modern warfare, generals back then had to lead by example, by being the first person to charge into battle, on an easily targeted horse. — Source: The American Surgeon

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Jurors

35 Attractive Stats and Fine Figures That Have Math Itself Blushing Like A Smitten Schoolboy — Source: Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice

11

101 Dalmatians

Raising 101 Dalmatians would cost a fortune. Cost of owning a single dog: $153 per month. X 12 months = $1836 X 101 = $185, 436 per year

10

Shoe Sales

In 2018, Nike's shares had a two percent drop after the launch of its campaign, which featured the controversial American footballer Colin Kaepernick.

9

Rising Cancer Rates

If you keep hearing about cancer rates rising over the years, don't be too alarmed. IT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE ...AND CANCER RISK WE LIVE LONGER NOW... INCRE

8

The Lego Movie

CRACKEDCON Recreating The Lego Movie using actual Lego pieces would require Th 080.330 blocks. A tower made with that many Lego bricks would reach alm

7

Dating on Seinfeld

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

6

Lottery Winners

70 PERCENT OF ALL LOTTERY WINNERS LOSE EVERYTHING IN THE FOLLOWING SEVEN YEARS aG OA BREAKING OVERNIGHT ATLANTA JACKPOT WINNER DIES AFTER GOLD PLATING

5

Violent Crime

CRACKED.COM Almost 69 percent of those who reported having committed violent crimes also reported eating candy daily at the age 10.

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Heart Attacks

CRACKED CONT Monday is the day of the week when a heart attack is at its greatest A 10 year study in Scotland found that 20% more people die of heart

3

Nightmares

BLIND PEOPLE SUFFER FOUR TIMES THE NIGHTMARES THAT SIGHTED PEOPLE DO. NIGHTMARES ACCOUNT FOR 25% OF DREAMS FOR PEOPLE BORN BLIND VS. 6% FOR THOSE WITH

2

Baldness

In a 2013 study, scientists found that men with bald or balding heads are 32% more likely to get heart disease. CRACKED CON

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Cats

According to a study published by the Schizophrenia Research Journal; 50.6% of people who developed Schizophrenia during their adult years reported ow

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