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34 Outrageous Stats That Can Only Be Graphed With the X and Y Axes of ‘What?!’ and ‘OMG, That’s Insane!’

December 27, 2024

For this list, the term “it’s a numbers game” comes to mind. In this numbers game, we’re having the time of our lives. Sure, we’re not at a craps table with a horde of beautiful women blowing on our dice, but drumming up these wildly interesting stats and percentages felt just as exciting.

See for yourself. The excitement of reading this numbers game will no doubt scratch that thrill-seeking itch without risking your life savings!

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Fingers

YOU BEND AND STRETCH YOUR FINGERS MILLIONS OF TIMES. The average human hand is bent and stretched an incredible amount of times throughout their life - around 25 million times. CRACKED — Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock
National Center for Biotechnology Information

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Cats

The surface area of a cat's pupil can change almost 10 times more than a human's pupil. A cat's can change by a factor of 135, but a human's can only change by a factor of 15 -- the higher that factor, the more control over the amount of light entering — Source: The Conversationa

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Water in Space

There's a floating reservoir of water in space that holds 140 trillion times all the water on Earth. CRACKED.COM NASA scientist Matt Brad- ford says that water is pervasive throughout the universe, and the reser- voir surrounding a black hole 12 billion light years away surely proves that. — NASA

31

Akira

TWICE THE AMOUNT OF SHOTS CRACKED.COM The average film has 1,250 individual shots, whereas Akira almost doubles that at 2, 212. Moreover, the movie contains a staggering 160,000 single pictures, 2-3 times more than normal, which is a LOT of animated body horror for 80's audiences. — Source: Geek Tyrant

30

Alaska

EVEN THOUGH ALASKA IS Vermont ABOUT 70 TIMES LARGER THAN VERMONT THEY BOTH HAVE ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF ROAD MILES

29

Shih Tzus

Every single Shih Tzu dog today is related to one of 14 dogs that lived in the 20th century. After the breed was nearly driven to extinction, they essentially restarted it with a total of just 14 dogs. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Oreos

Double Stuf Oreos are only 1.86 times larger than classic Oreos. CRACKED.COM The total amount of cookies per package was also reduced from 45 to 39 in the early 2010s, but the price stayed the same. — Source: Business Insider

27

Alien

Aliens It took 14-16 people to operate the Alien Queen animatronic puppet. CRACKED.COM — Source

26

Milk

(GRANEDONT There have been a lot of ads stating that you should drink millk because 9 out of 10 Olympans grew up drinking milk... 9 of 10 out UNITED

25

Antarctica

XX Antarctica has 9 timezones. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM

24

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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People’s Favorite Number

NUMBER FACTS CRACKED.COM A SURVEY ASKED 30,000 PEOPLE FOR THEIR FAVORITE NUMBER. o 9 9 C 3 4 8 8 1 2 2 9 8 3 4 7 4 ^ o 3 9 5 4 7 9 8 5 5 9 5 9 6 5 5 4 5 6 A 8 & 6 1 2 . 2 6 3 6 5 9 4 5 7 7 4 7 5 9 9 5 5 9 7 7 8 3 8 9 9 4 4 1 ٤ 4 O 8 ح ١ E 3 L 6 o ح 8 2 2 6 1 — Source

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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

21

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

20

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

19

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

18

Shaq

Shaq's godawful freethrow percentage is merely divine intervention. 9 CRACKED.COM Me shooting 40 percent at the foul line is just God's way of saying that nobody's perfect. If I shot 90 percent from the line, it just wouldn't be right.

17

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 — Source: The Atlantic

16

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

15

Cocaine

Individually, Americans use more cocaine than any other country. The percentage of users in America is only a tenth of a percent higher than Brazil, b

14

ABC

Due to its lack of sports, ABC has a higher percentage of female viewers (about 62%) and a lower percentage of male viewers than any other network. ab

13

South Dakota

GRAGKED.COM Married! Just South Dakota has a higher percentage of LGBT people than: CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC SEAL OF THE THE 1889 STATE OF WASHINGTON And 39 other states. — Source

12

Playing Piano

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 t

11

Volunteer Firefighters

CRACKED COM A whopping SIXTY PERCENT of firefighters are volunteers. Coincidentally, SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT of fire departments are made up entirely out o

10

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

9

DNA

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. — Source

8

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

7

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. — Source: 15 Travel Sized Facts That Are Perfect For On-The-Go

6

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

5

Incest

MYTH: INCEST LEADS TO messeD-UP BABIES. FACT: IT BAReLY Does. Having a cousin as your sexual partner does increase the risk of birth defects by 2 to 3 percent, but that's it. In fact, one Rutgers professor estimates 80 percent of every single married couple in human history were second cousins or more closely related. CRACKED.COM — Sex Myths You've Probably Believed Your Entire Life

4

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)

3

Muslims

34 Outrageous Stats That Can Only Be Graphed With the X and Y Axes of ‘What?!’ and ‘OMG, That’s Insane!’ — Source: Pew Research

2

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

1

Rome

THE ROMAN EMPIRE WAS BIG. JUST NOT THAT BIG. Rome, the biggest empire that ever was... Except that, by surface area, it was more like the 25th, with about two million square miles at its height. CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Facts That Get In Accepted History's Face

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