40 Facts and Figures to Blow Your Mind Like a Dozen Mentos in a Bottle of Coke

How much? How big? How probable?
40 Facts and Figures to Blow Your Mind Like a Dozen Mentos in a Bottle of Coke

Your brain is about to add a second story! 

That was a tad confusing. We know that you most likely know more than one story, but we meant it in the home remodeling sense. You might think you know everything, but these wild stats and figures are about to raise your brain’s roof to the point of needing a whole new level. 

Forget a forehead. You’re about to have an eight-head.

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

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

Hitler Mentions

U.S. Congress brings up Hitler 7.7 times per month. CRACKED.COM Republicans bring up the dictator more than their colleagues, by a ratio of about 57-42 percent. Hitler mentions reached a peak in October 2003, with 93 mentions of both parties combined.

Earthquakes

40 Facts and Figures to Blow Your Mind Like a Dozen Mentos in a Bottle of Coke
Source: USGS

Ratios

A 2007 study in the British Journal of Psychology found that men with a larger ring to index finger ratio had higher SAT math scores. Women with highe

The Fast and the Furious

The first seven Fast and Furious movies wrecked over a thousand cars -- the number is 1,487. If you included the cars from the 8th and 9th movie, plus the ones from Hobbs & Shaw, the total number might cross the 2,000 figure. CRACKED.COM

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Lies

Do you find yourself telling a lot of fibs? Join the club. A study found that 60 percent of people average two to three lies during a typical 10-minut

Appearance

CON Do you misiudge people more often than not? Well, you're not alone. A survey found that 75 percent of participants unfairly judged someone based o

Dropouts

Don't be embarrassedi if you quit college before getting your degree. The four-year graduation rate is below 40 percent, and over a six-year period, t

Star Trek

Red Shirt, Short Life Number of crew deaths in Star Trek: The Original Series: 59 Number of Red Shirt Deaths: 43 79% of dead crew-members wore red shi

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.

Chewing Your Nails

CRACKEDc COM CHEWING YOUR FINGERNAILS IS GROSS, BUT DON'T THINK IT'S ALL THAT WEIRD. IT'S ESTIMATED THAT AS many AS 30 peRcenT OF ALL PEOPLE DO IT, An

Weighing Yourself

If the number on the scale makes you unhappy, you're definitely a part of the majority. kg 6 It's been discovered that 75% of adults are not satisfied

Intel

Back in the 1950s, computational technology relied on individual transistors the size of a cornflake. Now, this tiny Intel Core i7 septa-core processo

The Death Star

CRACKEDCO The Death Star is the size of a small moon, but its habitable space isn't limited to its surface. You'd have to cover THE ENTIRE EARTH (ocea

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