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Count On It: 14 Eyebrow-Arching Numbers

Here are some surprising quantities.

Count On It: 14 Eyebrow-Arching Numbers

March 10, 2021

Let us give you the cold hard numbers. Want to know how old the oldest cat was? How much The Terminator script cost? How many Baha men there are? We've got answers. You can count on it.

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$1 CRACKED CO James Cameron sold the script for The Terminator for $1, under the condition that he could be the director. — Source: IGN

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76, 000 people The sound crew from Spartacus went to a Michigan State Spartans game, directing over 6,000 people to scream and cheer to use in the movie's soundtrack. — Source: Lansing City Pulse

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$5 million $5 million is the estimated amount Goyte gave up by not allowing pre-roll ads on Youtube for his music video for Somebody That I Used to Know — Source: Billboard

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51 years old CRACKED COM O.Z. Whitehead was 51 when he played a teenager in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. — Source: Independent

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Mustard Gas

1,673.5 tons 1,673.5 tons of mustard gas is stockpiled by the U.S. government, to be destroyed by 2024. — Source: Department of Defense

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$800 million Forbes estimated Girl Scouts make about $800 million from cookie sales. — Source: Vox

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38 Years According to Guiness World Records, the oldest cat was Creme Puff, who lived to be an incredible 38 years and 3 days. — Source: Guinness World Records

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3.6 million CRACKED COM 3.6 million married Americans live in a separate residence than their spouse. Living together apart couples have doubled since 1991. — Source: NCBI

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$285 billion CRACKED COM When adjusted for 2020, John D. Rockefeller was worth $285 billion, or as much as Bezos and Gates combined. — Source: USA Today

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20 Baha Men CRACKED COM 20 people, past and present, have been members of the group famous for the single Who Let The Dogs Out — Source: EW

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1,300 stone circles Stonehenge is only one of 1, 300 surviving stone circles found in the British Isles and Ireland. — Source: BBC America

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28 years old 28 was the average age of the Beatles when they broke up. None of them were over 29-years-old.

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Jacko in Debt

$400 million CRACKED COM Even though he sold 61 million albums, Michael Jackson was $400 million in debt when he died. — Source: Billboard

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

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