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What's a random fact or statistic that blows your mind?
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:27 am
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:27 am
I haven't smoked any pots today..
There are many places in the world where you could walk for days and not see another soul, and yet land STILL only covers about 30% of the earth's surface. Makes me marvel at just how much 70% ocean actually is.
Also, there are 11 time zones in Russia.
There are many places in the world where you could walk for days and not see another soul, and yet land STILL only covers about 30% of the earth's surface. Makes me marvel at just how much 70% ocean actually is.
Also, there are 11 time zones in Russia.
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:29 am to sweetwaterbilly
The average person has less than 2 legs.
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:29 am to sweetwaterbilly
While under British rule in the US, if a tree was over a certain diameter you had to have the Kings permission to cut it down.
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:29 am to sweetwaterbilly
37% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:30 am to OysterPoBoy
quote:
The average person has less than 2 legs.
The average person has one Fallopian Tube.
~ Bo Burnham
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:30 am to sweetwaterbilly
If you placed Mount Everest at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the peak would still be 2,133 meters (7,000 feet) below sea level.
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:30 am to sweetwaterbilly
quote:50% of people are below average intelligence.
statistic
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:32 am to WildManGoose
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50% of people are below average intelligence.
I think this would be that 50% of people are below median intelligence.
Average can be skewed one way or another depending.
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:32 am to sweetwaterbilly
These 2 events occurred on the same day
- Author Sylvia Plath killed herself by sticking her head into an oven.
- Julia Child's TV cooking show debuted. A show where she made a career out of putting things into an oven.
One life ends, and another begins.
- Author Sylvia Plath killed herself by sticking her head into an oven.
- Julia Child's TV cooking show debuted. A show where she made a career out of putting things into an oven.
One life ends, and another begins.
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:32 am to Splackavellie
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If you placed Mount Everest at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the peak would still be 2,133 meters (7,000 feet) below sea level.
Ones like this are what I had in mind. Mine are admittedly terrible
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:33 am to sweetwaterbilly
The global rate for washing hands after using the toilet is under 20 percent.
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:33 am to sweetwaterbilly
There’s only one traffic light between New Roads and Mansura on hwy 1
This post was edited on 9/30/21 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:33 am to sweetwaterbilly
3 out of 5 people have the herpes.
This post was edited on 9/30/21 at 10:35 am
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:34 am to Odysseus32
quote:Assume a normal distribution
Average can be skewed one way or another depending.
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:35 am to Hangover Haven
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3 out of 5 people has the herpes.
I had a scare a few years ago and did a ton of research HSV-1 (cold sores) are so common.
HSV-2 is the one you gotta really worry about
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:36 am to sweetwaterbilly
The world is made up of three kind of people. Those who can count, and those who can't.
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:36 am to sweetwaterbilly
If you have 50 people in a room, there is a 97% chance that at least two of them will have a shared birthday.
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:36 am to Splackavellie
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If you placed Mount Everest at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the peak would still be 2,133 meters (7,000 feet) below sea level.
Mount Chimborazo (due to the equatorial bulge) in Ecuador is the peak farthest from the center of the earth.
Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain from base to peak.
You have to bag all three to avoid the akshually folks from harshing your mountaineering buzz.
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:37 am to sweetwaterbilly
We’re further away from 1980 than 1980 was from 1940.
Posted on 9/30/21 at 10:38 am to Obtuse1
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You have to bag all three to avoid the akshually folks from harshing your mountaineering buzz.
don't forget the glorious peak that is Mt, Driskill, baw
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