16 Stats That Sound Made Up (But Aren't)

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"Statistics can be misleading." It's an important phrase to keep in mind when reading opinionated news stories, or to repeat like a mantra when attempting to maintain your sanity in the face of the truly terrifying data. We asked our readers to dig up statistics that will cause you to lock yourself in a closet for a little while. The winner is below, but first the runners up ...

Entry by Nirgal

CRACKEDC COM The budget to send the Curiosity Rover to Mars is less than the worldwide military expenditure for thirteen hours.

Entry by Seance

You have a 1 in 2,067, 000 chance of dying in a plane crash... ...and a 1 in 423, 548 chance of dying from falling out of bed. bed. CRACKED.COM

Entry by Kanklefest

There are ten times more bacteria cells in your gut than there are cells in your body... ...the bacteria cells are just much smallere

Entry by Rail.Gun

CRACKEDCO 43% of pilots admit to falling asleep during flight. 33% of them report waking up to find that their co-pilots had fallen asleep as well.

There are FOUR contests for you to choose from. Click on the prompt that catches your fancy, and post your entry in the thread, or submit to all four and quadruple your chances of becoming rich and famous. Winner gets 10,000 pennies.

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