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28 Stats That Sound Made Up (But Aren’t)

By:: Cracked Writers; Timon DJ Spajic

August 02, 2023

28 Stats That Sound Made Up (But Aren’t)

Stats are often intimidating and arcane, but rest assured, that’s not what we’re doing here. Nope, what we’re doing here is a lot more fun. For instance, have you ever wanted to weigh the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters and figure out how many marshmallows could be made from him? No? Well, it doesn’t matter because someone already did the math…

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1.6 billion -amount of streams for the top-streaming song of 2020, The Weeknd's Blinding Light. It's also one of the biggest streams of the 2010s. CRACKED.COM — Comparitech

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1.3 MILLION EARTHS COULD FIT INSIDE THE SUN That's only if we squashed all the Earths in, but if they retained their sphere shape, if only about 960,000 would fit. CRACKED.COM — Perot Museum

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People who marry at 18 have a 60% divorce rate Compare that to people who marry at 23, whose divorce rate is only around 30%. CRACKED.COM — The Atlantic

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Whiskey used to cost 25 cents per gallon In 1820, the average American consumed 90 bottles a year, as the liquid cost less than coffee or milk. CRACKED.COM — MoneyControl

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CRACKED.COM Dahmen Batman In the two movies he stars in, 20 Michael Keaton's PEOPLE. Batman kills That's three more kills than Jeffrey Dahmer. — Stats That Will Change How You View Fictional Worlds

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The Dwarfs are filthy rich. Height of Grumpy: 2-foot-six Diamond size (est.): 7 inches Largest gem-quality diamond ever found, measuring 4 inches: $2 billion So, why do they live in a cottage? CRACKED.COM — 16 Eyebrow-Arching Fictional Universe Stats

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Many UK news sites attempted to paint a bleak image of Father's Day in 2019, stating that one in five fathers have not seen their children on Father's Day. In the original survey by Fathers 4 Justice, the actual question was, Have you or someone you know experienced any of the following? 21% of the fathers surveyed reported having experienced this at least once. CRACKED.COM — 23 Stats That Are Misleading B.S. (But Technically Correct)

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$92.12 billion -Pokémon, the highest grossing media franchise of all time. In second place is Hello Kitty at $80 billion, followed by Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse, and Star Wars. GRACKED.COM — TitleMax

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HUMAN EGG CELLS ARE ABOUT AS WIDE AS A STRAND OF HAIR IS THICK The egg cell is the largest of the cells in the body. It can be seen without a microscope. CRACKED.COM — CBS News

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In 1963, Bruce Springsteen bought his first guitar for $18. His signature, one-of-a-kind guitar is insured for $1 million to $5 million. CRACKED.COM — AP News and Rolling Stone

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CRACKED.COM STAY Being 112.5 feet tall and 37.5 feet wide, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters contains roughly 925,000 GALLONS of marshmallow. The goo from its explosion could be used to make HERSHEY 186 million s'mores. — Stats That Will Change How You View Fictional Worlds

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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 shirts. CRACKED.COM — 16 Eyebrow-Arching Fictional Universe Stats

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Seems like a no-brainer that beautiful women have an easier REJECTED time finding jobs. But in fact, they're less likely to get hired. Researchers applied for jobs with two resumes that were effectively identical except that one would have a photo. Women's resumes with photos received 22% fewer responses, and resumes with attractive photos received 30% fewer responses. CRACKED.COM — LiveScience

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CRACKED COM This graph by The Business Insider implies that people shouldn't go to college because it's a bad investment. The diminishing financial return of higher education Costs of 4-уг degree vs. earnings of 4-уг degree $95,000 Tuition, Room & Board $85,000 Bachelors Degree Earnings $75,000 $65,000 $55,000 $45,000 $35,000 '64 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 Source Source: U S. Consus Date A NGES Table 345. Notes:All figures have been acjusted to 2010 dollars using the Consumer Price Index from the eLS. That earning figure is per year and it makes no sense to put it in the same graph — 23 Stats That Are Misleading B.S. (But Technically Correct)

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57 billion PANDLA SUNGER DONDE MIRTLIN MATUR DUNDER MIFFLIN more POWDER MISTLIN GUNDER MILLUN DUNDER MILLLING 150 -the amount of minutes them MIT The Office had been watched on Netflix by January 2021. Du Mit mad It's the top-watched licensed show MIFFU DUND on the platform. The second most watched is Grey's Anatomy, totalling 39 billion minutes. GRAGKED.COM — Comparitech

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IF FLEAS WERE AS TALL AS PEOPLE, THEY COULD JUMP OVER 15 CARS And that's bumper to bumper. Fleas can jump 38 times their body length. CRACKED.COM — New York Times

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1/2 of all panda births are twins However, it's very rare for both to survive to adulthood. The mother will pick the strongest cub to care for, abadoning the weaker one. CRACKED.COM — BBC Earth

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CRACKED.COM Recreating The Lego Movie using actual Lego pieces would require 080, 330 15, blocks. A tower made with that many Lego bricks would reach almost 90 miles high. — Stats That Will Change How You View Fictional Worlds

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If you want to get ahead, it just makes sense that you should avoid hanging out in bars. But a study by the Journal of Labor Research found that regular drinkers make 10% to 14% more money than those who don't drink. The study also concluded that men who visit a bar at least once a month earn an additional 7% more than those who don't. CRACKED.COM — Inc

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BLACK WIDOWS ARE RUTHLESS AND DEADLY. SO, SO DEADLY. 1% OF THE TIME. Most of the time, a black widow won't even inject any venom into its bite. CRACKED.COM — Desert USA

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CRACKED.COM An often repeated statistic: a child is seven times more likely to die in the care of a nanny than in a daycare center. Although it's technically true, the actual number is actually very small:1.6 per 100,000 (0.0016%) with nanny compared to 0.23 per 100,000 (0.00023%) at daycare, so there isn't really much difference between the two. If anything, the small difference between the two will be completely offset by the chance of dying in a car accident during the trip to the daycare center, which is a lot higher at 11.4 per 100,000. — 23 Stats That Are Misleading B.S. (But Technically Correct)

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70% -the percentage of teenage YouTube subscribers in 2015 who said they related more to their favorite content creators than they do to traditional celebrities. 40% of millennial subscribers said their content creators understood them better than their own friends. CRACKED.COM — Forbes

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THE QUETZALCOATLUS WAS AS TALL AS A GIRAFFE Quetzalcoatlus northropi Quetzalcoatlus sp. The Quetzalcoatlus is the largest known flying animal. It was a pterosaur with a wingspan of around 33 feet. CRACKED.COM — Wired

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Biggie was only 24 years old when he was killed. Tupac was only 25 years old when he was killed. Really makes you feel lazy for being the most well-known person in your field by now. CRACKED.COM — 14 Hard-To-Believe Numbers

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28 Stats That Sound Made Up (But Aren’t) — Stats That Will Change How You View Fictional Worlds

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The Star Wars galaxy isn't that far, far away. E.T.'s species: Asogian Appeared in The Phantom Menace 3 million light-years away (E.T. tagline) Distance from Earth to Andromeda (the nearest large spiral galaxy): 2.5 million light-years CRACKED.COM — 16 Eyebrow-Arching Fictional Universe Stats

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Heart attacks increase by 24% on the Monday after Daylight Savings Time kicks in. Researchers speculate that the spike has to do with a disruption in circadian rhythms and cortisol levels. And, unsurprisingly, stress. CRACKED.COM — 12 Ridiculous (And Telling) Statistics From Around The World

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Nestle Hot Cocoa Mix has '99.9% caffeine-free on its packaging. Chocolate Nestle FLAVOR Made with Real Nestle Cocoa 99.9% Caffeine-free o Low Fat NET WT 0.71 OZ (20.2 g) The thing is, that's the percentage of mass and caffeine is a potent substance. To put the number in perspective, consider that a 20 OZ Starbucks coffee has 415 mg (0.014 oz) of caffeine, making it also 99.9% caffeine-free; in fact, most regular coffees are basically 99.9% caffeine-free. In other words, that's just regular chocolate, not decaffeinated. CRACKED.COM — 23 Stats That Are Misleading B.S. (But Technically Correct)

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