38 Eyebrow-Arching Facts About Ordinary Jobs
That workaday job is actually not all that workaday
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It’s easy to think of common jobs as, well, common. They’re dry and predictable, and utterly devoid of surprises. But we’re here to challenge that notion, with a collection of weird, counterintuitive facts about ordinary jobs and careers.
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![A 2007 study by the Beth Israel Medical Center, New York found that surgeons performed better when they spent three hours a week playing video games,](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/7/9/716179.jpg?v=2)
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![Veterinarian might be the whitest occupation. 91.5% of vets are white. Asian is the second most common ethnicity, at 3.14%.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/0/9/716209.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKEDOON On average, a telemarketer has to spend 7.5 hours making cold calls to get one appointment.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/0/5/716205.jpg?v=2)
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