32 Trivia Tidbits About Childhood Toys and Games

32 Trivia Tidbits About Childhood Toys and Games

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34 Random Bits of Trivia Custom-Made to Fit Flush Amongst Your Brain Folds

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35 Random Bits of Trivia That Have Never Been Contacted by the Outside World

35 Random Bits of Trivia That Have Never Been Contacted by the Outside World

30 Trivia Tidbits About Unbelievable Statistics

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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

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In Major League Baseball, there have been only 23 PERFECT GAMES where no one got a hit. The last one was thrown by FÉLIX HERNÁNDEZ in August 2012. CRACKED

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MYR HEAPELER R player in GRETZKY the NHL is who the has only ever scored an incredible الإ 200 POINTS IN ONE SEASON And he did it four times. CRACKED

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CRACKED In the NFL, only 57 out of over 30,000 chances have resulted in a quarterback getting a PERFECT GAME (i.e. a 158.3 passer rating). This is a huge accomplishment for any quarterback, and is considered one of the highest honors in the sport.

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DisnepoPIXAR The final count of the balloons used in Pixar's movie UP was 10,297. CRACKED.COM

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There are more than 2,600 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame GODZILLA 17 are dedicated to fictional characters GRACKED CON

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CRACKED HANGMAN It turns out that the most difficult word to guess in Hangman is jazz. It's made up of 75% uncommon letters (J and Z) and you only get three chances to get it right.

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CRACKED SHUFFLING A DECK OF CARDS It's almost impossible to shuffle a deck of cards into the exact same order twice - it's like trying to arrange the same number of atoms as there are in our entire galaxy. So it's almost certain that every single shuffled deck of cards, ever, is unique.

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CRACKED H BER BIRTHDAY PARADOX There's a roughly 50% chance that if you get a group of 23 people together, two of them will have the same birthday.

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CRACKED CHANCE OF BEING BORN It's incredibly unlikely that you were born - the odds that all 150,000 generations of your lineage would remain unbroken are about one in 400 trillion. So ... go and make the most of it.

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CRACKED SUPER WT ROAD BISHOPSGATE MAYP BOUR 1. KINGS ROAD COLLECT €600k 2. KE £2M AS YOU PASS E4M GO MONOPOLY In the US version of Monopoly, the orange group of properties - St James Place, Tennessee Avenue, and New York Avenue - are statistically the likeliest spots for players to land when they get out of Jail. So: buy those.

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CRACKED GETTING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING It's really unlikely that you'll get hit by lightning in any given year - almost a one-in-a-million chance. Most people who do get struck by lightning make it out alive, with around 90% of them surviving.

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CRACKED LEFT-HANDEDNESS IN SPORTS Lefties have a statistical advantage in sports that involve direct one-on-one interaction, like baseball, tennis, and boxing. This is because they are a bit of a surprise, since most opponents aren't used to facing someone who is left-handed.

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CRACKED FURNITURE VS TERRORISM A 2015 study showed that the chances of getting hurt or killed by a terrorist in the US are really small. In fact, you're more likely to get crushed to death by falling TVs or furniture than by a terrorist.

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CRACKED RISK OF DYING ON ONE'S BIRTHDAY People are 14-18% more likely to die on their birthday than any other day of the year. That's according to a major Swedish study, and one of the authors says We can only speculate on the reasons for the extra deaths on birthdays.

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CRACKED FLIPPING A PENNY When you flip a penny, it's more likely to land on tails than heads. That's because the penny's center of mass is slightly more on the heads side, making tails come up about 80% of the time.

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Plane crashes are rare, but surviving one seems almost impossible. But of the 53,487 people involved in plane crashes in the U.S. from 1983 to 2000, 51,207 survived. That's nearly a 96 percent survival rate. And that number is still holding at 95.7%. CRACKED.COM

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95% OF SUSHI IS MISLABELED. Conservation group Oceana recently found that roughly a third of the time, seafood sold at U.S. markets and restaurants had been swapped for species that are cheaper, overfished, or risky. The worst offender was sushi restaurants. Out of 118 visited, 95% sold fish that varied from their menu. Hamachi was incorrectly labeled in every case. CRACKED.COM

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People who are popular in school earn more money as adults. Scientists conducted a long-term survey where they interviewed high school students, then tracked them down 35 years later. They found that kids in the top fifth of the popularity rankings earned 10% more than those who were in the bottom fifth. CRACKED.COM

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If you think of Muslims as living عبد يا ابت لا in the Middle إلّي East, you're نَتِ mistaken. 61.9 قان و كوك ين percent don't. ه لاه And not all Arabs are Muslim. ية ليز As much as 10 percent of the عفر لك world's Arab population is 2. Christian, which means there ونَ مِن دُولِ are 1 million more Arab Christians than the world's P entire Jewish population:/ --كلاح سفِيا وهبناله GRACKED.COM

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If someone really wants to commit suicide, there's no stopping them, right? Actually, of the 515 people prevented from committing suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge between 1937 and 1971, only six percent went on to kill themselves. A researcher in the '70s tracked them all down. GRACKED.COM

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Think trial jurors are well-prepared? They aren't. One study actually tested jurors on the things they should know after hearing their instructions. Their score? About 40%. ? ? ? Jurors who understood that the defendant doesn't need to prove him- or herself innocent: 50%. Jurors who didn't know what constitutes proof of guilt: 86%. CRACKED.COM

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EATING DISORDERS ARE A FEMALE PROBLEM. 25% of anorexia & bulimia sufferers, and 40% of binge eaters, are 04 20 0lbs 320 men. 300 DE S 10 145 SI 25 140 O 20 09 DE Many men 062 by 0٤ 08 SEL 130 280 SE don't get 125 US OF OZZ 120 help because SV 260 50 001 SEE 052 110 55 OIL they're CRACKED.COM 105 240 100 OZ embarrassed. 95 DEI 06 DEZ no 60 99 GL 70

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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

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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

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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

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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

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12,200 Americans are erroneously declared dead every Year. | I I I I This is by the U.S. Government, so the victims of the error have to cope without minor things like driver licences, social security checks, bank accounts, etc. CRACKED.COM

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Think men think about sex every 7 seconds? Yeah, that's crap. In fact, experts estimate that 30% of men don't think about sex during the day at all. CRACKED.COM

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When we talk about climate change, people love to make jokes about farting cows. But cow farts aren't a thing. 0092 Cows do emit methane, but 95% of it comes from burping. They belch because they're ruminants, and burping is part of their digestive process. CRACKED COM

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