34 Random Bits of Trivia to Gnaw on All Day Like a Frozen Kong Full of Peanut Butter

34 Random Bits of Trivia to Gnaw on All Day Like a Frozen Kong Full of Peanut Butter

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33 Unbelievable Stats That’ll Make You Wish You’d Paid More Attention in Math Class

We realize that we took the words route over the numbers route, but if math class had included these bad boys, we’d be modern day Rain Men! Who knows how our lives could’ve turned out? We could be drumming up all kinds of wild statistics all day long! It’d be… Well, a lot like the day we’re having right now. 

Looks like it’s take your writers to work day at the stats office. Thanks, stats! We’ll enjoy our little stint in the numbers world to the fullest.

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CRACKED.COM MORE SERIAL KILLERS ARE BORN IN JANUARY THAN ANY OTHER MONTH A study of 293 serial killer spread across 29 countries all over the world revealed that 11.2% of those were born in January, even though the month of January has 7.9% of all births. Fun fact: Hannibal Lecter was born on January 20, 1933.

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Learning to play a piano makes you better at math. After 8 months of piano lessons, students went from scoring in the 30th to the 65th percentile on the Stanford 9 Math Test. GRACKED COM

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According to a study published by the Schizophrenia Research Journal; 50.6% of people who developed Schizophrenia during their adult years reported owning a cat during their childhood. CRACKED COM

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A survey of American businesses found 35% of entrepreneurs are Dyslexic

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In a 2013 study, scientists found that men with bald or balding heads are 32% more likely to get heart disease. CRACKED COM

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CRACKED.COM Monday is the day of the week when a heart attack is at its greatest. A 10 year study in Scotland found that 20% more people die of heart attacks on Mondays than any other day of the week.

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BLIND PEOPLE SUFFER FOUR TIMES THE NIGHTMARES THAT SIGHTED PEOPLE DO. NIGHTMARES ACCOUNT FOR 25% OF DREAMS FOR PEOPLE BORN BLIND VS. 6% FOR THOSE WITH FULL SIGHT. CRACKED.COM

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Over 1,400 Black politicians held office during Reconstruction. CRACKED COM These included secretaries of state, mayors, congressmen and (briefly) even one governor. Twelve different former slaves made it to Congress, often representing Black-majority districts.

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A plague killed half the world's population. CRACKED.COM There's some debate, but upper estimates of the sixth-century Justinianic Plague's death toll make it much worse than the Black Death, which killed only a quarter of people worldwide.

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Civil War generals were 50% liklier to die than privates. CRACKED.COM Unlike modern warfare, generals back then had to lead by example, by being the first person to charge into battle, on an easily targeted horse.

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Brazil received four million African slaves. GRACKED COM That's during the entire Atlantic Slave Trade and was over ten times the number that went to the United States. When Brazil abolished slavery in 1888, 40 percent of Rio were slaves,

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Germans have made up the bulk of US immigrants. CRACKED.COM Between 1870 and 2000, seven million immigrants to the US were Germans, making them the country that sent the most people during this time.

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Only two Wall Street people leapt off buildings in '29. CRACKED.COM NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE And only one was a stock broker, despite the myth of scores of brokers jumping to their deaths. In fact, the suicide rate in New York dropped from where it had been when the market was better.

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Women owned 40% of property in Sparta. CRACKED.COM Sparta, unlike a whole lot of places at the time, had an inheritance system where the deceased would split their property among all their children, both sons and daughters.

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CRACKED.COM The most overpaid actor in 2017 was Mark Wahlberg, whose films only grossed $4.40 for every buck he was paid. The best value actor for the same year was Jeremy Renner, with box office returns of $93.80 for each dollar he made.

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

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CRACKED COM HOLLYWOOD Films released (2012-2013): 738 Hollywood gets all the press, but Bollywood is so much bigger. BOLLYWOOD Films released (2012-2013): 1724

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Of the 84 Oscar Best Picture winners from 1929 to 2013, just nine were set in Asia. 9 4 Four were set in Africa, and none in Australia or South America. CRACKED.COM

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

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single. In 2015, only 54 percent of users on Tinder were 76% Back to Search 11:05 F Back tinder Tinder Tinder Inc.> Offers In-App Purchases Espectate Offe Users who were married, in a relationship, or divorced/ widowed made up 30%, 12%, and 3%, respectively. CRACKED.COM

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Collectively, mankind has spent 6 million years playing World of Warcraft. 5 10 6° 15 50 - That's about as 20 45 25 40 35 Jam 30 long as we've spent evolving as a species. CRACKED.COM

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Hippos kill 3,000 PEOPLE every year. Sharks kill fewer than six. Where are all the Hipponado movies? CRACKED. COM

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CRACKED.COM The budget for the Curiosity rover is about the same amount the U.S. military spends in a little over 30 HOURS.

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Prescription MORE cause painkiller overdoses DEATHS than cocaine and heroin. According to the CDC, 17,029 people overdosed from prescription opioids in 2017, compared with 15,482 from heroin and 13,942 from cocaine. CRACKED.COM

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Kowloon Walled City had a population of 3.25 million people per square mile The former military fort was the most densely populated place to ever exist. Compare that to Manhattan's 27,000 people per square mile. CRACKED.COM

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In the US, there are almost 12,000 injuries per year due to falling TVs. To compare, there were only 57 unprovoked shark attack bites worldwide in 2020. Be more afraid of your beloved TV showing JAWS than a shark attack. CRACKED.COM

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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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$800 million TARK GRACKED.COM Forbes estimated Girl Scouts make about $800 million from cookie sales.

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38 Years CRACKED.COM According to Guiness World Records, the oldest cat was Creme Puff, who lived to be an incredible 38 years and 3 days.

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3.6 million CRACKED.COM 3.6 million married Americans live in a separate residence than their spouse. Living together apart couples have doubled since 1991.

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20 Baha Men CRACKED.COM 20 people, past and present, have been members of the group famous for the single Who Let The Dogs Out

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1,300 stone circles CRACKED.COM Stonehenge is only one of 1,300 surviving stone circles found in the British Isles and Ireland.

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5 percent CRACKED.COM From 1993 to 2002, 5% of murders in Scotland were contract killings.

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