Remembering all the math I did in high school, I can only say that looking at numbers can be confusing. Or just boring. But sometimes, they can offer you a better understanding of the world than a news show. And in a much more entertaining fashion, too.
In October, Redditor u/alexbbtkd asked other platform users, "What's a crazy statistic?" and has received plenty of answers. We've combed through all of them and picked out the most surprising ones just to broaden your horizons. So put on your smarty pants, get a notebook, and enjoy!
#21
Humans, (Homo sapien sapien), appeared on earth ~200,000 yrs. ago and didn't reach a population of 1 billion until 1804. About one hundred years later, 1920's, there were 2 billion. We now add a billion people to the planet every 12 years.
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151points
#22
That you can fit all the planets in our solar system between the Earth and the Moon and still have some room spare.
Mind blown
150points
#23
More energy from the sun hits Earth every hour than the planet uses in a year.
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149points
#24
1 in 3 Australians will be diagnosed with a skin cancer by the time they're 70.
Edit. Google search actually says (multiple times) that "at least 2 in 3 will be diagnosed with skin cancer by 70"
F*ck.
147points
#25
We are closer in time to the birth of Cleopatra than she was to the construction of the Great Pyramid
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139points
#26
According to the FBI, there are currently more than 25 active serial killers in the US
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134points
#27
The United States "land of the free" incarcerates more citizens per capita than any other country: US: 629 inmates per 100,000 citizens
Compared to other countries: Cuba: 510, Brazil: 381, Russia: 326, China: About 250, Mexico: 169, UK: 131, France: 100
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132points
#30
There are approximately 78,000,000,000,000 000,000 atoms in a grain of sand.
111points
#33
Men are about 7 times more as successful at suicide than women.
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104points
#34
Human life expectancy has increased more rapidly in the past 50 years than in the past 200,000 years.
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103points
#35
20% of produce and fruit in the usa is never sold and is left to rot
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100points
