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“Not A Typo”: If You’re Doubting These 69 Stats, Feel Free To Look Them Up

“Not A Typo”: If You’re Doubting These 69 Stats, Feel Free To Look Them Up

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“Don’t believe everything you read online.” This is sound advice in this day and age of digital technology, where misinformation disguised as “facts” plagues the internet, and many people sadly fall victim to it.
However, there are things that may sound absurd but are actually true. Here are some examples, as shared by people in a recent Reddit thread. And if you’re in doubt, you can always do your own research to verify.
Nonetheless, hopefully this list can keep you entertained today. Enjoy reading and feel free to start a conversation in the comments below!

#1

“Not A Typo”: If You’re Doubting These 69 Stats, Feel Free To Look Them Up
100% of the Epstein files perpetrators have faced zero charges or accountability. Let that sink in.
48points

#2

“Not A Typo”: If You’re Doubting These 69 Stats, Feel Free To Look Them Up
During WW1 and the introduction of the new British army helmet reported injuries went up by something like 5000%.

The Army was furious, and spent weeks going over the statistics before calling in the designer and engineer and asked what sort of incompetent and catastrophic design could possibly be causing all these injuries.

It was explained to them that every soldier injured while wearing the new helmet would have previously passed away if wearing the old one.
40points

#3

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If the world's ten richest men lost 99.999% of their wealth, they would still be richer than 99% of the global population.
33points

#4

63 Earths would fit inside Uranus. 64 if you'd just relax a little.
32points

#5

Over 70% of all antibiotic use globally is for farmed animals. It was only 40% on the 90s when the World Health Organization called it the greatest threat to humanity as it would inevitably lead to antibiotic resistance.

Over 45,000 Americans pass away EVERY YEAR due to antibiotic resistance, that's 15 times the passings of 9/11 every year due to something we were warned about 30 years ago.
22points

#6

Experiencing a single, non-fatal strangulation incident by an intimate partner makes them 750% more likely to end your life in the future.

That's not a typo.
20points

#7

The ancient Egyptian civilization lasted so long that Ancient Egyptians were already studying Ancient Egypt before its fall. King Tut ruled 1300 years before Cleopatra.
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20points

#8

In the past 20 years, extreme poverty in the entire world has halved, 80% of the world's children are vaccinated, and 80% also have access to electricity.
18points

#9

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Over 750000 people have passed away, mostly children, since the defunding of USAID.
18points

#10

Beetles are the most prolific life form. 25% of all known species are some kind of beetle.
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17points

#11

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Just one indoor tanning session increases the risk of developing melanoma by (20%). Starting indoor tanning before age 35 spikes your risk for melanoma by (75%).
17points

#12

There’s about 90 million acres of land dedicated to growing corn, this is like covering the entire state of Montana in cornfields.

About 40% of this corn is grown to be turned into ethanol to add to fuel.

Another 40% is dedicated just to live stock feed.

Only 2% is grown for direct human consumption.
16points

#13

Charles Darwin and Steve Irwin owned the same tortoise.
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16points

#14

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65% of Canadians live south of Seattle.
15points

#15

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If you have a place to live, drive a car and have $200 in your bank account. You are in the top 10% of the wealthiest people on Earth.
15points

#16

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Motorcyclist account for 0.75% of vehicle lane miles traveled in the US, but 14% of roadway fatalities.

There's also a pedestrian fataly struck by a vehicle every 70 minutes on average in the US.

There are over 40,000 traffic fatalities in the US each year. It's like an entire town getting whipped out.
14points

#17

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Nobody born after 1935 has ever walked on the moon.
13points

#18

One million seconds is approximately 11 days. One billion seconds is approximately 32 years.
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13points

#19

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A cloud can weigh over a million pounds.
12points

#20

Roughly 27% of the US population are functionally illiterate, a far cry from the 90+ of our national peers and historical US numbers.
12points
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