History,CuriositiesMAY 31, 2022

30 Weird, Fascinating, And Disturbing Statistics About Pretty Much Everything (New Answers)

Viktorija Ošikaitė and Adelaide May Ross

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Ah, statistics. In high school, that was one of the most dreaded classes everyone tried hard to avoid. Despite how useful the course was, it just didn’t appeal to our picky teenage taste. Thankfully, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned to really appreciate statistics for how much they teach us about our world. Clearly, I’m not alone either.

Earlier this week, Reddit user Foundation_james reached out asking for the most interesting statistics people know, and the post received thousands of responses. We’ve gathered some of the most fascinating statistics people shared, so you can read them below and add them to your list of go-to fun facts. Be sure to upvote all of your favorite stats, and then if you’re looking to learn even more from Bored Panda, we recommend checking out this piece next.

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30 Weird, Fascinating, And Disturbing Statistics About Pretty Much Everything (New Answers)

There are more Panda Express restaurants than actual Pandas

personoid, Tony Webster

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Predictive analysis is also pretty self-explanatory, as it is used to make predictions about future events based on “current and past facts and figures". We rely on predictive analysis for weather forecasts, and many businesses including marketing companies, insurance companies, financial corporations and online service providers use predictive analysis to gain competitive advantages. Conversely, prescriptive analysis uses data to determine the best reaction to a situation. It relies on several techniques including simulation, graph analysis, algorithms, complex event processing and more.

#22

Chopping wood for an hour results in a 48% increase in testosterone in men.

Bayou-Magic, Jennifer Lim-Tamkican

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112points

#23

You have far more chances to die from a a coconut fall than by a shark attack

RageDragonCock, Nipanan Lifestyle

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109points

#24

A full 6 percent of Americans reckon they could beat a grizzly bear in unarmed combat.

Edit: And before another bear arm joke, just fyi bears already don’t have arms. So removing bear arms doesn’t improve your chances. Technically, all four are legs, with the front two called forelegs.

hellothere42069, Marco Pagano

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Exploratory analysis is generally “the first step of the data analysis process that is conducted prior to any other statistical analysis techniques”. It is not the sole method for predicting or drawing conclusions, but it provides a preview of data and can give valuable insight. Causal analysis is used to understand the reason behind why events occur. For example, it can be used by businesses to trace what went wrong in a failed experiment or by IT companies to check the quality assurance of their software. Lastly, mechanistic analysis is the least common type and is used to “understand the definite changes that could make changes in other variables”. For example, it is used in biological sciences "when studying and inspecting how various parts of the virus are affected by making changes in medicine".

#25

50% of human DNA is shared with bananas

Booklover510, Nenad Stojkovic

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104points

#26

There are 1.9 popes per square mile in the Vatican City

LudovicoKM, Nacho Arteaga

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95points

#27

The Birthday Paradox:
It only takes 23 people in the same room for there to be a 50% chance two of them share the same birthday.

Difference between a million and a billion. When put in perspective by units of time, one million seconds is 12 days, one billion seconds is 31 years.

jumboparticle, Angèle Kamp

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I hope this list is showing you how interesting random statistics about our world can be. I'm thankful for all of the curious statisticians who did the work to figure out these facts and all of the Reddit users who were able to share them with us. Don't forget to upvote all of your favorites, and then let us know in the comments what the most interesting statistic you know is!

#28

If you made $295,000 every single day since the birth of Christ, you still wouldn't be worth what Elon Musk is.

Edit: Let's put the same concept into seconds. If you were to do a conversion of dollars to seconds ($1 = 1 second), the median American gets 1 day and 10 hours (net worth of $121,760).

Elon musk would get 6,910 YEARS.

medicated_in_PHL, Daniel Oberhaus

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84points