If you had to guess, would you say that there are two arms for every person in the world on average? That would be the logical assumption, right? However, you probably hadn’t taken into account that a percentage of people on Earth have lost a limb; therefore, the mean for arms per person in the world isn’t two. So, technically, if you have two arms, you have more than the global average!
What’s your favorite interesting fact in statistics, Pandas? Share it with us in the comments! And while you’re here, don’t forget to check out these statistics comics about life and insignificant things and learn some crazy stats about the world here, like the fact that you’re more likely to get bitten by a stranger in New York than by a shark anywhere else in the U.S.
