Stats that blow your mind....

[westg]

On 9/7/2024 at 3:07 AM, Chas.Alpha said:

The average American generates 4.48 pounds of 

 Amazing . Your waste areas must be huge 

[Puros Y Vino]

18 hours ago, Chibearsv said:

In fairness to those pitchers, didn't he lead the league in lead-off homers as well?

Yes  81. He was certainly appreciated during his tenure. I was glad the Jays grabbed him for their second WS win. Haven't seen or heard much of him since.

[Bobby237]

You really don’t save money switching over to Geico.

[ha_banos]

On 9/6/2024 at 6:37 AM, Li Bai said:

If you're in a room with 70 people there is a 99,99% chance that two of them share the same birthday.

Where's if you're in a Teams meeting with just 5, it's a guarantee at least one will be experiencing performance issues with Teams. 😕

[ha_banos]

On 9/5/2024 at 9:40 PM, RDB said:

At one point there were presumably just a handful of Homo Sapiens Sapiens! And in a similar vein: we all share a common ancestor, estimated to have lived around 200,000 years ago.

The thing I find crazy about the original statistic I quoted is that I am 50 next month. So there are twice as many people in the world now, compared to when I was born in 1974.

Today the global growth rate has declined back to almost 0 with the US and EU in decline.

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1034075/fertility-rate-world-continents-1950-2020/

 

 

[amberleaf]

77.2% of statistics are irrelevant. Also, 93.6% of statistics are made up on the spot.

[Chibearsv]

Over 95% of putts that are short will not go in.  +/- 5%  I think it's important to give the deviation when quoting stats 😁

[ha_banos]

The average human heart beats 2.5 billion times.

Don't do stuff that gets through them quickly! Smoke more cigars!

[RDB]

When you look up into the sky on a very dark night, you can see about 5000 individual points of light. They are all stars in the Milky Way galaxy, which contains at least 100 billion stars. 

What you can’t see with the naked eye are the other galaxies, of which there are thought to be at least 200 billion.

We are really a very small part of the universe.

[Hemclas]

60% of the Time, It Works Every Time.

[chasy]

It is estimated that 40% of Coca Cola revenue comes from purchases made from Food Stamps.

 

Aryna Sabalenka averaged a faster forehand speed than any other player at this year’s US Open, man or woman!

Sabalenka: 129 km/h

Alcaraz: 127 km/h

Sinner: 126 km/h

[cybermadhatter]

On 9/6/2024 at 12:09 PM, MrBirdman said:

There are also more stars in the visible universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches and in all the deserts of earth put together. 

And, there are more chess move combinations than known {some even say estimated, as well} stars in the universe.  
(I made my wife Ask Google, to show her it is true) 

Wish I could see Ricky Henderson, the baseball star, playing chess on desert sands.

[HDGSN]

Best score to par in majors, 1997-2009 (min. 70 rounds) Tiger Woods, -134 Phil Mickelson, +99 Ernie Els, +118 Phil was the only player within 250 strokes of Woods.
 

Per @JustinRayGolf

[Edicion]

Wild stat If true. How big is Brazil?

[Bijan]

11 hours ago, Edicion said:

Wild stat If true. How big is Brazil?

I misread this as the Easternmost point of Brazil is closer to Africa than the Westernmost point of Brazil (is to Africa) 😂

But to answer your question Brazil's the 5th biggest country by area, smaller than the USA or China but bigger than Australia or India.

[Chibearsv]

5 hours ago, Bijan said:

I misread this as the Easternmost point of Brazil is closer to Africa than the Westernmost point of Brazil (is to Africa) 😂

But to answer your question Brazil's the 5th biggest country by area, smaller than the USA or China but bigger than Australia or India.

I read the same way originally. Good thing they used a picture for me to finally figure it out. 😁

[Meklown]

Erling Haaland 🤣

[BigGuns]

[Ford2112]

1 hour ago, BigGuns said:

I see things happening. Hope? At this point its all we have...

[Blazer]

On 9/7/2024 at 12:09 AM, Bobby237 said:

You really don’t save money switching over to Geico.

FACTS!

[Blazer]

PGA Tour Pros only make 40% of their putts from 10 feet. While the average weekend hacker thinks they should be making everything from that distance.

[SMELTZ]

The entire world's population can fit in the state of Texas, each person with their own 9' x10' room. Human population is so insignificant in size to the Earth. 

[SMELTZ]

The ocean generates 50 percent of the oxygen we need, absorbs 25 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions and captures 90 percent of the excess heat generated by these emissions.

[Chas.Alpha]

1 hour ago, SMELTZ said:

The ocean generates 50 percent of the oxygen we need, absorbs 25 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions and captures 90 percent of the excess heat generated by these emissions.

The other 50% of the oxygen we need was generated by the trees they cut down to make IKEA furniture. 😳

[Ford2112]

25 minutes ago, Chas.Alpha said:

The other 50% of the oxygen we need was generated by the trees they cut down to make IKEA furniture. 😳

And you burn 25% of that walking through that stupid store.