Guess You Did Not Know This!
Information no one really thought about and might not be aware of.
Did you know?
- That the tongue of a whale weighs as much as an elephant.
- By 2003, the number of people who lived together before marriage was a little over 70% as against 5% in the 1960’s.
- According to a recent study, people who talk on cell phones while driving are as impaired as drunk drivers, even when they use hands-free devices.
- The number of people with diabetes worldwide rose from about 30 million to over 230 million.
- The three richest men in the world are worth as much as the 40 most poorest countries of the world.
- Over the last eight year, at least 130,000 children have been kidnapped for sale, for sexual or labour exploitation or for the removal of their organs.
- During 2005, there occurred 28 full-fledged wars and eleven other minor armed conflicts, worldwide.
- According to the wall street journal (USA), up to half of the couples asked admit that they commit “financial infidelity” – lying to their spouse about expenditure they made.
- In the United States, half of all adults have gum disease or tooth decay. 3 out of 10 people over 65 have lost all their teeth.
- In Spain about 25% of children are born out of wedlock, 43% in France, 45% in Denmark and 55% in Sweden.
- About a third of Britons sleep less than 5hrs each night. This makes a person more prone to suffer poor concentration, memory lapses and mood swings. It may also increase the risk of Obesity, Diabetes and depression.
- There are over 18,000 pieces of plastic floating on every sq. kilometer of ocean today. (UN Environmental Programme).
- The amount of hours spent by US. Workers every year playing computer games on the job amounted to about half a billion. This is a loss of productivity valued at $10 billion. This however excludes time spent surfing the web at work for personal use.
- By 2004, every 2 marriages out of 3 weddings failed in Spain.
- Children who spend extended periods in front of the T.V are more likely to develop communication problems.
- Every second a child dies because they didn’t get enough to eat.
- The oldest known living animal is said to be Harriet, a 150kg. giant tortoise living at a zoo in Brisbane, Australia.
- “Kangaroo care” for babies is when a parent lies back and cradles their baby against their bare chest for an hour or two each day. According to Japan’s Daily Yomiuri, babies who receive such care sleep longer, have improved breathing and put on weight much faster.
- A survey conducted among individuals from east and south China, with an average of 2.2 billion Yuan ($275 million). The research studied the rich people’s attitude towards faith, marriage, life career and money. It was discovered that a majority of the millionaires hate and love money at the same time. Some said that apart from social status and a sense of accomplishment “annoyance” was the main thing wealth has brought them.
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Josh Withers
On July 9, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Harriot, the turtle, was at Steve Irwin’s Australia Zoo, North of Brisbane, at the sunshine Coast, about an hour north of Brisbane, and died last year unfortunatley.
mikes
On July 9, 2007 at 6:15 pm
I call BS. Where is the source for these “facts?”
“most poorest?”
“last eight year?”
“T.V?”
feh.
Anonymous
On July 9, 2007 at 6:18 pm
What is the point of this. There’s no citations or anything. How am I supposed to take it seriously.
Joe
On July 9, 2007 at 6:22 pm
#17 Harriet is dead as of June 23, 2006
Tony
On July 9, 2007 at 6:39 pm
#4 The number of people with diabetes worldwide rose from about 30 million to over 230 million.
Yeah, since when? Over night? Over 5 years? Over 4.5 billion years? Technically, the number of people with diabetes worldwide rose from about 0 to over 230 million. Hey, it’s a fact. You can’t argue with it.
Not to mention that this is the number of people DIAGNOSED with diabetes. maybe we’re just better at diagnosing it now?
Brandon
On July 9, 2007 at 6:57 pm
There are 3 different kinds of lies. Lies, Damned lies, and statistics.
I. Call Foul
On July 9, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Lame “statistics”.
Dave
On July 9, 2007 at 7:20 pm
what kind of whale? the come in lots of sizes, what kind of elephant, African or Asian, and wouldn’t kangaroo care involve stuffing the kid down your pants?
Choocher
On July 9, 2007 at 7:24 pm
Good Gentlefolk, the Center for Recent Studies claims that every three hours, another poorly researched, semi-literate list of statistical factoids pops up like a hemmorrhoid on the bunghole of the internet. Even more sadly, five out of three people don’t even understand basic statistical theory.
DJ
On July 9, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Well, 80% of all statistics are made up…
Pierce
On July 9, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Only ignoramuses need citations or evidence. This is all generally true.
Michael
On July 9, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Unfortunately, Harriet the tortoise passed away a few years ago. She lived at Steve Irwin’s Australia Zoo, where there is now a permanent memorial to her.
Agent Zero
On July 9, 2007 at 7:50 pm
Unfortunately, Harriet the tortoise was killed by Steve Irwin’s stingray just before Steve himself was killed. None dare call it conspiracy.
juggadore
On July 9, 2007 at 8:26 pm
got a lot of time, quake 120? yeah this list wasnt put together that well, but thats alright. it’s not the writer’s fault that it got so many hits. the first “fact” made me wonder–what type of whale? but really, this is one of the thruthiest articles ive ever read. who needs facts and citations? the only source should be the gut. thats where all your info should come from. by the way, stephen colbert is older than harriet and heavier than a whale’s toungue.
Not Tim
On July 9, 2007 at 8:28 pm
Fact 20: Any twit with a blog can pull facts out of his ass, make a list and get voted to the front page of digg.
Good day sir.
I said good day.
Andrew
On July 9, 2007 at 9:05 pm
The facts picked here are both poorly researched and incredibly alarmist. Lets take the worst of the bunch… the one which invokes the alarmist’s old standby “think of the children!
18. Every second a child dies because they didn’t get enough to eat.”
I love this one. If it’s true, that is exactly no more and no less than 32,061,600, roughly the population of California, and 7 million more than the population of Texas, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia each. It accounts for 1 billion deaths every 30 years. or a doubling in world population every 200 years give or take. Yes there’s a bit of rounding in these numbers, and a bit of a fudge factor but most of it is to the conservative side. This is trash science and whoever wrote it should be fired.
Andrew
On July 9, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Fear my ability to get Texas Iraq and Saudi Arabia into a statistic that doesn’t involve oil or terror.
chris
On July 9, 2007 at 9:07 pm
@juggadore: absolutely brilliant. why bother with backing up random claims when there’s gullible idiots like you all over the internet? gut feelings are far more “truthier” than studies and statistics could ever be.
Lies and more lies
On July 9, 2007 at 9:31 pm
If these are facts then link to your sources. If you can’t, sensible readers will realise that you just made all this up to get clicks.
BuenoCabra
On July 9, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Number 14 can’t possibly be true. Most people haven’t even been to Spain.
jirayasensei24
On July 9, 2007 at 10:08 pm
number 12 cant be true the ocean is really big
jirayasensei24
On July 9, 2007 at 10:10 pm
i mean really, really,really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really big. the ocean is about 70% of the earth.
Ash
On July 9, 2007 at 10:20 pm
You should be embarrassed for yourself, promulgating such obviously inaccurate crap. What a complete waste. Functional intelects, don’t bother refuting this drivel. People who believe blatantly silly and unsourced “facts” don’t deserve the efforts of your explanations.
Rick
On July 10, 2007 at 3:35 am
I’ve never seen anything written so horribly. Some species of whale are lighter than elephants-the WHOLE whale; you need to specify which species you’re talking about. There are several others where not just the grammar, but the style, makes the item nonsensical. Citing some sources wouldn’t hurt either.
make it up
On July 10, 2007 at 5:51 am
Fact: “It is ok to make facts up if it helps you win an argument,to make others believe you are smart,or are trying to impress a girl to get laid.”_me
Brade
On July 10, 2007 at 5:58 am
Looks like this article has been appropriately pwned, esp. by Quake120.
Dude, you should have kept these “facts” to yourself…
zizu
On July 10, 2007 at 6:16 am
220 752 000 of children die each yer of starvation? LOL
maybe my “calculator” is broken.
ninjee
On July 10, 2007 at 6:16 am
And that Al Gore have three monitors (!!!!): http://zonow.com/56
moobah
On July 10, 2007 at 8:44 am
leave the article alone. the writer did a good job, considering he/she suffers from downs syndrome.
Dustin Harrison
On July 10, 2007 at 1:15 pm
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JD
On July 10, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Quake120, you are by far the biggest tool I have ever encountered. I actually can’t believe someone like you exists. It hurts me deeply to know that you are allowed to breathe the same air as me. Oh God you are sad.
Adrian
On July 11, 2007 at 5:39 am
Most previous respondents have, quite properly, questioned both the ’statistics’ and the quality of language used. I did wonder whether the researchers and compilers might be estate agents or second hand car dealers, as few others skate quite so readily over either facts or decent English. But on the basis they are trying to sell me nothing useful or tangible, merely empty words, I can only conclude they must have a political background.
where am i?
On July 11, 2007 at 5:08 pm
?
Dani
On July 11, 2007 at 7:03 pm
THEY TAKE OUT KIDS ORGANS?! SICK SONS OF -This portion of the text contains explicit material and should not be viewed by anyone- !!!
Kai
On July 13, 2007 at 9:37 am
Well then Adrian, maybe you would like to enlighten us with some statistics that have been thoroughly researched and typed in impeccable english so that we can pick through it and question your grammar and the reliability of said facts
A Shadow in the wind
On July 14, 2007 at 7:05 am
The three richest men in the world are worth as much as the 40 most poorest countries of the world.
I have to call your bluff
there’s no way three men, no matter how rich can be worth as much as 40 countries, no matter how poor
and p.s. most poorest is horrid grammar
here’s a thought
America (contrary to popular belief) isn’t as wealthy as most people think we just hide it better than most, the country is 6 trillion or more $’s in debt our money isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on
elisabeth
On July 18, 2007 at 11:49 am
does it even matter if they’re good or not!? chill out!
quietvoice
On July 21, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Let me say this guys, the information is interesting, but the comments are the funniest things I have read in a long, long time. I needed to laugh as long and as hard as I did. Why tear the guy down, look what he’s done, the most traffic I would suppose in a long time. Give him or her credit, all of this is good for a great laugh. It’s not life or death, laugh and get over it! So glad I found you.
leno
On November 30, 2007 at 1:53 pm
I am the guy who published the so called trash upstairs. My use of grammer has been questioned as well as my intellect. i would say whether you care to believ or not that all the statemnts are words of fact. please take time to research before you criticize. remember the title things i guessed you did not know. if they were obvious facts then why write it? well am doing a vol. 2 so get ready to throw more stuff my way. believe me my pride and wallet can take it. note: it is far easy to criticize another than take action. oops was my grammer wrong again? lol!
Leno
On November 30, 2007 at 1:58 pm
i forgot to add that i got over 100 people who said they liked it. to these i say thanks. i challenge the english and statistics proffessors to please write something and get this much comments and “i like it”. ohh it so easy to just say i clicked all 100, well i challenge you to do the same. watch out for part two!!!!!!!1
Wolfia
On December 4, 2007 at 11:12 am
This is a lame collection of facts. My Grandma knows more than this.
Hairy
On December 17, 2007 at 2:56 am
“This is a lame collection of facts. My Grandma knows more than this.”
then your Grandma obvoiusly know more than you.
beads
On January 5, 2008 at 6:40 am
not bad, more controversial than d part 3 i just saw
cait
On January 9, 2008 at 2:43 pm
there are sum weird facts in the world lol
SwiftyBoy
On March 11, 2008 at 5:06 am
If only my foot was big enough to smack all of you across your heads.
who
On July 7, 2008 at 5:00 pm
cares this is all here to make work go by faster, it doesnt mattter!!!!
becky
On September 21, 2008 at 12:23 am
of course reading all of this makes a person think hmmmmm,that was interesting,tell me more.
Leno
On October 8, 2008 at 10:45 am
seek part 2,3 and now 4 to come out soon!
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