Sunday, July 6, 2014

WEIRD NUMBERS GAME #6

Americans drink the equivalent of one million glasses of tap water daily.

In 2011, there were 5.3 million auto accidents, resulting in 32,000 deaths.

Parking spaces and parking lots take up 10% of urban land.

In a recent poll, 48% opf respondents said they wanted Obamacare wiped off the books.

During the summer, movie goers will buy 176 million boxes of popcorn.

Water makes up 75% of an infant's weight.

In 1940, there were 159 workers for every Social Security recipient.  Today, there are only 2 workers per recipient.

Based on the annual rate of convict exonerations, it is estimated that 4.1% of deathrow inmates are innocent.

The moon moves away from Earth at the rate of 5 feet every hundred years.

Nightshift workers have a 41% higher risk of getting a heart attack.

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