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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:14 AM Original message |
Put one of your favorite statistics in the subject line |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. Two of three seniors get over 50% of their income from Social Security |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. “Ninety percent of everything is crud” |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Ans the other ten percent turns to crud shortly afterward. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
3. 73.9% of all statistics are made up on the spot. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. +1. I was going to post a variant of that but you beat me to it. +1 to you. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. The tip of a 1/3 inch long hour-hand on a wristwatch travels at 0.00000275 mph |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. The US defense budget is larger than the next 50 countries combined. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who know binary and those who don't. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. 01011110 00110101 |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Unless you know Octal, Hexadecimal or even Trinary.. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yeah most people don't realize that. Good catch. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
9. Chances an American adult agrees that “it seems possible” that the Holocaust never occurred:1 in 5 |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
11. U.S. imports from China increased 187 % from 2001-2006 |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. 100% of the proceeds from the 'meegbear Poverty Relief Fund' all go to meegbear |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
13. 24% - the number of women between ages 39 and 44 who own their own home. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
14. From January 2007 through December 2009, 6.9 million workers were displaced |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
15. 50% of all Republicans are below average in intelligence. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. LOL!-oh,wait-those are my neighbors! |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. No, they are below the Republican Average. 90% are below the Democratic Average |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
17. The actual unemployment rate is between 17 and 22%. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
19. $350B a year interest payment by U.S. |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
21. I'm always 100% right |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I'm 50% right 50% of the time. What's that come to? |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
22. ALL generalizations are false. (nt) |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. Texas non-manufacturing vs. manufacturing exports- 2:1 |
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Paulie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
24. 50% of people in the U.S. Live within 50 miles of where they grew up. |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
26. 100% of people will die sometime in their life |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
28. Economists have predicted 9 of the last 5 recessions. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
29. Lies, damned lies, and statistics. eom |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
30. "People can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that.” |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
31. There's a place just six feet underground where you go when you die |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
32. 50% of all Americans are below average in intelligence |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
33. ... |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
34. China holds < 6% of US debt |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Interesting n/t |
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