I'm an economics major so stats always were interesting to me as they provide a glimpse into the "facts" of most arguments. Feel free to post statistics here that you find interesting.

I'll start:

In 2009 47% of of people employed in the United states paid no federal income taxes.
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Professors at Ohios public universities teach, on average, 2 classes per term.
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I teach Stats so of course I love Stats....

This site is amazing :-) Pop Vs Soda
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Ok a fun one. :-)
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I wonder what the "other" generic name for a soft drink is...
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My guess is Cola or a combination like sodapop
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I would LOVE to be in that 47% group... :-)
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:-)

Aim higher than public assistance:

1% of the taxpayers make 19% of the income and pay 37% of the taxes. This is the group you want to be in...

geez!!

:-)
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47.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot...
98% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
4 out of 3 have trouble with fractions..
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There's lies, damn lies, and statistics.
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Percentage of the public that understand the new tax code: 11%

Percentage of accountants who understand it: 9%

Percentage of IRS employees who understand it: 6%
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The average American eats 10-12 pounds (4.5 kg) of chocolate a year. The average Swiss eats 21 pounds a year.
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A man is 7 times more likely to die during sex if his partner isn't his wife.
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There are 400 ways of playing the first turn in a game of chess, 72,084 ways of playing the first two turns, 318,979,564,000 ways of playing the first four turns, and 169,518,829,100,544,000,000,000,000,000 ways of playing the first ten turns.
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Legend has it that 98.2% of all Cuban cigars in the US are fake.
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That sounds rather high. I can only vouch for my fake ones. :-)
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100 people a year choke to death on ball-point pens. :-)
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Legend also has it that 98.2% of all B&M cigars are made from better tobacco than internet cigars.
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