Interesting Statistics

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Statistic did you knows


  • 11% of people are left handed

  • lemons contain more sugar than strawberries

  • 8% of people have an extra rib

  • 85% of plant life is found in the ocean

  • the Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters

  • the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E

  • the 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English

  • Perth is Australia's windiest city

  • the smallest bones in the human body are found in your ear

  • cats spend 66% of their life asleep

  • Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year

  • money is the number one thing that couples argue about

  • stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand

  • honey is the only natural food which never spoils

  • that you burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner you become)

  • the only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia

  • about 90% of the worlds population kisses

  • toilets use 35% of indoor water use
  • Koalas sleep around 18 hours a day


  • all insects have 6 legs

  • the sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet

  • the Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs

  • all the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes

  • sponges hold more cold water than hot

  • lightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute

  • fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill

  • cats have over 100 vocal chords

  • it's possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down

  • elephants are the only mammal that can't jump

  • a 1/4 of your bones are in your feet

  • your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body

  • on your birthday you share it with 9 million others

  • a 1 minute kiss burns 26 calories

  • you burn more calories sleeping than watching TV

  • hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards

  • a hummingbird's heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute

  • dragonflies have 6 legs but can't walk

  • an average person will spend 25 years asleep

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