NUMBERS
We never cease to be amazed at some of the numbers out there in our every day world. We so often take things for granted or
are outright oblivious to the size of our world until things are brought into perspective when we hear about a number.
To that end, this website was created to shine a light on these numbers.
Please feel free to browse, edit and contribute. Please promise to be as accurate as possible.
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4 |
Billions of dollars spent each year in the US to repair broken
glass on mobile phones.
(Source:Good Morning America: Dated: May 2017)
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125,000 |
Number of square miles worldwide contaminated with land
mines.
(Source:"Weaponology" TV : Dated: May 2017)
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167,000 |
Girls under the age of 17 married off in 38 states in the U.S. between 2000 and 2010.
(Source:Time Magazine, via: Dated: Jun 2017)
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15 |
Percentage of clothes my neighbor, Susan, keeps in her closet for the day she loses 15 lbs.
(Source:My neighor susan: Dated: Jul 2016)
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17 |
Million American (7%) think that chocolate milk comes from
brown cows.
(Source:Dairy Organization via Fox News 31: Dated: Jun 2017)
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2,000 |
Number of unexploded WWII bombs discovered in Germany
every year.
(Source:CNN news: Dated: Sep 2017)
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60,000 |
$$ Money spent by US Secret Service on golf cart
rentals in 1st 8 Months of the Trump Presidency to
protect the President at both his resorts.
(Source:Time Magazine,: Dated: Sep 2017)
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4 |
Number of US Navy warship collisions in 2017. Left 10 sailors unaccounted for.
(Source:Time Magazine,: Dated: Sep 2017)
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12,500 |
The number of bikes that can be parked in Utrecht's Stationsplein (in the Netherlands) bicycle garage.
(Source:Time Magazine, : Dated: Sep 2017)
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