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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| 1,021 |
Number of nuclear bomb tests conducted at the Nevada
Test Site between 1951 and 1992. 100 above ground, the
rest below ground.
(Source:Smithsonian channel 367 ''Atomic Age Declassified'': Dated: Jun 2019)
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| 300,000 |
Number of auto collisions each year due to cell
phone use/distraction
(Source:National Traffic Safety Institute: Dated: Jul 2019)
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| 2,600 |
Number of auto fatalities each year due to cell
phones use or distractions.
(Source:National Traffic Safety Institute: Dated: Jul 2019)
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| 11,000 |
Number of train services in India
(Source:Smithsonian Channel: Dated: Nov 2019)
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| 39,773 |
Number of people who were killed by guns in
the United States in 2017
(Source:CDC Dec, 2018  : Dated: Dec 2019)
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| 609 |
Number of allied ships sunk by german u-boats
during WW11
(Source:National Geographic: Dated: Jan 2020)
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