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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| 30,000 |
Number of speakeasies in New York City during
height of US's prohibition era.
(Source:history channel: Dated: Feb 2021)
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| 3,000 |
Number of perfectly good, hi end, luxury cars abandoned each
year in Dubai.
(Source:staff writer Khawaja Rahmanudin Sideqi for Quora  : Dated: Feb 2021)
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| 250,000 |
Number of women raped or sexually assaulted world
wide each year.
(Source:United Nations statistical report: Dated: Apr 2021)
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| 3,000 |
Number of people who die of food poisoning each
year in the US. CDC estimates that each year
roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people)
gets sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die
of foodborne diseases.
(Source:Center for disease control: Dated: May 2021)
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| 33 |
Number of 'Broken Arrow' incidents in the US since the
beginning. 'Broken Arrow' is a term referring to a
B52 accident/crash with a nuclear bomb on board. 33
total bombs went down with the B52
carrying them. Some where found. 2 were semi armed
and did not explode. With 2, just the neutron triggers
exploded as dirty bombs in Spain. 11 are still classified
'Top Secret' with no information available. Yikes!!
(Source:Atomic Age Declassified TV show: Dated: Aug 2021)
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| 5,300 |
Gallons of saliva the average person produces each year.
(Source:The Teeth Blog : Dated: Sep 2021)
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| 23,964 |
The carrying capacity TEU (20' Equivalent Units) of the newest
container ship HMM Algeciras. FEU 11,482 - 40' Equivalent
Units. Imagine a ship with 12,000 containers on it.
(Source:The Maritime Post - Worlds Top Container Ships : Dated: Sep 2021)
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| 14 |
The number of tons, per week, of mild pain
management prescriptions for patients leaving
doctors and dentists offices around the world
(written, filled and purchase) that are never used.
(Source:Pure guess, JT: Dated: Nov 2021)
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| 850,000 |
Total number of dams around the world.
(Source:Smithsonian Channel: Dated: Dec 2021)
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