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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| 48 |
Number of minutes (on average) between
bank robberies in the US.
(Source:Heard it on TV: Dated: Mar 2019)
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| 50 |
miles long.. the length of all Anheuser-Busch deliver
trucks lined up on any one day in the US.
(Source:Popular Mechanics: Dated: Mar 2018)
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| 60 |
Number of rides per week an Uber driver would have to make
to earn $50,000 per year in 2016
(Source:USA Today Jan 27 2017: Dated: Jan 2017)
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| 70 |
Number of laptops left behind in 2 months at a New Jersey
Airport. Humm, 10 busiest US airports, year round = ~ 4,200
laptops a year??? Wow
(Source:TSA security check point spokes person  : Dated: Dec 2017)
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| 83 |
Percent of plane seats that airlines filled in 2013. Up from 56% in 1970
(Source:Popular Science, Dec 2014: Dated: Jan 2014)
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| 90 |
Gallons of water (on average) used daily
per capita (person) in the US.
(Source:U.S. Geological Survey : Dated: May 2019)
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| 91 |
Percentage of plastics are not recycled. Only ~9%
is recycled in the US. The bulk of the 91% ends up
in 2nd or 3rd world countries in illegal land fills or
burned in open air fire pits.
(Source:National Geographic : Dated: Apr 2019)
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