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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| 3,885 |
The number of Kepler exoplanet candidates the Allen Telescope Array scans, at 9 billion frequencies, for alien signals.
(Source:Popular Science, Sept 2014: Dated: Sep 2014)
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| 4,145 |
Number of bombers lost by the 8th Air Force during WWII in action against the German Luftwaffe
(Source:Internet  : Dated: Feb 2017)
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| 4,200 |
Number of guns found in luggage at airport
security screening in the US in 2018. 90%
were loaded.
(Source:NBC .. Channel 7 evening news: Dated: Feb 2020)
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| 4,295 |
Number of M4 Sherman Tanks destroyed during
WWII. 1636 were suffered by the 37 Independent
Tank Battalions, and , 2659 by the 15 armored
divisions.
(Source:Steve Zaloga's book Armored Thunderbolt: Dated: Jun 2020)
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| 5,000 |
Number of ethic groups world wide
(Source:Scientific American Magazine, Sept 1998 : Dated: Jan 2015)
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| 5,000 |
Number of ethnic groups in the world.
(Source:Scientific American Magazine, 1998 Study: Dated: Oct 2016)
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| 5,000 |
Number of Japanese balloon bombs (aka Fu-Go bombs) were launched from Japan during WWII Pacific (~1942). ~300 reached US airspace from Alaska to Southern California. ~6 people killed.
(Source:National Geographic : Dated: Jun 2019)
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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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| 7,000 |
Number of genetic disorders known to the National
Institute of Health (NIH) and the human genome
project. 6000 of them are single gene and others
are multifactorial genetic complex disorders
(Source:NIH and 60 Minutes TV Show : Dated: Apr 2020)
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