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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5 |
Number of train crossing vehicle/train collisions on
average everyday in the USA.
(Source:USA Today. : Dated: Mar 2018)
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15,000 |
Number of people killed every year on India's train
tracks. 6000 on Mumbai's tracks alone. Collisions,
derailing; falling off trains, walking on tracks, etc.
(Source:The Telegraph : Dated: Feb 2012)
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31 |
Number of megacities (10 million + population) in the world. Going to 41 by 2030
(Source:National Geographic - Bloomberg article. Feb 2018: Dated: Feb 2018)
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400 |
Average number of pens the typical American home
has somewhere in the house
(Source:pure guess. Please update if you have good number.: Dated: Apr 2018)
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910 |
Metric tons on cocaine illegally smuggled into the US from
Columbian drug cartels in 2016.
(Source:Popular Mechanics Magazine, May 2018 : Dated: May 2018)
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3,200 |
Number of people killed in home fires each year in the USA.
(Source:Heard it on TV: Dated: May 2018)
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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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2,500 |
Number of active duty navy seals in the US Navy
(Source:NavySeals.com via Quora : Dated: Dec 2017)
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4 |
Percentage of lost remotes are found in the
refrigerator or freezer
(Source:Logitech via Weird Statistics : Dated: Jan 2012)
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