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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11,000 |
Number of train services in India
(Source:Smithsonian Channel: Dated: Nov 2019)
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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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87,000 |
Number of women killed worldwide in 2017
according to UN data. 50,000 by partners. 137 by
a family member every day.
(Source:UN Data : Dated: Feb 2020)
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2,550 |
Number of individuals determined to have
been wrongfully convicted since 1989 and
released from prison exonerated for the
crime they were convicted for.
(Source:National Exoneration Registry : 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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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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