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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607,380 |
Number of bridges in the United States
(Source:National Bridge Inventory : Dated: Mar 2015)
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945 |
Number of people hit by trains in the US in
2014. 500 were killed.
(Source:Channel 7 news Denver,: Dated: Mar 2015)
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93,000 |
Number of commercial airline flights world wide
per day.
(Source:Morning news show: Dated: Mar 2015)
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300 |
Number of low bridges hit by tall trucks in the
U.S. in 2013
(Source:National News TV: Dated: Mar 2015)
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1,141 |
Number of people killed in wrong way driving
vehicle collisions in the United States in 2014
(Source:CBS News: Dated: Mar 2015)
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675,000 |
Number of U.S. dollars that was collected by
TSA agents at U.S. airports in 2014 in the
form of spare change from travelers.
(Source:CBS Morning News: Dated: Apr 2015)
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351,000 |
Number of people globally who die of food poisoning each year.
(Source:The World Health Organization : Dated: Apr 2015)
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300,000 |
Number of barrels of waste water pumped into the ground in Colorado each month.
(Source:CBS morning news: Dated: Jun 2015)
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48 |
Number of millions of hours wasted by Americans in 2015 counting out penny change at the cash register.
(Source:Should we get rid of the penny video 2015 : Dated: Jan 2016)
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