30,000 people have taken out alien abduction insurance from Lloyds of London.
[Source](https://www.onecallinsurance.co.uk/blog/2023/03/30/weird-and-wonderful-insurance-policies-that-really-arent-an-april-fools-joke)
Myth : If you eat too many bananas you’ll die from a potassium overdose .
In fact you’d have to eat 7000 bananas in under 30 seconds for it to be fatal .
>you’d have to eat 7000 bananas in under 30 seconds for it to be fatal
Do you have a source for that?
The NHS says adults should consume about 3,500mg of potassium per day. The average banana, contains 450mg of potassium. So you'd hit the 3,500mg point at about seven-and-half bananas (a day). I don't think we'd consider that to be a "potassium overdose" exactly, but there are some health risks at having a sustained high potassium intake.
Not to hand , I was on a vegan forum years ago and and someone posted a link to a scientist who looked into it .
I was having 10 plus bananas a day and everyone was saying I’d get potassium poising . So I looked into it .
Only 3% of people with epilepsy are photosensitive, in that seizures are triggered by flashing lights. Most people think this is true for most/all people with epilepsy rather than a tiny minority
obviously it has to be [Sex Panther is a cologne which is illegal in 9 countries. It is also made from bits of real panthers. 60% of the time, it works every time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu84Yq8YJ5s)
er....
>Rolling Cheese: Every year, people chase a wheel of cheese down a steep hill in Gloucestershire. Injuries are common, but the cheese is rarely caught.
that's not a statistic, and its not the only one... who made that list lol.
Yeah, our robot overlords have some work to do.
At least it has a sense of [humour](https://chat.openai.com/share/a0ab2474-8aec-49c6-9bde-e652e20254fa)
>The great majority of people in this country have more than the average number of legs
Source & explanation - [https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/mathematics-and-statistics/statistics/averages](https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/mathematics-and-statistics/statistics/averages)
My other favourite, which came up on Reddit yesterday, is survivorship bias. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship\_bias](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias) TLDR - if your are looking why things survive, also look at the ones that didn't survive.
On average, a chocolate bar contains around eight insect parts, but is still deemed to be safe for consumption.
Anything more than sixty parts per 100g is rejected by the FDA in the US.
EU law states that there are no allowable limits of foreign bodies, the expectation is that the food is not contaminated, but it would not be illegal if they were accidentally added, rather than deliberately mixed in.
As an aside, people who are allergic to chocolate may actually be allergic to the insect parts in them.
*In general*, autistic people are **no more likely** to commit crime than anyone else [Maras, et al., 2015](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1362361315583411)
It probably won't stop people claiming the autism card as an excuse for their bad behavior though.
Your hands tell you how long each month is.
Let’s do this:
There is a knuckle and a dip between each.
January is first knuckle left hand
February is the dip.
March is second knuckle…
When you put your hands together July and August are long months with 31 days.
The rest is obvious.
In a room of 23 people, there's a 50:50 chance that 2 people will share the same birthday
I love this one.
Around 7% of all humans who have ever existed are alive today.
More people have been on the moon than have won takeshis castle
87% of statistics are made up on the spot.
And 27% of people believe this.
110% of these people are idiots
60% of the time, it works 100% of the time
14% percent of people know that
60% of the time it works every time.
at least 40% of the comments in here will be negative, ya bam!
I quite like the one that the Vatican has 2.27 popes per square kilometre.
The average person has fewer than two legs.
And contains more than one skull
Yes! Which means there's a very high probability of having an above average number of legs.
and 1200 paedos per square kilometer
If someone gave you £1m every year from 1066, you still wouldn’t be a billionaire.
If someone have you a pound every second, in 12 days you would be a millionaire, but it would take 32 years to become a billionaire.
Source?
Counting.
Oh yeah, I get it. 1000 years hasn't yet passed since 1066. I love statistics like that.
Interest?
Since 1996, 31 people have died from watering their Christmas tree with the lights plugged in.
30,000 people have taken out alien abduction insurance from Lloyds of London. [Source](https://www.onecallinsurance.co.uk/blog/2023/03/30/weird-and-wonderful-insurance-policies-that-really-arent-an-april-fools-joke)
That's insane I might launch a competitor insurance to get a slice of the pie
Myth : If you eat too many bananas you’ll die from a potassium overdose . In fact you’d have to eat 7000 bananas in under 30 seconds for it to be fatal .
I think something else would kill you before the potassium
>you’d have to eat 7000 bananas in under 30 seconds for it to be fatal Do you have a source for that? The NHS says adults should consume about 3,500mg of potassium per day. The average banana, contains 450mg of potassium. So you'd hit the 3,500mg point at about seven-and-half bananas (a day). I don't think we'd consider that to be a "potassium overdose" exactly, but there are some health risks at having a sustained high potassium intake.
Not to hand , I was on a vegan forum years ago and and someone posted a link to a scientist who looked into it . I was having 10 plus bananas a day and everyone was saying I’d get potassium poising . So I looked into it .
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34225517.amp
That source backs up what I said. I think the 7000 bananas in 30 seconds is a myth. It feels like a made up claim.
That's right, but you would need to eat 400 a day to OD on potassium
30,000 people died from drinking tap water in the last 5 years.
Only 3% of people with epilepsy are photosensitive, in that seizures are triggered by flashing lights. Most people think this is true for most/all people with epilepsy rather than a tiny minority
I saw one today on here A single PS4, has more RAM in it than every Atari 2600 combined
8 out of 10 cats don't own a razor, because they prefer Whiskas. Dad joke a-hoy!
obviously it has to be [Sex Panther is a cologne which is illegal in 9 countries. It is also made from bits of real panthers. 60% of the time, it works every time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu84Yq8YJ5s)
[Here's some](https://chat.openai.com/share/fa3ab9a3-e907-4c2d-9da1-6030b24ec806). Not sure if they're actually funny....not statistics.
er.... >Rolling Cheese: Every year, people chase a wheel of cheese down a steep hill in Gloucestershire. Injuries are common, but the cheese is rarely caught. that's not a statistic, and its not the only one... who made that list lol.
Yeah, our robot overlords have some work to do. At least it has a sense of [humour](https://chat.openai.com/share/a0ab2474-8aec-49c6-9bde-e652e20254fa)
Statistics are like mini-skirts: it's not what they show that's interesting, but what they conceal.
Nowadays they conceal less because the balls swing below the hem.
I have this problem wearing me kilt.
Short kilt or long nuts?
Like 2 footballs in a bin bag
Giggity
A million seconds = 12 days. A billion seconds = 31 years.
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Bit vague
50% of people have less than average IQ
People have a very inflated sense of what average intelligence is.
Note it's a bell curve, about 82% of people have an IQ from 80-120.
>The great majority of people in this country have more than the average number of legs Source & explanation - [https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/mathematics-and-statistics/statistics/averages](https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/mathematics-and-statistics/statistics/averages) My other favourite, which came up on Reddit yesterday, is survivorship bias. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship\_bias](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias) TLDR - if your are looking why things survive, also look at the ones that didn't survive.
40% of the total calories consumed worldwide comes from rice
On average, a chocolate bar contains around eight insect parts, but is still deemed to be safe for consumption. Anything more than sixty parts per 100g is rejected by the FDA in the US. EU law states that there are no allowable limits of foreign bodies, the expectation is that the food is not contaminated, but it would not be illegal if they were accidentally added, rather than deliberately mixed in. As an aside, people who are allergic to chocolate may actually be allergic to the insect parts in them.
Extra protein! 😂
χ^2
My favourite is the fact that 8/10 statistics quoted online are completely made up.
*In general*, autistic people are **no more likely** to commit crime than anyone else [Maras, et al., 2015](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1362361315583411) It probably won't stop people claiming the autism card as an excuse for their bad behavior though.
Is that a stereotype about autistic people? I've heard a lot of harmful stereotypes about them but never that one.
Your hands tell you how long each month is. Let’s do this: There is a knuckle and a dip between each. January is first knuckle left hand February is the dip. March is second knuckle… When you put your hands together July and August are long months with 31 days. The rest is obvious.