22 Wild Stats Wafting Through Everyday Life

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We hear a lot of baloney statistics thrown around every day. "We only use 10 percent of our brains." "We think about sex every 7 seconds." "We swallow 8 spiders a year." But here's the funny thing: As crazy as those sound, there are stats that are 100 percent true that are absolutely more insane.

We asked our readers to pool together some of the craziest sounding statistics that are all true. The winner is below, but first the runners-up ...

Entry by mkad

In the past seven years, Emmy Awards for comedy of best show, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, writer, director, guest actor, and

Entry by Reviled

Current United States national debt: $18,089,910,000,000 If stacked using one dollar TUP INITED STATES OP bills, the stacks would reach B03542754 F B

Entry by John E.

The typical American household uses about 10% of it's electricity consumption on appliances that are on standby, costing it about $100 per year. Combi

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