Here Are Ten Frightening Statistics You Really Don’t Want to Know
We've got a list here of 10 statistics you really don't want to know. So why am I sharing them with you? Because you are going to read them. It's more of a game your playing with yourself. You don't have to know, or want to know, but now you HAVE to know.
- There are between 35 and 50 active serial killers in the U.S. at any given moment.
- 90% of Americans live within 15 minutes of a Walmart.
- CPR only saves people's lives between 5% and 10% of the time.
- More American soldiers died from suicide last year than from combat.
- Nine million children under age five around the world die every year from very treatable diseases and illnesses, like diarrhea and pneumonia.
- Breast cancer kills 300 men every year.
- There are about 800 million people worldwide who are classified as overweight or obese . . . and another 800 million who are starving.
- Somewhere between 2% and 4% of people think the wrong man is their father.
- For the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the government could've installed solar panels on the roof of every house in America.
- And on a lighter note, 9% of people say they never pick their noses.
[Reddit]