The Thread for Interesting Facts and Statistics

[JPhillips]

The raw data comes from Kantar Media's Campaign Media Analysis Group, as reported by Elizabeth Wilner of Advertising Age. The big takeaway is that 2012 spending in battleground states is running at about three times its 2008 level. Based on past patterns, Wilner figures this means that the two campaigns will be airing about 43,000 ads per day for the rest of the election cycle.

Thank God I don't live in a swing state.

edit: and Holy Crap!

[DaddyTorgo]

blargh

[gstelmack]

I can't believe North Carolina is not on this list.

And glad we can spend that much money on political ads. How many jobs are these creating again?

[Dutch]

Fact: Bears have killed less people than World War's One and Two...combined.

[ISiddiqui]

However The Bears have led to more deaths among its fanbase than any battle in history!

[Rizon]

More people are killed by vending machines each year than from shark attacks.

Are Vending Machines Deadlier than Sharks?
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml96/96011.html

[ISiddiqui]

Next on Discovery Channel:

Vending Machine Week!

[bhlloy]

I... I don't know what happened, Curtis said he was just going to get a soda and next thing we knew, there was just a bloody arm flopping around on the kitchen floor...

[Easy Mac]

Remember, vending machines don't attack unless provoked. So if you feel threatened by a vending machine, just stand still and don't make any sudden movements.

[Chief Rum]

Remember, vending machines don't kill people. People kill people. Especially stupid people killing themselves underneath vending machines.

[Autumn]

But, but my Twix got stuck!

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

:checks stephen king wiki: nope. shocked he missed this one

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

Remember, vending machines don't attack unless provoked. So if you feel threatened by a vending machine, just stand still and don't make any sudden movements.

Their vision is based on movement!

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Their vision is based on movement!

And they remember...

[ISiddiqui]

And they have a plan

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

man goes in the break room. vending machines in the break room. our vending machine...

farewell and adieu to you fair spanish ladies

[JediKooter]

"Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into her side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte. We'd just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes.

Didn't see the first vending machine for about a half-hour. Pepsi. 13-footer. You know how you know that in the water, Chief? You can tell by lookin' from the dispenser to the top."

[Grover]

Originally Posted by JediKooter

"Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into her side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte. We'd just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes.

Didn't see the first vending machine for about a half-hour. Pepsi. 13-footer. You know how you know that in the water, Chief? You can tell by lookin' from the dispenser to the top."

Quote of the day. /thread /forum

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

back home we got a can return man. he gonna have a heart attack when he see what i brung him!

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

Originally Posted by Grover

Quote of the day. /thread /forum

+1

pepsi 13 footer made me giggle like a child

[Pyser]

facts!

Can You Make It Through This Post Without Having Your Mind Blown?

[Rizon]

Originally Posted by Pyser

facts!

Can You Make It Through This Post Without Having Your Mind Blown?

I can't figure out #8

[mckerney]

Fun biology fact: If you removed your large and small intestines from your body and laid them end to end, you would die.

[JediKooter]

My work is done...

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by Rizon

I can't figure out #8

They were fun, but yeah, #7 and #8 didn't mean anything to me.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by mckerney

Fun biology fact: If you removed your large and small intestines from your body and laid them end to end, you would die.

True, but not right away.

[Sun Tzu]

Kooter...I...I think I love you.

[Rizon]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

They were fun, but yeah, #7 and #8 didn't mean anything to me.

I ended up googling it. Turns out it's some kind of Pokemon, which was after my time. #7 no idea, but I guess it's some cartoon after my time as well ...

[Dutch]

Originally Posted by JediKooter

My work is done...

Yeah, go ahead and take the rest of the day off. Well done.

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

Kooter...I...I think I love you.

Just don't tell the missus.

Originally Posted by Dutch

Yeah, go ahead and take the rest of the day off. Well done.

Thank you. I shall in about 1 hour and 21 minutes from now.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Interesting fact: The Pittsburgh Pirates suck.

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Interesting fact: The Pittsburgh Pirates suck.

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by Rizon

More people are killed by vending machines each year than from shark attacks.

Are Vending Machines Deadlier than Sharks?
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml96/96011.html

Great, now New York will outlaw vending machines...

[JPhillips]

The Advertising Standards Authority's 'Deleting Expletives' report of 2000 put bollocks as the 8th most offensive word according to the British public. (Wanker was 4th, before nigger or bastard.) Words lower in the 'severity of offence' list than bollocks include arsehole, twat and shit.

[sterlingice]

I went back and looked at the long one from buzzfeed and I find it highly unlikely that #16 is chalk

EDIT: Looking at the source, I guess it is because they're little fossils.

SI

[mckerney]

Charlie Calhoun of Texas Tech hold the NCAA Division 1 single game records for punts and punting yardage with 36 punts for 1318 yards. He did it in a game on the road against Centenary in 1939. 33 of the punts came on first down.

[Matthean]

Originally Posted by mckerney

Charlie Calhoun of Texas Tech hold the NCAA Division 1 single game records for punts and punting yardage with 36 punts for 1318 yards. He did it in a game on the road against Centenary in 1939. 33 of the punts came on first down.

But did they win?

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by Matthean

But did they win?

The game ended in a 0-0 tie. The game was played in a torrential downpour which lead to the teams punting on first down, combining for 77 total punts.

Why they thought punting was less likely the lead to a turnover in those situations as opposed to running the ball, I do not know.

[JPhillips]

The Belly Button Biodiversity Project, which explores the bacterial ecosystems living in its participants' navels, has discovered that a small number of bacterial phylotypes (or "species") dominate the micro-landscape. The biologists' results show a "jungle of microbial diversity" with over 2,300 species of bacteria present and only eight of those recurring frequently -- a similar diversity distribution to that of tree species in tropical rainforests.

Yuck.

[mckerney]

How far are we falling behind when America is only isn't even the best in the world at liking America?

The U.S. ranks 3rd in liking the United States « Ranking America

According to the Pew Global Attitudes Project, seventy-nine percent of Americans in 2011 had a favorable view of Americans. That makes the United States rank third out of twenty-three countries ranked in that category. Japan ranks first, with eight-five percent of Japanese having a favorable view of the United States.

[molson]

Originally Posted by mckerney

How far are we falling behind when America is only isn't even the best in the world at liking America?

The U.S. ranks 3rd in liking the United States « Ranking America

Saw this in the comments, we're still #1 in liking ourselves (i.e, the American people):

Database | Pew Global Attitudes Project

It's kind of interesting looking at those side by side. No dramatic difference in the ranks, but the Brits, Lebanese, Egyptians, and especially the Jordanians like Americans more than they like America, whereas Japan, Spain, Mexico, Brazil like America a little more than they like Americans.

[CrimsonFox]

Don't forget the robocalls 100 times a day!

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Originally Posted by mckerney

Fun biology fact: If you removed your large and small intestines from your body and laid them end to end, you would die.

Shit.

[terpkristin]

Originally Posted by M GO BLUE!!!

Shit.

Well, without intestines, no...

/tk

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by molson

Saw this in the comments, we're still #1 in liking ourselves (i.e, the American people):

Database | Pew Global Attitudes Project

It's kind of interesting looking at those side by side. No dramatic difference in the ranks, but the Brits, Lebanese, Egyptians, and especially the Jordanians like Americans more than they like America, whereas Japan, Spain, Mexico, Brazil like America a little more than they like Americans.

I had no idea Turkey was drinking so much haterade

[Izulde]

Originally Posted by Desnudo

I had no idea Turkey was drinking so much haterade

Weird. I don't get that or France's 75%. Both times I've been to Turkey everyone was very friendly and nice, whereas every time I've been to France, they were largely dicks, with the exception of Grasse, where I actually met some nice people.

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by terpkristin

Well, without intestines, no...

/tk

This deserved more love.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Originally Posted by JediKooter

This deserved more love.

I was afraid that Kristin was speaking from experience.

[terpkristin]

Originally Posted by M GO BLUE!!!

I was afraid that Kristin was speaking from experience.

As far as I know, my intestines are and always have been inside my body. Almost all of my surgeries have been orthopaedic (well, mostly so). The 2 that weren't were my tonsillectomy and my procedure to repair an opened incision (and the incision that opened was from an orthopaedic-ish surgery).

/tk

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by terpkristin

Well, without intestines, no...

/tk

and...

Originally Posted by M GO BLUE!!!

I was afraid that Kristin was speaking from experience.

Also

SI