Stats that are surprising

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Ontobetterthings · 12/08/2026 22:13

I came across a stat online earlier that said 80% of the world's population hasn't been on a plane. Aibu to find this so surprising?

What other stats have you come across which suprised you?

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OhFFS26 · 12/08/2026 22:32

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 12/08/2026 22:27

Around 51-52% of Americans have never had a passport.

Yet in the UK, only around 13% of Brits have never had one.

To be fair, America is so absolutely huge and going from state to state - eg Texas to California, or Florida to Montana - is like going to a foreign country where they all speak a similar language. I can see why they don't feel the same need to travel, you have everything imaginable by way of variation and every holiday and experience money can buy at your fingertips.

Whereas Great Britain is so absolutely tiny, and despite the language/accent differences very much the same sad, poor, poverty stricken and civil warn torn place from Land's End to John O'Groats (not forgetting Northern Ireland), so getting away is a luxury experience.

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 12/08/2026 22:27

Around 51-52% of Americans have never had a passport.

Yet in the UK, only around 13% of Brits have never had one.

SunnyRedSnail · 12/08/2026 22:24

I was really surprised to find out that more than 50% of households take more out of the system than they pay in.

On top of that, 50% of all the tax comes from just 6.5% of the population!!

And as a nerd, there are so many variations of how to shuffle a pack of cards that its likely that no two shuffled card decks have ever been the same! I worked that out age 18 when I did A Level further maths!

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