What's your favorite 'actually that's much more/less common than you think' fact? Reply with the the fact and link the study supporting it here.
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The 750,000 black bears of North America kill less than one person per year on the average wiseaboutbears.org/about-us/bear-
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the top three gun-caused deaths in america are suicide, domestic violence, and gang violence and those are waaay ahead of mass shootings
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Failed gun suicides are more common than people think and are unbelievably gruesome. I always try to warn people away from that route for that reason. our entertainment media have made a lot of people think guns deliver instant death and it just doesnt work like that.
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My favorite unintuitive fact is the birthday paradox. It only takes 19 people in a room (square root of 365) for it to be more likely than not for two people in that room to share a birthday
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Declining birth rates are a serious problem for the future as it relates to a liberal, enlightened society. cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr
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If terrorists managed to build a WWII style Atomic bomb, and blew it up in a cargo ship right next to Manhattan, it would kill far fewer Americans than car crashes do every year.
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Horroscopes and similar come to mind. The phrases seem ingeniously designed to make everyone feel special and unique.
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