Statistics

Is an Increase in Recorded Crime in England and Wales Linked to ‘Radical Islamic Terror’?

• 21 October 2017

An early morning tweet from Donald Trump contains a basic factual error and a grossly...

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Is an Increase in Recorded Crime in England and Wales Linked to ‘Radical Islamic Terror’?

Do Studies Show That Women with Big Butts are Smarter and Healthier?

• 18 April 2016

An Oxford University study that supposedly indicated "big butts make you smarter" was heavily distorted...

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Do Studies Show That Women with Big Butts are Smarter and Healthier?

Do We Only Use Ten Percent of our Brains?

• 25 July 2014

Do we really use only ten percent of our brains?

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Do We Only Use Ten Percent of our Brains?

Donkey Deaths

• 6 April 2014

Are more people killed by donkeys every year than in airplane crashes?

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Donkey Deaths

Blonde Extinction

• 2 August 2013

Are natural blondes likely to be extinct within 200 years?

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Blonde Extinction

Sneeze Equals Orgasm

• 1 January 2012

Is sneezing seven times in a row the same as an orgasm?

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Sneeze Equals Orgasm

Swallowed Lipstick

• 14 May 2010

Does the average woman swallow six pounds of lipstick during her lifetime?

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Swallowed Lipstick

Understated Unemployment

• 12 January 2010

Does the government understate the unemployment rate because they only report what percentage of people...

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Understated Unemployment

Living Outnumber Dead

• 12 January 2010

Do the living outnumber the dead?

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Living Outnumber Dead

Woman’s Chance of Marriage Over 40

• 10 April 2009

Does a woman over 40 have a better chance of being killed by a terrorist...

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Woman’s Chance of Marriage Over 40

Do Men Think About Sex Every Seven Seconds?

• 18 April 2002

An old bit of accepted psychology holds that men, on average, think about sex every...

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Do Men Think About Sex Every Seven Seconds?

Do People Swallow Eight Spiders Per Year?

• 23 April 2001

One of the most widely-circulated bits of misinformation to be found on the internet.

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Do People Swallow Eight Spiders Per Year?