Facts and Figures – Exploring Statistics and Data
Did you know that the world’s population is projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050?
On average, it takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds for sunlight to reach the Earth.
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the largest living structure on Earth, stretching over 2,300 kilometers.
Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and driest continent on Earth, with the lowest recorded temperature being -89.2°C.
Approximately 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water, yet only 2.5% of it is freshwater.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris weighs about 10,000 tons and contains over 18,000 individual metal parts.
The average person spends around 90,000 hours at work over their lifetime.
The world’s tallest mountain, Mount Everest, stands at a staggering 8,848 meters.
There are over 7,000 spoken languages in the world, but Mandarin Chinese is the most widely spoken.
The human brain can process information as fast as 120 bits per second.
The average American eats about 35 tons of food in their lifetime.
The shortest war in history lasted only 38 minutes, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896.
The first computer mouse was made of wood.
Approximately 3% of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.
The average person will spend about 25 years sleeping in their lifetime.
The world’s largest ocean, the Pacific Ocean, covers an area larger than all of the Earth’s land combined.
Facts and Figures – Exploring Statistics and Data part 2
The number of mobile phone users worldwide is expected to reach 7.33 billion by 20
The country with the most time zones is France, with a total of
The average lifespan of a taste bud is about 10 days.
The first color photograph was taken in 1861 by a Scottish physicist named James Clerk Maxwell.
Over 100 billion bananas are consumed worldwide each year.
The Mona Lisa, one of the most famous paintings in the world, is only 57 cm x 77 cm in size.
A single lightning bolt can carry up to 1 billion volts of electricity.
The average person blinks about 28,800 times per day.
The Great Wall of China is over 13,000 miles long and took more than 2,000 years to build.
The world’s oldest known living organism is a tree named Methuselah, estimated to be over 4,800 years old.
Honey never spoils – it can be stored indefinitely without going bad.
The first commercial airline flight took place on January 1, 1914, between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida.
The average American spends about 2 weeks waiting at traffic lights in their lifetime.
The fastest land animal, the cheetah, can run up to speeds of 70 mph (113 km/h).
There are approximately 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body.
The world’s largest diamond, the Cullinan diamond, weighed over 3,100 carats before it was cut.
The first known use of the word ‘computer’ was in 1613 to describe a person who performed calculations.
A single lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the Sun, reaching temperatures of 30,000 kelvin (53,540°F).
The tallest living tree in the world, a coast redwood named Hyperion, stands at a height of 379.7 feet.
The first commercial cell phone call was made on April 3, 1973, using a Motorola phone.
The world’s largest pumpkin ever grown weighed over 2,600 pounds.
The human body contains enough iron to make a small nail.
The term ‘smartphone’ was first used in 1995 by Ericsson to describe their GS88 Penelope concept phone.
The world’s largest air force is the United States Air Force, which has roughly 13,000 aircraft.
The average person will walk about 70,000 miles in their lifetime, which is equivalent to walking around the Earth three times.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds.
The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson, who used the @ symbol to separate the user’s name from their computer’s name.
The number of internet users worldwide is estimated to be around 4.66 billion.
The speed of light is approximately 299,792,458 meters per second, making it the fastest known thing in the universe.
