I ran across some interesting statistics that I thought you might like to see. Granted I don't know how old these are, but they are still interesting to look at:
Half the world's population earns about 5% of the world's wealth.
More personal telephone calls are made on Mother's Day in the USA than on any other day in any other country.
One in ten people in the world live on an island.
In the US, murder is committed most frequently in August and least frequently in February.
The chance of being born on Leap Day is about 684 out of a million, or 1 in 1461. Less than 5 million people have their birthday on Leap Day.
The odds of being struck by lightning are about 600,000 to one.
About 27% of food in developed countries are wasted each year. It's simply thrown away.
Almost 1,2 billion people are underfed - the same number of people that are overweight to the point of obesity.
US Post Office handles 43% of the world's mail. Its nearest competitor is Japan with 6%.
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My daughter Ashleigh (a member here) was a Leap Day baby...by 5 minutes. I delivered her myself (and her 3 younger siblings).