Adult ADHD
Adults obtained 53 percent of the 63 million prescriptions for medications treating attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) last year.
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Bad News Bears
A family of Norwegian bears broke into a holiday cabin and threw an epic, alcohol-fueled party. The cabin’s owner, Even Nilsen, returned to the cabin to find that the bears had eaten all the food and bitten into more than a hundred cans of beer, sucking down the contents. One bear evidently became so intoxicated that it passed out on […]
Read moreJobs Held By Humans
Portion of U.S. jobs held by humans today that are at high risk of being automated by 2024: 1/2
Read moreHigh School Dropouts
Portion of high-school dropouts who say they left school to work: 1/4 Portion of those dropouts who earn less than $10,000 per year: 3/5
Read moreThe Cost of Pot Legalization
$1.4 Billion – Projected annual revenue Mexican drug cartels stand to lose because of pot legalization in Colorado and Washington State.
Read moreStatistics of Rape In China
Portion of men in China who say they have raped a woman: 1/5 Percentage of those men who said they did it because they were bored or wanted to have fun: 57
Read moreADHD Facts
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which used to be known “being a kid”, is the most commonly diagnosed psychological “disorder”. • Nearly 10% of American children have, at one time or another,been diagnosed with ADHD. • The state with the highest incidence of ADHD is North Carolina, where some 15% of children have been diagnosed with the disorder. • ADHD […]
Read moreBungling British Burglar
A bungling British burglar who volunteered to be fitted with a police GPS tracker was arrested after he carried out a string of burglaries while wearing the device. Nicholas Broadley, 33, wore the tracker as part of a program to help career criminals go straight. But when police checked his movements, they discovered that he’d been at the scene of three […]
Read moreRussian Beliefs
Chance that a Russian believes the sun revolves around the earth: 1 in 3
Read morePrice of A Domain Name
Amount for which the owner of happybirthday.com is attempting to sell the domain name: $2,000,000 Amount for which he sold sex.com in 2010: $13,000,000
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