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SUBSTANTIATED TRUE FACTS

The odds are 3 out of 10 (30%) that you've already been arrested at least once if you're a 23-year-old American. - Yahoo! News, 12/19/11

The odds are 9 out of 10 (89%) that you describe your diet as "healthy" (if you're an American) - Time Magazine, 1/17/11

The odds are 2 out of 3 (65%) that you are overweight or obese (if you're an American) - Time Magazine, 1/17/11

More people have cell phones than access to a decent toilet. - Fast Company, 7/11

Warner/Chappell Music owns the rights to the Happy Birthday song. Tax reports show that this song earns Warner/Chappell over $2 million each year. - Fortune Magazine, 11/15/10

An estimated 10,000 shipping containers fall off cargo ships into the ocean every year. - Discover Magazine, 7/11

The typical 6-foot-tall employee earns $5,525 more annually than a 5-foot-5-inch co-worker. - Inc. Magazine, 2/11

The odds are 1 out of 6 (17%) that if a child under 10 died from a food-related asphixiation, the cause was a hot dog. - Discover Magazine, 9/11

3.73% of people in the United States are illegal immigrants. - Time Magazine, 2/14/11

There are over one million deer vs. vehicle collisions in the United States each year. In 2009, there were 102,165 In Pennsylvania alone. Fortune Magazine, 11/15/10

The odds are 1 out of 6 (16%) that the beef in a beef hot dog originated in Texas. - Fast Company, 7/1/08

The odds are 1 in 25 (4%) that a food-poisoning outbreak in a restaurant came from salsa and guacamole. - Discover Magazine, 9/11

33% of all food in the world intended for human consumption is lost or wasted. - Time Magazine, 5/30/11

In summer 2011, Lake Powell (Utah/Arizona) rose a foot a day. - Los Angeles Times, 8/13/2011

84% of nurses say co-workers take shortcuts that could be dangerous for patients. - Reader's Digest, 8/11

The odds are 1 out of 4 (25%) that the pork in a pork hot dog originated in Iowa. - Fast Company, 7/1/08

6% of gift cards purchased are never redeemed. - Inc. Magazine, 2/11

Zsa Zsa Gabor and husband Frederic Prinz von Anhalt plan on having a baby through surrogacy. San Diego Union, 4/16/11

61% of Americans would not choose the same career if they could "do it all over again". - Parade Magazine, 1/9/11

Bulgarians participating in a survey voted the "chushkopek" (an appliance for roasting up to seven peppers at a time) the most revolutionary household advance of the 20th century, beating out the electricity, television and the cell phone. - The Week Magazine, 1/15/10