What is a statistic that sounds INSANE but is 100% true? – 17 pieces of info that will have you scurrying to the fact checkers

10.

‘If you amputate a person’s leg, their BMI goes down. But if you amputate both legs instead, their BMI goes up.’
-GatotSubroto

11.

‘Beetles are the most prolific life form. 25% of all known species are some kind of beetle.’
-Wisco

12.

‘All the planets in the solar system could fit between the Earth and the moon’
-violenthectarez

13.

‘If the world’s ten richest men lost 99.999% of their wealth, they would still be richer than 99% of the global population’
-Qis_Without_U

14.

‘A cloud can weigh over a million pounds.’
-Justh4ngingaround

15.

‘Dundee United have played against Barcelona four times in their history… and beaten them every time.’
-Clem_Crozier

16.

‘How long does it take for light to travel 93,000,000 miles from the surface of the sun to the surface of the earth?
– 8 minutes

‘How long does it take for light to travel 400,000 miles from the center of the sun to the surface of the sun?
– 250,000 years’
-CaliIsReallyNice

17.

‘if you earned $10,000 every single day since the Declaration of Independence was signed, you would still be well short of $1 billion today’
-Due-Meal-8760

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