Well my dad bought the Independant news paper and this saturday and sunday it came with two mini booklets with facts and figures of modern life. Some are really quite funny and amazing so i'd thought ill share some with you guys
Oil ---
At least 39 billion barrels of oil will be pumped from the earth in 2006
In 2005, the cost of crude oil rose from below $45 a barrel to hit a new record above $70
Pets --
It is estimated that britains cats kill 300 million wild birds and mammals every year
Selected UK pet populations:
Pandas:
- Goldfish: 14.7 million
- Cats: 7.5 million
- Dogs: 6.1 million
- Rabbits: 1.1 Million
- Hamsters 0.9 million
- Budgerigars: 0.75 million
- Guinea pigs: 0.7 million
- Also around 5 million snakes and liazard (kept as pets)
Number of surviving baby pandas born in chinese zoo's in 2005: 21
Parking:
British drivers spen 1.6bn (billion i think) on parking fees each year
They also pay 524m in parking fines
Paedophilia:
Between 1980 and 2001 almost 70,000 crimes were reported involving gross indency with a child or unlawful sexual intercourse with a female child.
Approximately 3,400 paedophiles are currently serving sentences in the UK and 18,000.
Number of education workers listed as s*x offenders who have not been banned from working from schools since 1997: 88 (thats discusting:s )
Osbournes:
Sharon obsourne recieved 7m for becoming the face of asda's advert
China:
20% of the worlds population lives in China
China consumes....
Theirs alot more really good ones, i suggest you go buy todays one :P
- 8% of the worlds oil
- 26% of the worlds steel
- 32% of the worlds rice
- 33% of the worlds cigarettes
- 37% of the worlds cotton
- 47% of the worlds cement
- 45 billion disposable chopsticks every year (haha)
Yesterdays one was Part 1: a-k then today k-x it's massiveee book
