| Posted by Scary ® , Aug 17,2001,02:43 | MetroBlab |
Percentage of CPR attempts depicted on television that save the patient's life : 67
Percentage in real life that do : 15
Percentage of Americans who believe they have never eaten genetically modified food : 70
Chance that a processed food in a U.S. grocery store contains genetically modified ingredients : 1 in 2
Chance that a commercial multivitamin does not contain the vitamin levels promised on its packaging : 1 in 3
Estimated percentage of Tibetan children whose growth has been stunted by malnutrition : 50
Change, in inches, in the average height of a Japanese eleven-year-old since 1950 : +6
Rank of cancer and suicide, respectively, among the top causes of death of Japanese bureaucrats last year : 1, 2
Chance that a case of cancer diagnosed in the U.S. last year was a skin cancer : 1 in 2
Chance that an American will develop skin cancer in his or her lifetime : 1 in 5
Number of nudist clubs, resorts, and campgrounds in the U.S. : 233
Average monthly viewership of NakedNews.com, a Canadian website whose anchors strip while reading the news : 6,000,000
Number of Russian news organizations that were sent a press release in February touting a fake company : 21
--modified at Fri, Aug 17, 2001, 02:45:01