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(USA) 50 numbers from 2014 that sound fake but that are actually real

Thursday, December 25, 2014 10:50
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30,000,000 – In America today, more than 30 million Americans are taking antidepressants. And keep in mind that antidepressants are only one class of pharmaceutical drug. Overall, nearly 70 percent of all Americans are currently on at least one prescription drug according to the Mayo Clinic.
15,000,000 – More than 15 million Americans have cosmetic procedures done each year, and Christmas is the busiest season of the year for plastic surgeons.

34.6 percent According to the CDC, 34.6 percent of all men in America officially meet the criteria for being obese.

19.8 percentThis holiday season, nearly 20 percent of all American families are on food stamps. But since the stock market is soaring, most of the rest of the country doesn’t seem to care.33 percent – According to the Wall Street Journal, close to one-third of all Americans have a file in the FBI’s master criminal database.

48 percent Only 48 percent of Americans can immediately come up with $400 in emergency cash without borrowing it or selling something.

50An MIT research scientist is warning that if current trends continue 50 percent of all children in America will be autistic by the year 2025.

36 – At this point only 36 percent of the U.S. population can name all three branches of government.

$2,000,000,000,000 The war in Iraq cost U.S. taxpayers more than 2 trillion dollars, but now a radical jihadist terror organization known as ISIS controlsnearly a third of the entire country.

$18,031,021,541,347.52 The current size of the U.S. national debt. It increased by more than a trillion dollars during the fiscal year that ended a few months ago, and it is on pace to approximately double during Obama’s eight years in the White House.

2.5 Researchers have discovered that characters in cartoons for children are 2.5 times more likely to die than characters in adult dramas. But as long as those characters look cute and make funny noises it must be okay …. http://endoftheamericandream.com




Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2014/12/50-numbers-from-2014-that-sound-fake.html

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