For this week's startling Depths of the Net, we bring you the Book of Odds. This handy little site can calculate the odds of almost any random occurance. For example did you know that your chances of....
Visiting the emergency room for a drinking straw-related injury are
1 in 166,600
Drowning at work, regardless of your profession, are
1 in 91.47
Having a clothes dryer in your house are
1 in 1.29
Being injured on a mountain bike, if you're a regular mountain biker are
1 in 837.7
The site is filled with a seemingly endless stream of similar statistics, most of which are garnered from census data and past surveys. Check it out. Not a bad way to burn an hour.
9 months ago
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