25 Statistics and Facts That Seem Fictional But Are Real

[@list25]

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[@Frankjc3rd]

Somedays I'm smarter than the room, other days the room is smarter than me and I'm the only one in it! 🤯🧠

[@ILo-yo1fv]

🤔😂🤣👏

[@ev14304]

that was really clever

[@brianarbenz1329]

Re #15 and #12, I did those surveys, called the American Time Use Survey, for a living until my retirement last fall. Working for the federal government became more and more strenuous during the time of shutdowns and malicious politics, but when we see the results of our work used on such visible and great sources as List 25, it makes it all worth it! Thank you, Mike. And to all List viewers, you're welcome for the info in those two items!

[@GrimR3ap3r86]

49+19=78. What about the other 22%? Genuinely curious

[@brianarbenz1329]

​@@GrimR3ap3r86 Sorry, but that's a classified government secret. We call it the "Other 22 Differential" (just like Area 51). Since you have revealed the existence of this discrepancy, you'll have to be called in for interrogation. It could get rough." JUST JOKING, if my ex-employer is reading this. Actually, Mike's script did not account for the singles compared with couples, children who do housework (which I suppose happens once in a while), hired housekeepers, and maybe even robot vacuum cleaners. IOW, for several reasons those numbers should not be expected to add up to 100.

[@GrimR3ap3r86]

@@brianarbenz1329 😂 you had me going for a second. But I guess kids can make up the other 22%. I never thought of that but my siblings and I did chores growing up so that would make sense. Thanks for responding 👍

[@timothyweers8054]

When you first said so many Michaels, I thought that you meant the arts and crafts store. Yeah there are too many of those especially how expensive they are.

[@tamarasauls8855]

For number 11 (smarter than the average?), did anybody else answer "bear!" out loud? Well, I guess my GenX is showing! 😂

[@sandybruce9092]

The number of people not reading is appalling! And scary!!! I read every single night and sometimes during the day! I love reading and love my books!

[@kaydisney9872]

Before I lost most of my vision I read most of my free time. Now I couldn't live without Audible and similar!!!!!!! So with you there!!!!!!! ❤

[@mikeburkhart8336]

The Monty Python Lumberjack song is now stuck in my head thanks to this list...Thanks a lot.

[@mikealford8215]

Let me help you with that. Spam, spam, spam, spam ...

[@missysmith1205]

Theres an idea for you List 25; make a playlist of 25 lists of the best mjnd stuff the best animal Stuff, the best food info stuff etc etc Be awesome. On another note, updating old lists with time stamps!!! Plzzzzzz Watch u everyday! Your part of my relax from the day routine! Thank you for all this! Appreciate you!!

[@ChazzleDazzleVideos]

Mike thanks for showing a real persons kitchen for the factor add lol i have always been wierded out by people showing their kitchens and it has nothing in it but like some decorative bowls or some crap on the shelves lol.

[@jdlarrabee5397]

The odds of that T-shirt being relevant are approximately 3720 to 1

[@jenniferlindsey2015]

How many Americans can locate Canada on a map? That number is SHOCKINGLY low!

[@joshlunt7827]

I remember being on a cruise ship once and the TV fell off the cabin wall inside our room whilst we were downstairs!

[@jamesreece9502]

Can't sleep without my car hood ornament.😂

[@laurie8868]

No idea what a sleeping ornament is. I have one pillow for my head and one to hug.

[@alanbear6505]

You list a stat about how much waste we throw away and then do an ad for meals in disposable plastic containers. I’d call that ironic but since that song came out no one knows what that word means.

[@tiffanybenefield1980]

I'm 43 and still sleep with a teddy bear that I got when I was 2.

[@robertthompson175]

I still got an ALF and Littlefoot stuffed toy from my childhood

[@tiffanybenefield1980]

@robertthompson175 I wish I had an Alf. I've also got 2-3 cabbage patch dolls but idk if they're one of the ones worth anything now.

[@mikeburkhart8336]

Nice you still have yours. I completely destroyed the teddy bear I got as a toddler by time I was 6 years old.

[@tiffanybenefield1980]

@mikeburkhart8336 Oh I didn't sleep if I didn't have it. I told my husband that the bear will be in bed with me no matter what 😂🤣😂.

[@frankhooper7871]

I don't sleep with him, but my teddy bear is 73 years old 🤓

[@bloodrainicorn6193]

I always thought I was weird for keeping my pillow i got as a 2 year old. 30 years later it’s still going strong.

[@918guy]

baseball isn't on television very much as odd as it seems. edit: The advent of flat screen TVs and thus the death knell of CRTs has saved countless lives LoL

[@sandybruce9092]

We still have one giant CRT sitting in a corner of my husband’s (laughingly called) home office. I guess it works but it’s too darn heavy to get down the stairs and no one wants it anyway. Can’t even donate it! Sits there like a dinosaur!!!

[@ericveneto1593]

They’re called “lumberjills”

[@KorintheCat]

Haha nice

[@videotrends1229]

@@KorintheCat

[@SuzannePada]

Hello ☺😎😇 ! What strikes me as the most shocking is that 50 percent of Americans couldn't read a book! Incredible sad to be honest. All that generation who hang out in the park scrolling thru their cells all day long? For info: I read books in 3 languages, fluent, and talk them, too. My small apartment I share with over 3.600 books in each language I read, most are literature, biographies, mythology, history, art history... and.. I love my books, couldn't do without them. And their knowledge! That's why I love your channel, eager, eager to learn more stuff ;) :D x PS/ what also answers the question if one believes to be smart or not.... :) PPS/ provided the kitchen in the commercial segment is yours, I notice that we are fellow kitty lovers ^=>ᴗ

[@FirstLast-qf1df]

I have never heard of an air biscuit before.

[@theoldman7739]

I've seen videos of people from other countries. Reacting to YOUR videos of 25 things Americans do or have, ETC. That people from other countries find amazing. I'd like to see some videos of what OTHER countries do that Americans would find amazing or bizarre. For instance. Air conditioners. I could not fathom the idea of living somewhere without AC.

[@bamacopeland4372]

I have three comfort objects, a body pillow, a woobie, and must importantly my fan. I cannot sleep without my fan. I always pack it for any trip. The white noise helps.

[@JimmySantiago-uo6vx]

Yes, me and my cousin almost died ....it's happened just like in the picture we climbed to the top and the weight shifted and down came the tv ...he was in a comma for a few days and I almost lost an eye .

[@Eminems_woman_4_life]

Im from Australia and john's a popular name over too. Like i live in a unit complex and theres 3 john's that i know of

[@Milky_Toast476]

Could someone please explain about number 2. He states that the percentage of mothers dying in child birth is closer to 100%?? That means I don't have a mother, you don't have a mother. He doesn't have a mother. Which I know for a fact is 100000000000000% false. Yes some mothers die during child birth, but I'm willing to bet my life and a cookie that it has never been at any stage of human history ever been remotely close to ever reaching even 40%, let alone 99%. The human race would've gone extinct, yippee.

[@maryann7619]

It looks like an editing error. Maybe. 99% of mother's die in childbirth? Someone please explain!

[@guernseydonkey17]

Have they started delivering to the English Channel Islands yet?

[@angelam5782]

Could ornaments refer to things like dreamcatchers?

[@ShawnW-gk3wo]

Love list 25 mike ur awesome keep up the amazing work

[@Forgedaboudid]

Love the shirt. For those that don’t know Aurebesh: “Never tell me the odds”

[@frankhooper7871]

I didn't know, but Googled it LOL

[@bobmorgan8748]

These are always very interesting and funny. Keep on going bro!

[@loripeterson1912]

Gen X and boomers have nothing saved for retirement either. It hasn't been a bed of roses for us either.

[@stischer47]

Well, some of us have.

[@veroronie23]

Right but newer generations have even less disposable income they can allocate to retirement so we KNOW we won’t be able to retire comfortably so it’s disheartening

[@caroljo420]

Which is exactly why we need to save and expand Social Security!!!

[@RaeLynn-z8r]

I just recently found this channel and I absolutely love the content and you are the best topping . Thank you for what you do😊

[@aprilpotter3054]

Hi. Mike!

[@IrishMike22]

Hi!!

[@matthewdrummond1340]

My friend has more than one cat and a *litter robot* . Those things are amazing 😃

[@stephenmcbride6359]

Geei if 300 children died from falling tv setsi in15 years, that means 20 per year. If this is out of 380,000,000 people in the states, the danger is actually pretty low.1 in 19,000,000. The lotteries start at 1 in 16,000,000.

[@maryann7619]

THANK YOU! Some people have no sense of perspective. Of course, we are paraphrasing Stalin who is quoted as saying, "One death is a tragedy, a million deaths are a statistic."

[@stephenmcbride6359]

Love the Stalin quote, nice to see some educated people still out there. Pity for the Russian people though, that he practiced what he preached.

[@richardhogenson594]

What does your shirt says?

[@bryanslick8704]

Statista Consumer Insights reported in 2024 that **50%** of Americans are baseball fans. Maybe you misread the stat for people who have attended games in the past year, or people's favorite sport, or who have played the sport at HS level and above? Either way, you should really do more rigorous research for all statistics, let alone the one quoted in the video thumbnail. (Unless I've just bit on some particularly Evil bait, with such an absurd "stat" displayed specifically for the purpose of antagonizing baseball fans.)

[@j.p.6932]

8:17 I deal with depression, generalized anxiety disorder, ADHD, and a couple others (doc says I have PTSD). I’ve always been an overachiever, lol.

[@HoV326]

I didn't know about the Japan diapers one. But at the same time, I'm not surprised. I haven't watched yet, but I assume it's because of the dropping population

[@dawnhall8432]

Awesome video guys. Nice to see you Mike as always 😊❤😊. Keep the incredible videos coming maybe the younger generation will learn a few things 😀 😉 👍 😊❤❤❤❤

[@christineholung7826]

I'm not seeing what the source of your information is. Can you give bibliography . Thanks

[@mikeythezero]

Pretty sure I'm a couple years older then Mike (44) but in 1980 Michael was the #1 name for boys in the US...and if you can't tell by my handle I'm one of them. I also know 2 other Mikes with my same legal last name

[@frankhooper7871]

It's been 50+ years since I emigrated from the USA, but 5:35 definitely doesn't look like an American football pitch.

[@j.p.6932]

9:41 I consider myself average, but testing, teachers, and others say I’m decently above average

[@shellbacksclub]

I don't think they were talking about flat screen TVs! How old are these "facts"?

[@kristinahammer2757]

They no longer teach children how to read phonetically anymore. They teach word memorization. So if they see a word that they don't recognize, they don't know how to sound it out. So technically, they don't know how to read. Horrible

[@kevincoughlin3455]

For number 15, if it was self-reporting, I wonder how many men actually do housework but didn't want to admit it because they were worried it would make them sound less manly

[@seanmalloy7249]

A largely unknown fact is that the adult lifespan has not increased significantly over the past centuries; the statistic about average lifespan being thirty years in the medieval period was driven by truly horrific rates of infant and maternal mortality, with up to half of all children born dying before their first birthday. Barring death from military activity or accidents, if you survived to adulthood, you could expect to live to your sixties.

[@AreUmygrandson]

6:53 I don’t understand how something I can lift very easily can generate thousands of pounds of force by falling a short distance

[@alanbear6505]

As for that 19% statistic, we gay men skew the numbers. If we don’t do our housework the only person we have to pawn it off on is another man. 🙂

[@KATHRYNSmith-ug3jk]

I'M NEAR SITED IN MY LEFT EYE & FAR SITED IN MY RIGHT EYE PROBABLY DUE TO INJURIES LEFT EYE HIT WITH FIST TWICE RIGHT EYE HIT CLOSE RANGE WITH BASEBALL I'M LUCKY I CAN STILL SEE OUT OF BOTH OF THEM HAVE TO USE GLASSES TO DRIVE &'OR READ BUT NOT DOING TO BAD AT 71

[@Karleymom]

What is the symbols on his tshirt?

[@SuzannePada]

Aurebesh -paying tribute to his love for Star Wars.

[@seanmalloy7249]

"Never tell me the odds" in Aurabesh, a font created for Star Wars.

[@simonrancourt7834]

77% of the world's maple syrup comes from Québec.

[@frankrizzo7750]

#11. I'm proud to know better and do it anyway (I'm stupid lol)

[@hazystudios]

Heartbreaking to know that a source of entertainment killed children.

[@Lecksite]

does it count if you are the only one in the house that you do housework? nobody else will do it. i wonder if people living alone were factored into the %

[@JillSzlapak]

My eye blinds. I can't sleep without

[@frankbrodie5168]

80 times driving drunk before being caught? 1) That's a very precise and round number. Why not 81? or 79? 2) Are we allowed to ask where they ascertained that figure from? Is there a national spreadsheet of people who call up to log each time they have driven drunk without being apprehended? This one definitely falls under the 'a number plucked out of someone's arse' category I'm afraid.

[@gillchatfield3231]

80 is a perfectly acceptable number for an estimate, whereas 81 and 79 give a spurious suggestion of accuracy.

[@juliemarkham4332]

Factor has too much fat. Try Just Meats instead.

[@djdulerep]

Not everyone that is watching this video is from USA..... Just a little tip.

[@rachelgallagher6214]

✌️💚 from Montana

[@theduder2617]

If you study the speed of farts from any life form, that's your fault. lol

[@gordonlawrence1448]

My brother collects odd and hilarious facts. One year there were more deaths involving cardigans in New Zealand) than involving sharks worldwide.

[@maryann7619]

All that shows is there are very few deaths involving sharks.

[@mikealford8215]

Sounds like there are a lot of filthy homes out there

[@connorjordan3551]

#15 is BS. It's way higher than 19% when you count an the yard work outside of the house.

[@thirdcoastfirebird]

All I can say is: Who are you gonna call?

[@dannaleehenderson]

the comment about the eye doctor is only a call away....the wait however is a year...to get in.

[@maryann7619]

Call another eye doctor.

[@island_Dave_KeyWest]

Glad I stopped at 79 times!!!

[@raymondmartin6737]

Very disappointed 😞 but understood that interest in baseball for various reasons has declined, as seen by less youth. This seems to have happened since the 1960's when the Superbowl started, as said by 1972 it was so. When I grew up in the 1940's and 1950's, it was baseball ⚾️ all the way, like trading baseball cards. and the home run battle between Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris for home runs around 1960, with Jack Lescoule and the Univac Computer 🖥

[@Erichev]

What does Mike's shirt say?

[@shellbacksclub]

This channel used to be huge... I can take a guess why it isn't anymore

[@list25]

You're such a a negative Nancy lol

[@mct4423]

Why are your hands so pale wow

[@maxschreiber3256]

My dad’s name is Michael

[@joefaller4525]

Should you expect someone aged 27-42 to have sufficient funds for retirement? IN my late 20s, my wife and I had no money at all in retirement. IN our early 30s I was able to start a 401K (they just started becoming common) and our net worth may have finally started being in the black if we didn't use HHG as an asset. Our early 40s was different but we certainly didn't have enough then. We ended up retiring at age 58 & 59. It is unrealistic to think you would have sufficient funds to retire by that age.

[@sandybruce9092]

We are in the much older category (over 70 but several years - and my husband started buying stock when he was in college! We’ve had ups and downs with investments, but we still have enough to not have a problem - unless we all get blown up or,something🤨🤨. People need to really think ahead in more than one day, week, etc!

[@joefaller4525]

@@sandybruce9092 I agree . WE started putting small amounts away each month into load free MFs and when we received pay raises, we increased the amount. Over e a30+ period our average gain investments were over 10%. We didn't take typical weeklong far away family vacations, we bought used cars most of the time and didn't eat out a lot. Our kids say their childhood was very good so they must not feel liek they missed a lot.

[@timberwolff758]

My blanket

[@fritz1990]

Uhh, field of dreams?

[@edmawhinney3564]

You're awesome

[@beverlyjohnson8801]

I really like Mike.

[@josephpacchetti5997]

Thanks Mike.👊😎

[@DavidFMayerPhD]

Mi cha el = Who is like god?

[@ebenthealien]

5:36 FOOTBALL is America’s sport. Your editor chose to show a “futbol” field 🥲 Americans hate soccer. ⚽️

[@emergentform1188]

right on dude

[@shellbacksclub]

Nobody names their girl Linda anymore!

[@list25]

Only a Sith deals in absolutes

[@raymondmartin6737]

Japan is interesting 🤔 in its trends. A very different culture. 😅

[@caroljo420]

I LIVE FOR BASEBALL!!!! GO, DODGERS!!!!

[@joshlunt7827]

Interesting video as always, Mike!

[@list25]

Thanks again!

[@joshlunt7827]

@@list25 No problem!

[@Baldevi]

I apologize for skipping the sponsor, but I do not have a microwave. If Factor could be heated or cooked in an over, or on the stove, I'd totally get on board!

[@shellbacksclub]

Dude has the worst shirts

[@list25]

I like them.

[@julianaylor4351]

I keep stuff on my bed, but that's because my arthritis causes me to roll over or switch and in the past, until I realised what was happening, I fell out of my bed, or hit the wall. It hems me in along with furniture up against my pillows. In the UK we have state pensions, but you have to have accrued enough income tax to get one, otherwise you have to have a private pension or live on benefits in old age, if you can get it. The problem with actually being clever, is realising what a lot of big headed idiots, some people are. It always shocks me how many people ignore eyesight problems, some of then walk into other people in the street. My late father was a student at Cambridge, when he met my late mother who was working for a government agricultural office, as a secretary, in Cambridge, England in the fifties.

[@kaydisney9872]

Except if you are say on disability benifits and cannot pay taxes, they are payed for you but still technically not enough. You still get a state pension however, which is then topped up by other benifits, so you get the money anyway!!!! It's not like you have none. It's the exact same amount as state pension, more if you need help, such as attendance allowance to pay someone to help you with stuff, on top of everything else.

[@julianaylor4351]

@@kaydisney9872 But I have heard of women older than me, who have very little money, even disability benefits. I blame our cruel government.

[@kaydisney9872]

@@julianaylor4351 oh I agree. This triple lock thing, arghhh. My mother says she "has loads" on pension plus pension credit, but I think that's a boomers thing cos like my Heart Generation grandmother was same, like she died a LOT of years ago, but was so grateful for, you know, benifits!!!! I feel like the older generations remember having nothing, or growing up with parents who grew up pre benifits, so to them they are just so happy to afford stuff. My mum can pay her bills and food. On other hand, when we were kids they struggled a LOT. (My siblings and I are a mix of young Gen X and Millennials) I worry about what happens when especially us younger ones end up as pensioners! Some of us are 50 odds and some are in early 30s!!! (Big family lol)

[@julianaylor4351]

@@kaydisney9872 Then there's moving the goal post age changes, that mean anyone between 50 and 68, gets their pension age added to. I was supposed to retire at 60, now it's 66.

[@nostalgiaprincess]

woooo i’m early!

[@spacebound7247]

For a second there at the beginning I thought you had an afro Mike 😂😂😂

[@fritz1990]

173 iq yep I'm dumb

[@brentonlively9322]

Thanks!

[@idonotexist2619]

WHY TF are YOU thanking them when they weren't talking to/about you??

[@ThriftedSpirit]

Average IQ is 120, mine is much higher but no longer Genius level as the genius level has been raised in the last 40 years.

[@rivertam0713]

Wechsler Adult, Stanford-Binet or Cattell? Stanford-Binet is the most popular and common but their scale runs thusly..... 80-89 low average, 90-109 average and 110-119 high average. I believe Wechsler is the same but I am not certain? 120-129 is considered superior. The rest, above average are 130-144 gifted or very advanced 145-160 very gifted or highly advanced.

[@accidental-life]

TRUMP is DEFINITELY one with an issue READING 😂

[@petermontoya1796]

1.7 bottles ?? I finish a 1.75 liter bottle of vodka every other day !!

[@christineknowles8684]

Opticians in Canada can sell,fix, and adjust glasses....only an optometrist can legally do an eye exam....not trying to be picky, but I work at an optometrist office.....17 years of joy and bliss.....Sarcasm 15:36