Made-up Statistics that Sound Very Real

By Seungwoo Lee

1. For every 8 students in a class, there is one nerd.

2. Only 0.012% of the population don’t press “Skip Ad” when watching youtube.

3. The word “and” makes up around 9% of a standard English essay.

4. 70% of plans that everybody in the groupchat will “definitely not cancel” gets canceled.

5. Only 15% of the people who claim to like sparkling water actually like sparkling water.

6. 60% of school projects are finished 5 minutes before the deadline.

7. 25% of teachers actually find joy in torturing their students.

8. The number of different colored pens you use to organize your notes is negatively correlated to your grade.

9. Around 150 people in the world fart at the same time (on average)

10. 50% of the people who reply “lol” don’t fully read the text.

11. 56% of the people who wear earphones in public secretly own airpods.

12. 33.14% of information on the internet is not true.