Vital Statistics
Duh duh duh da duh, vital statistics....
It's 7.30am during the Johnny Vaughan era - cue a barrage of trivia, facts and banishments to the Steps Of Woe to be unleashed. Vital Statistics proved so popular it spawned its own book, board game and The Big Breakfast even gave away T-Shirts, neck ties and, um, G-strings bearing the Vital Stats logo.
There's no worse crime than undermining the stat so here's some of the best in full Johnny Vaughan slapping-his-thigh-with-the-cue-card glory:
Percentage of women that say they would never exercise in front of a guy? – 20%
Percentage of married couple that met at work? – 22%
Average time that users spend viewing a webpage – 56 Seconds
Number of thefts of metal signposts recorded by the British Transport Police in 2008 – 1,807
Ashrita Furman from the USA currently holds the record for the longest distance walked with a pint of milk on his head in miles how far did he get? - 80.96 Miles
When lost, what percentage of Remote Control are found down the back of the sofa? 49%
Percentage of remote controls that are found in the owners car – 2%
By what percentage is an Apple Mac owner more likely to be a vegetarian than a PC owner? 80% Sproutamungus!
In percentage what is the likelihood that a man who commissions a paternity test is not the father of the child? 29.8%
Number of emails sent by Bill Clinton in his time as president? 2 Monicamissamo!
If one baby is born every minute, how many smart phones are activated per minute? 3
How many extra calories would you burn by staying awake all night instead of sleeping 135
Number of Playstation 3 consoles used by the US Air Force to create a $2million super-computer 1760
Number of stars visible to the human eye on a clear night - 2000
Length of the line that an average lead pencil can draw - 35 miles
Amount of times lightning strikes the Earth every second - 100
Height to which penguins can leap - 6ft
Depth to which seals can dive - 1000ft
Percentage of world's caviare that was consumed on QE2 every year - 17%
Number of people who celebrate the same birthday - 10,000,000
Amount of air you breathe in one minute - 2 Gallons
Number of verses in the Greek National Anthem - 158
Titanic Stats
Average weight of an iceberg - 20,000,000 tons
Robert W. Daniel filed for loss of property when the RMS Titanic sank his claim - $750,000 for a champion bulldog. BULLDOGOSO!
The Titanic disaster was predicted in a book by Morgan Robertson in 1898 - The book describes a ship the same size as the Titanic crashing into an iceberg on its maiden voyage on a misty April night. The name of this fictional ship - The Titan!
Random Stats
Amount of offspring two houseflies can produce in one season - 5,000,000,000,000. Manureamongus!
Amount of Oscars won by Walt Disney - 35
Amount of spiders contained in an acre of green land - 50,000
Number of Western films directed by women - 1
Amount blood vessels contained in the human body - 60,000 miles
Length of time it took to build the Great Wall Of China - 1700 years
Number of quills on the average porcupine - 30,000
Amount of money average woman in UK spends on clothing per year - £420
Length of longest ever engagement - 67 years
Highest amount of times the same couple have married - 55
Highest number of times one man has been best man - 964
Edible Stats
Tons of meat eaten every day in the world - 533000 tons
Number of mouthfuls everyone would have if that were shared out equally - 2
Amount of milk produced by the average cow daily - 31 pints
Number of mothers producing breast milk to produce equivalent amount - 197
Length of time to boil an ostrich egg - 40 minutes
Star Wars Stats
Number of people in UK called Darth Vader - 1 - he lives in Kent, may the stat be with you!
Amount of money George Lucas has made from Star Wars - $854 Million
Amount of money David Prowys (Darth Vader) has made from Star Wars - £1320
Number of asteroids hurled at the Millennium Falcon in The Empire Strikes Back - 74
Number of those asteroids that were actually potatoes - 1
Number of tins of Tartan paint requested on April Fools Day 1996 - 1245 APRILISSIMO!
Number of people struck by lightening in UK last year - 2
Pints of urine produced every day in the UK - 177.5 million
Length of time it would take that amount to pass over Niagara Falls - 9.8 seconds
Number of people in UK injured by toothpaste last year - 160
Number of people in UK injured by curtains last year - 3600
Amount blood vessels contained in the human body - 60,000 miles
Percentage of Americans who claim to be chronically shy - 40%
Percentage of Japanese who claim to be chronically shy - 57%
Percentage of British who claim to be chronically shy - 3.5%
Although every effort has been made to check that these facts are correct at the time of publishing, Planet 24 or A Load Of Bow Locks Website cannot be held responsible for any errors or changes in information since that time. Thanks to Johnny Vaughan who developed the idea for Vital Statistics and thanks to all the Big Breakfast Producers, researchers and writing team.