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One of the great joys of listening to NPR is not knowing where the next story will take me. Will it be the Steppes of Mongolia? A prison in Alabama? The inside of the Federal Reserve?

Often embedded within these pieces are facts, figures, and fascinating trivia; but the smooth, dulcet tones of the reporter distract me, allowing the information to slip out the back. I will attempt to collect these morsels of hard data and post them here.

If you hear something, share something. But only the facts; not subjective thoughts, loose approximations, or unprovable claims.
Posted 10 months ago

Link: The most popular password on the internet is "123456"


That according to password expert and researcher Joseph Bonneau.

He added that baby boomers used more secure passwords than their kids, and 45- to 55-year-olds used the strongest passwords. Teenagers created the weakest passwords.

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Posted 11 months ago

Link: There are at least 7.5 million kids under the age of 13 on Facebook in the United States.


According to Consumer Reports. This despite 13 being the age limit to sign up.

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Posted 1 year ago

Link: Based on Facebook and MySpace statistics, more internet users say they live in Afghanistan and Zimbabwe than actually live there.


Afghanistan and Zimbabwe are the countries alphabetically at the top and the bottom of those sites’ possible countries lists.

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Posted 1 year ago

Link: One out of every ten dogs in Britain has its own Facebook page.


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