Americans own roughly 42 percent of all the world’s privately held firearms while making up less than 5% of the world’s population. See more

Ants make up 1/10 of the total world animal tissue. The total biomass of all the ants on Earth is about equal to the total biomass of all the people. See more

Left handed people live slightly shorter lives than right handed people. See more

People share their birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. See more

55% of people yawn within 5 minutes of seeing someone else yawn. Reading about yawning makes most people yawn. See more

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. See more

Over 2500 left handed people are killed each year, because they used products made for right handed people. See more

The US has nearly four times the gun homicide rate of Switzerland, which is second in line when it comes to homicides by firearm per 1 million people. See more