Let the numbers tell the story
1. Cigarette butts accounted for 36 percent of all litter on U.S. roadways.
2. Average food cost worldwide has increased by 123% since 2000.
3. A Briton is twice more likely to die prematurely of loneliness than of obesity.
4. A newly single person on average doubles his/her Facebook activities on the day he/she is dumped.
5. Given the current birth rate, South Koreans will become extinct by year 2750.
6. The average amount paid on the black market to surrogate mothers in China is US$24,000.
7. Total value of unclaimed money in New York State bank accounts is $13,200,000,000.
8. Amount held in the largest unclaimed account is $1,700,000.
Sources: Harper’s Index and related sources