Every year, there are millions and millions of random facts and statistics gathered by researchers, scientists and analysts. These numbers are often times too large to interpret and the shear magnitude of the numbers can be overwhelming. Here are 20 figures scaled down to 60 seconds in order to grasp how wild some of these numbers are.

1. the average American household makes $0.096
2. 250 babies are born
3. 113 are born into poverty
4. 15 have birth defects
5. Oprah Winfrey makes $523
6. the average person in the world makes $0.013
7. the average person in the United States with an IT career makes $0.13
8. the average persion in India with an IT career makes $0.025
9. someone working in a Nike factory in Vietnam makes $0.0014
10. Nike makes $36,505
11. 3 violent crimes are committed in the United States
12. there are 2 auto thefts committed in the United States
13. 55,757 barrels of oil are used
14. lightening strikes the Earth 360 times
15. there are 5 earthquakes
16. 120,673 pounds of edible food is thrown away in the United States
17. 950,186 pounds of trash is thrown away in the United States
18. there are 9 new AIDS/HIV infections
19. there are 107 deaths
20. 18 die from starvation

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