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- 2018 statistic of the year: Plastic waste fact tops list https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46602969 47 comments
- Fact-checking Donald Trump's questionable 'USA Crime Statistics' tweet broken down by race http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/fact-checking-donald-trump-questionable-statistics-tweet-article-1.2443285 9 comments politics
- Deforestation Facts and Statistics 2022 [Global Data] https://www.tonerbuzz.com/blog/deforestation-facts-and-statistics/ 3 comments environment
- On facts, statistics and objectivty https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/4quwl9/on_facts_statistics_and_objectivty/ 64 comments hockey
- Key Fact: CVS's Web Admins don't understand statistics. http://www.cvs.com/promo/promolandingtemplate.jsp?promolandingid=shingles&stop_mobi=yes 16 comments math
- A summary of all the major events during your lifetime, as well as statistics and facts about your birthday http://you.regettingold.com 30 comments internetisbeautiful
- Fact check: Trump cites misleading statistics in alleging Texas voter fraud https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-check-trump-cites-misleading-statistics-alleging-texas-voter-fraud-n963331 13 comments politics
- Fact-checking 7 statistical claims from Biden's (quite factual) economic speech https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/politics/fact-check-biden-economic-stats-pandemic-rescue-plan/index.html 3 comments economy
- Fact-checking 7 statistical claims from Biden's (quite factual) economic speech https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/politics/fact-check-biden-economic-stats-pandemic-rescue-plan/index.html 8 comments politics
- Fact-checking 7 statistical claims from Biden's (quite factual) economic speech https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/politics/fact-check-biden-economic-stats-pandemic-rescue-plan/index.html 6 comments politics
- Friday Facts #408 - Statistics improvements, Linux adventures https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-408 3 comments linux_gaming
- Friday Facts #408 - Statistics improvements, Linux adventures https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-408 529 comments factorio
- AP FACT CHECK: NRA Speakers Distort Gun and Crime Statistics https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-05-27/ap-fact-check-nra-speakers-distort-gun-and-crime-statistics 11 comments politics
- Friday Facts #337 - Statistics GUI and Mod Debugger https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-337 175 comments factorio
- AP FACT CHECK: Pence flubs federal statistics on terrorists https://apnews.com/48a29709aaa347dda3a923edca3f20b5 3 comments politics
- 5 Shockingly Bad Statistical Facts Halfway through the Season https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/7oegm5/5_shockingly_bad_statistical_facts_halfway/ 214 comments hockey
- Sweden respond with facts and statistics as a response to Trumps statements http://www.government.se/articles/2017/02/facts-about-migration-and-crime-in-sweden/ 4 comments worldnews
- The fact that Michelle Bachmann is statistically considered a "top-tier" Republican candidate (12% chance of winning) is both hilarious and sad. http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/handicapping-the-republican-field-part-i-the-top-tier/#more-12071 15 comments politics
- thedeejus proves that Trout is in fact, more likely an MVP than Cabrera using intense statistical analysis. http://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/108wx0/will_you_consider_miguel_cabrera_the_triple_crown/c6blp19 44 comments baseball
- Online Dating Statistics: Shocking Facts About Web Romance (PICTURE) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/25/online-dating-statistics_n_511716.html 3 comments reddit.com
- [Fun fact] Manute Bol is statistically worst offensive player of all time. He is also best defensive player of all time https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/ac3n6o/fun_fact_manute_bol_is_statistically_worst/ 21 comments nba
- Fact check: Biden makes at least four false statistical claims at CNN town hall https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/politics/fact-check-biden-cnn-town-hall-anderson-cooper-milwaukee/index.html 154 comments politics
- Swedish government responds with facts and statistics on alot of the recent claims on our immigration situation. http://www.government.se/articles/2017/02/facts-about-migration-and-crime-in-sweden/ 4 comments politics
- India Tops Hunger list among all world nations all the facts and Statistics Shows that ~ We,The INDIA http://www.wetheindia.com/2015/10/poverty-in-india-is-very-big-issue-many.html 4 comments india
- Facts, Figures And Fallacies: The NRA’s Misuse Of Gun Statistics http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2013/02/12/nra-gun-crimes-jim-borghesani 3 comments politics
- How to make a vote-fraud claim stick: Misread a ‘statistic.’ | Trump’s supporters pluck ballot numbers out of context to give them the veneer of fact. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/11/11/vote-fraud-statistic-trump-ballots/ 8 comments politics
- Fun Facts: Top 5 performances for various individual statistical categories for NBA Finals Game 1 https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/6eo14z/fun_facts_top_5_performances_for_various/ 18 comments nba
- Laurent Fressinet: "Best video I have seen so far with facts and statistics instead of the usual babbling." (Shows several games with 100 % engine correlation.) https://twitter.com/FressinetL/status/1574048450148241409 236 comments chess
- Do NFL running backs regress? Facts and fiction | NFL News, Rankings and Statistics | PFF https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-breaking-down-fact-and-fiction-about-how-and-when-nfl-running-backs-begin-to-regress-2021 54 comments nfl
- Trump Declares War on Statistics as He Pivots to Human Sacrifice - Wartime president? His only war is the same one it’s been all his life: against truth, against facts, against anything that might expose the warped reality of who he is. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-declares-war-on-statistics-as-he-pivots-to-human-sacrifice 37 comments politics
- I've seen the charts for temperature rise, the scientific models predictions, the consensus statistics of scientific agreement on Climate Change. I believe it to be fact, but I do not actually understand WHY CO2, Methane, Water Vapor, etc.. cause this to occur. Can anyone explain *why*? http://www.barrettbellamyclimate.com/userimages/Sun2.jpg 33 comments askscience
- How do you reason with blind followers of a certain party who reject every fact, report and statistic as "fake", "paid", "falsified" and "propaganda"? https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/a4b3fb/how_do_you_reason_with_blind_followers_of_a/ 30 comments india
- New Koch-Funded Group ‘Fueling US Forward’ Aims to Promote the "Positives" of Fossil Fuels | Fueling US Forward wants to talk not about statistics, facts and figures, but to reach people's emotions. http://www.desmogblog.com/2016/08/14/new-koch-back-campaign-rolled-out-red-state-gathering-aims-promote-positives-fossil-fuels 12 comments politics
- A newspaper fact-checks its own right-wing op-ed; hilarity ensues: "an op-ed by Stephen Moore defending the draconian, and economically debilitating, tax cuts instituted by Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback...It turns out Moore's statistics were dead wrong..." http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-a-newspaper-factchecks-20140805-column.html 98 comments politics
- Cold Hard Football Facts: Quality Stats Power Rankings, Final Statistics for the 2012 Season http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/stats/2012/final/overall/ 5 comments nfl
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics has found 386,000 net additional jobs through March. And yes, that’s quite a few jobs. In fact, the total number of additional private sector jobs was 453,000 but they’re counterbalanced by a decrease of 67,000 government jobs http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/09/this_is_sort_of_a_big_deal.php?m=1 5 comments politics
- UK government cuts ALL funding for postdoctoral researchers in pure math - in fact, any math apart from applied probability and statistics http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~bt219/epsrc.html 142 comments math
- The number of female graduates with Science and Engineering degrees in the U.S. is on the rise, according to a report by the National Center for Education Statistics. In fact, more Bachelor's degrees were awarded to women than men in 2006. http://www.realonlinedegrees.com/college-degrees-by-gender/ 15 comments business
- Peer-Reviewed Fact from DOJ Crime Statistics: Americans use guns in self defense 2,500,000 times per year. Gun ownership protects 65 lives for every 2 lives lost. http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/08/01/every-13-seconds-an-american-uses-a-gun-in-self-defense/ 50 comments reddit.com
- Although crime statistics point to the fact that law-and-order issues are actually less of a problem now than in the past, the general public's perception remains one convinced that muggery http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080624-be-quiet-the-surveillance-cameras-might-hear-you.html 2 comments technology
