Stats Attack 1

A few select stats from the wonderful Numeric Life:

• 431:1 is the average CEO/worker salary ratio in the U.S.
• 31% of American teens believe they'll become famous someday.
• 12.3 years is now the average age when American girls hit puberty.
• Girls are outperforming boys at school, university, and at launching businesses.
• The average American household has 12-13 credit cards and $7,200 in debt on those cards (!!!).
• Scientists and engineers (5% of U.S. population) generate 50% of GDP.
• TV in the bedroom correlates with half as much sex for couples.
• 29% of us think about a former love at least once a week (how about at least once a day!).
• A 2005 article in Nature says that humans are 98.77% chimp
• Superbowl XL ads cost an average of $83,333 per second.