?? Arcade Games, Noodle Addictions, and Flying Bugs

This is the weekly newsletter from the team at Refreshing - hoping to cheer up your Friday and leave you some numbers for the weekend.

250?-??Number of cuddly toys that Roy and Ann Pettitt from Peterborough have donated to a local hospice this week after winning them at arcade crane machines over the past 40 years. The gaming experts have a top tip for those wanting to win: look?for machines with gaps in them (if it looks like somebody else has won then you have a good chance too).?

60%?-??Drop in the number of flying insects in Great Britain since 2004. In order to get the data?the survey asked participants to count?splats on their car registration plate.?

2%?-??Percentage of the public who have never heard of Jaffa Cakes.

6,000?-?Number of TV licences held for black and white TVs in the UK. Colour TVs were invented 70 years ago.

2 x?-?Growth in the number of meetings an average worker has each day compared to 2020.?

2 in 5?-??Proportion of people who have changed their order in a restaurant after taking note of new calorie labels.?

215?-??Number of restaurant owners in China who have been caught lacing their noodles with opiates in an effort to addict their customers and keep them coming back.?

How many thunderstorms are taking place on earth at this very second?

(Answer next time)

Last time:

What's the world record for the longest career anyone has had in the same company?

The answer is 84 years and 9 days.

Walter Orthmann from Brazil has worked in the same shipping company since he was 15 years old in 1938. He's now 100 years old and still drives to the office.

This company has been in the business news this week. But who is it?

Last week it was Boots

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