?? Smartphones, Micro-naps, and Booze

?? Smartphones, Micro-naps, and Booze


THE WEEK IN NUMBERS

sent weekly since 2014 ?


1 in 4 ?- ?Proportion of three and four year-olds who own a smartphone in the UK. Half of all children under 13 are on social media.?


$2,440 trillion ?- ?Annual global military expenditure; a new record high. The US makes up 37% of this, and China 12%.?


10,000 ?- ?Number of micro-naps that a Chinstrap penguin takes each day. It allows them to stay vigilant and guard their eggs.?


2 ?- ?Number of nights of bad sleep that will make you feel four years older than you actually are.?


$1.8 billion ?- ?Amount of money sat in a South Carolina Government bank account that has stumped accountants.?They can't work out where it came from. Or where it's supposed to go.


0 ?- ?Number of times that Christopher Columbus set foot on mainland North America.


50%? - ?Percentage of children in Great Britain who have drunk alcohol before they're 13 years-old. Great Britain has the worst rate of child alcohol abuse worldwide.?


GUESS THE NUMBER

What percentage of people have never had a headache?

(Answer next time)



Last time:

It can get cloudy in the UK. But what percentage of the year, on average, is the country under cloud?

The answer is 78.4%. The highest in the world is Iceland (84.4%) and the lowest is Egypt (14.6%).


LOGO of the week

This company has been in the business news this week.

But who is it?


Last time it was 阿迪达斯


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