# Make Up Real Sounding Statistics About Your Country (or other Demographic) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411 "2023-02-07T04:32:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/1 "2023-02-07T04:32:46Z")
As a Canadian, I am pleased to help others learn more about our great country. 😉 1. the average Canadian weighs 0.7 Americans 2. 56% of Manitobans think they have “travelled to the future” when they visit other provinces 3. The number one cause of heartbreak in Canadian males is being a Montreal Canadiens fan 4. Three out of five Great Lakes are “just okay” 5. The average Canadian says “sorry” ten thousand times per day. 6. The Toronto city government was criticized for spending $48 million of public money on several statues depicting the first “bench clearing brawl” in an ice hockey game 7. 100% of Canadian hockey players “give 110%” about 100% of the time. 8. 55% of Canadians are aware you can make “a delicious and colourful drink” by mixing hospital hand sanitizer with blue “Aqua Velva” cologne ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/2 "2023-02-07T04:44:50Z")
The state of North Carolina has more people killed annually while walking down the middle of the road at night drunk than any other state. ---
**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/3 "2023-02-07T16:19:39Z")
Alberta’s currency features a lifted coal-rolling brodozer with the mirrors flipped out, driven by White Oakleys Man ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/4 "2023-02-07T17:44:34Z")
72% of Californians believe that the answer is blowing in the wind. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/5 "2023-02-07T17:58:15Z")
1. Canada is bigger than China, Russia, Brazil and Canada _put together_. 2. Lake Superior is an anglicization of the original Aboriginal name “Ancestor of Chuck Norris’ Bathtub”. 3. Canadians much prefer Canadian movies, which are far more exciting and less pretentious than American ones. Only three of the top 100 highest grossing movies in Canada came from Hollywood. Canadians also prefer Canadian TV, especially reruns of the 70s Canadian game show _Definition_, _The Littlest Hobo_, _Beachcombers_, _Seeing Things_ and _Cucumber_. 4. There is a ranked list of eighteen people who will become Acting President in the United States during unfortunate circumstances. It is not well known that number nineteen on that list is the Canadian Deputy Prime Minister. Number twenty is Geraldo Rivera. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/6 "2023-02-07T17:59:55Z")
40% of the people that think the last presidential election was rigged did not vote in that election. That number jumps up to 60% during mid term elections. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/7 "2023-02-07T18:08:23Z")
54% of the the weight of an average Wisconsinite is comprised of cheese, bratwurst, beer, brandy Old Fashioneds, and fried fish. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/8 "2023-02-07T19:12:56Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > As a Canadian, I am pleased to help others learn more about our great country. 😉 > > 
 > > 1. The number one cause of heartbreak in Canadian males is being a Montreal Canadiens fan This is not quite true. MontrĂ©al Canadiens heartbreak is actually #5 on the list (but varies slightly depending on the state of the Boston Bruins). The number one cause of heartbreak in Canadian males is being a Toronto Maple Leafs fan. A longitudinal study of several generations of Leafs fans since the last Cup final they participated in has detected slight but statistically significant physical differences between fans and non-fans. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/9 "2023-02-07T19:22:47Z")
The three most popular color palettes for weddings in the state of Wisconsin are: 1. Green and Gold 2. Blaze Orange 3. Camo Pattern ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/10 "2023-02-07T23:05:54Z")
It is not widely advertised. But you can get into Canada without documentation by donating a non-perishable item. ---
**Author:** ![WellHelloThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9dc877/32.png) [@WellHelloThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WellHelloThere)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/11 "2023-02-07T23:30:16Z")
The City of York in Great Britain has an ongoing lawsuit against the State of New York, and the City of New York, for copyright infringement. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/12 "2023-02-08T05:57:03Z")
Good thing North York, East York, and York Region settled early then. (Okay, North York and East York got amalgamated out of existence when the present City of Toronto was formed, but York Region is still a going concern.) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/13 "2023-02-08T06:08:17Z")
One Cascadian is worth .15 spotted owls. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/14 "2023-02-08T06:16:44Z")
Less then 10% of Ohioans have built a bomb shelter. Another 60% live in the industrial zone along the Lake Erie coast which will become a radioactive extension of Lake Erie in a nuclear War so why bother. The remaining 30% can’t read and didn’t know they were supposed to build one. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/15 "2023-02-08T08:59:41Z")
80% of Australians live near the coast, and 95% of them are either surfers or crocodile hunters. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/16 "2023-02-08T11:12:26Z")
Israelis are 5% hummus by body mass. Jerusalem is holy to five major religions, three of them in this solar system. The Dead Sea is not only the lowest place on Earth, it’s also the most haunted. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/17 "2023-02-08T17:25:09Z")
The power required to charge the cell phones in DC is approximately equal (97.2%) to the power output of the Niagara falls power plant. The productivity lost from federal employees waiting for the DC metro is more than twice (2.15 times) the budget of the national endowment for the arts. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/18 "2023-02-08T17:33:45Z")
The cumulative depth of every pothole in the roads of Cook County, Illinois, is 17 feet deeper than the deepest point of the Mariana Trench. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/19 "2023-02-08T17:42:18Z")
90% of bad weather in California is imported by visiting relatives from “back East”. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411/20 "2023-02-08T17:44:17Z")
Most Canadians are fond of all animals, particularly their pets. However, dog owners outnumber cat owners in Canada by an astonishing 28:1 ratio. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-real-sounding-statistics-about-your-country-or-other-demographic/979411.md?page=2)