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TOPIC: Statistics

#76: Drowsy driving is dangerous: if you're awake for 24 hours, the effect on driving is equivalent to a blood alcohol level of 0.1 per cent, greater than the UK legal limit.   read more  

#77: In a class of 23 people, the chance that two people will have the same birthday is just over 50 per cent.   read more  

#78: On average, one in five in vitro fertilisation (IVF) pregnancies is a multiple pregnancy, compared to one in 80 for women who conceive naturally.   read more  

#79: More than 99 per cent of the population has a greater than average number of legs.   read more  

#80: Although Grenada won only one medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games, it comes top in the medal table per capita (per person living there). The USA, which won the most medals, is ranked 49th when you count medals this way.   read more  

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