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These aren't really funny, but I did find them interesting.   I researched a few of them that were easy to research and the sources panned out, so I pass these along as interesting reading...for those who want to be an actuary when they grow up.....
 
The odds are 1 out of 1,111,111 (.00009%) that you will die in an avalanche in the next decade. - Discover Magazine, 1/08
 
The odds are 1 out of 88,025 (.001136%) that you will die in an avalanche in the next decade, if you live in Colorado. - Discover Magazine, 1/08

The odds are 73 out of 100 (73%) that you (as an American) favor the elimination of all nuclear weapons in the world. - San Diego Union, 11/15/07

The odds are 1 out of 3 (33%) that you think you are "extremely stressed". - New York Times, 10/26/07

The odds are 1 out of 7 (14%) that you think you saw a UFO. - The Week Magazine, 11/9/07

The odds are 1 out of 4 (24%) that you think the Internet can serve as a substitute for a spouse or significant other. - The Week Magazine, 11/9/07

The odds are 1 out of 3 (34%) that you believe in ghosts. - The Week Magazine, 11/9/07

The odds are 1 in 4800 (.021%) that if you're a pregnant American woman, you will die in childbirth. - Time Magazine, 10/29/07

The odds are 1 in 7 (14.3%) that if you're a pregnant woman in Niger, you will die in childbirth. - Time Magazine, 10/29/07

The odds are 1 out of 1,743 (.0573%) that you will die in an accident this year. - Discover Magazine, 11/07

The odds are 1 out of 8 (12.5%) that you leave home for your commute to work before 6 a.m. to beat traffic. - The Week Magazine, 9/28/07

The odds are 1 out of 2 (45.9%) that you do some volunteer work each year if you live in Utah. - Time Magazine, 9/10/07

The odds are 1 out of 4 (24%) that you live in a home without access to a fire hydrant. - The Week Magazine, 9/7/07

The odds are 1 out of 7 (15.3%) that you do not have health insurance. - Time Magazine, 9/10/07

The odds are 1 out of 25 (4%) that you (as an American adult) have never had sex. - Time Magazine, 8/13/07

The odds are 1 out of 83 (1.2%) that you are dependent on drugs to get you through the day. - Time Magazine, 7/16/07

The odds are 1 out of 5 (20%) that you have tried cocaine at some point in your life (if you are between 20 and 49 years old). - San Diego Union, 7/10/07

The odds are 8 out of 10 (80%) that you are dependent on coffee or soda for that caffeine every day. - Time Magazine, 7/16/07

The odds are 1 out of 13 (7.7%) that you are dependent on alcohol to get you through the day. - Time Magazine, 7/16/07

The odds are 1 out of 428 (.233%) that you were arrested for marijuana-related offenses in 2006. - The Week Magazine, 7/20/07

The odds are 1 out of 4 (25%) that you work at a job where you never get a paid day off. - Time Magazine, 7/2/07

The odds are 1 out of 7 (15%) that you have a tattoo. - The Week Magazine, 7/13/07

The odds are 1 out of 5 (17%) that you regret getting your tattoo if you have one. - The Week Magazine, 7/13/07

The odds are 1 out of 38 (2.6%) that you were a victim of a violent crime in 2006 if you live in Flint, Michigan. - Time Magazine, 6/18/07

The odds are 1 out of 1,428 (.07%) that you were a victim of a violent crime in 2006 if you live in Irvine, California. - Time Magazine, 6/18/07

The odds are 1 out of 8 (11.63%) that you live in an area threatened by an Atlantic hurricane. - San Diego Union, 6/11/07

The odds are 3 out of 10 (30%) that you plan to take sick days this summer to go to the beach or go shopping. - The Week Magazine, 6/15/07

The odds are 1 out of 10,000 (.001%) that you will get injured by a toilet this year. - San Diego Union, 5/29/07

The odds are 3 out of 4 (75%) that you forbid smoking in your home. - Winston-Salem Journal, 5/25/07

The odds are 1 out of 170,000 (.000587%) that you will be killed in an auto accident caused by a laptop computer related distraction. - San Diego Union, 6/12/07

The odds are 1 out of 6,000 (.0016%) that you are a practicing nudist (and you are a member of the American Association for Nude Recreation). - The Week Magazine, 5/25/07

The odds are 1 out of 17,857 (.0056%) that you will be murdered this year. If you're a resident of Nevada, the odds are 1 out of 11,682 (.00856%). - Time Magazine, 4/9/07

The odds are 1 out of 14 (7.3%) that you contributed the $3 on your 2006 tax return to help finance presidential campaigns. - The Week Magazine, 5/4/07

The odds are 1 out of 3,000 (.03333%) that you will die having an adverse reaction to a prescription drug. - San Diego Union, 5/15/07

The odds are 1 out of 7,143 (.014%) that you have a brain tumor. - North County Times, 4/8/07

The odds are 1 out of 7.69 (13%) that you have never heard of global warming. - Discover Magazine, 4/07

The odds are 19 out of 20 (95%) that you procrastinate occasionally. - News.com, 1/11/07

The odds are 1 out of 16,917 (.005911%) that you will be murdered this year. - Time Magazine, 12/4/06

The odds are 1 out of 33,333 (.003%) that you will die from a food-borne illness this year. - San Diego Union, 2/6/07

The odds are 1 out of 6,703 (.014919%) that you will die in a motor-vehicle accident this year. - Time Magazine, 12/4/06

The odds are almost 2 out of 3 (63%) that you're rather be poor and thin than rich and fat (if you're an American woman). - The Week Magazine, 12/29/06

The odds are 1 out of 900,900 (.000111%) that you will drown in the bathtub this year. - Time Magazine, 12/4/06

The odds are 1 out of 414 (.2413%) that you rely on eBay for your primary or secondary source of income. - USPS.com, 7/21/05

The odds are 1 out of 438(.2284%) that you will die from heart disease this year. - Time Magazine, 12/4/06

The odds are 37 out of 100 (37%) that a baby born in 2005 was born to an unwed mother. - The Week Magazine, 12/15/06

The odds are 1 out of 1,020 (.098%) that a North Dakotan will be a victim of violent crime. - Time Magazine, 12/18/06

The odds are 1 out of 1,360 (.0735%) that a resident of New Orleans will be murdered this year. - The Week Magazine, 12/15/06

The odds are 1 out of 131 (.761%) that a South Carolinian will be a victim of violent crime. - Time Magazine, 12/18/06

The odds are 1 out of 8 (12.5%) that you are addicted to the Internet, risking jobs and relationships to spend more time online. - Popular Science, 1/07

The odds are 1 out of 300,000,000 (.000000333%) that you will die from measles this year. - Time Magazine, 12/4/06

The odds are 1 out of 26,239 (.003811%) that you will be killed this year by an AK-47 automatic weapon. - The Week Magazine, 12/8/06

The odds are 1 out of 4,545,454 (.000022%) that you will die from a bee or wasp sting this year. - Time Magazine, 12/4/06

The odds are 1 out of 5,898 (.01695%) that an American got sick or died in 2000-2004 from something they ate. - Anchorage Daily News, 11/21/06

The odds are 1 out of 83 (1.2%) that you are a millionaire. - The Week Magazine, 12/1/06

The odds are 1 out of 32 (3.125%) that a person in America is currently being punished for a crime (behind bars, on probation, or on parole). - San Diego Union, 11/30/06

The odds are 1 out of 29,180 (.0034274%) that your child will be involved in a school bus accident this year. - The Week Magazine, 11/17/06

The odds are 1 out of 4 (25%) that a person in America gets no exercise at all. - San Diego Union, 9/12/06

The odds are 1 out of 825 (.1212%) that an American lives in a household that earns more than $2 million each year. - The Week Magazine, 12/8/06

The odds are 1 out of 37,888 (.002639%) that you will turn 50 years old today. - Time Magazine, 8/21/06

The odds are 1 out of 48 (2.067%) that you have diabetes but don't know it. - San Diego Union, 11/28/06

The odds are 1 out of 7 (14.2%) that you visited New York City last year. - The Week Magazine, 9/22/06

The odds are 1 out of 150 (.66%) that a person in America is in jail. - 30 Days (FX TV), 8/30/06

The odds are (starting in 2011) 1 out of 30,000 (.00333%) that you will celebrate your 65th birthday today. - San Diego Union, 11/28/06

The odds are 1 out of 238 (.42%) that a person will die in an auto accident in their lifetime. - National Safety Council, 8/06

The odds are 1 out of 290 (.35%) that a person in America is an illegal alien. - Time Magazine, 9/4/06

The odds are 8 out of 10 (80%) that you will die in a hospital. - Discover Magazine, 9/06

The odds are 1 out of 150 (.66%) that you use cocaine "frequently", according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. - Red Herring Magazine, 8/14/06

The odds are 1 out of 1,000 (.0977%) that you will have a shopping cart injury serious enough to warrant an emergency room visit, if you're a child under 5. - San Diego Union, 8/15/06

The odds are 1 out of 550 (.183%) that you will have a severe stroke this year. - Discover Magazine, 6/06

The odds are 1 out of 500 (.2%) that you visited Graceland last year. - Time Magazine, 5/29/06

The odds are 1 out of 4,745 (.021%) that you will die falling out of bed. - Blender Magazine, 4/06

The odds are 1 out of 16 (7%) that if you live in the United States, you live in the New York City metropolitan area. - The Week Magazine, 5/19/06

The odds are 1 out of 694 (.144%) that you ran a marathon in 2005. - Time Magazine, 8/28/06

The odds are 2 out of 3 (65%) that you cannot find Iraq on a map, if you are between age 18 to 24. - CNN.com, 5/4/06

The odds are 1 out of 2 (50%) that if you're a smoker who has been diagnosed with cancer, you will continue to smoke. - USAToday, 11/27/05

The odds are 2 out of 5 (38%) that if you called in sick (in 2004), you weren't actually sick. - Chicago Tribune, 9/25/05

The odds are 1 out of 340,734 (.000293%) that a person will die in a fireworks accident. - National Safety Council, 8/06

The odds are 1 out of 2 (54%) that you've been caught picking your nose while driving, if you're a man. - Stuff Magazine, 5/06

The odds are 1 out of 4 (25%) that if you played in the 2005 Super Bowl, you weighed 300 pounds or more. Twenty years ago, there were only a total of five NFL players who weighed 300 pounds. - Miami Herald, 2/1/05

The odds are 1 out of 9 (10.65%) that, if you're an American, you bought an iPod in 2005. - Blender Magazine, 4/06

The odds are 1 out of 5 (20%) that if you're eating out, your restaurant meal is purchased from a car. - Life Magazine, 3/10/06

The odds are 4 out of 9 (44%) that if you're a federal employee, you're eligible to retire within five years. - Time Magazine, 12/12/05

The odds are 1 out of 4,666 (.0021432%) that you will be sued by the RIAA for illegal filesharing. - Blender Magazine, 4/06

The odds are 1 out of 6 (16%) that if you're an adult living in Arizona, you have been the victim of identity theft sometime in the past five years. - Network World, 6/5/06

The odds are 1 out of 5 (20%) that you will "happily" interrupt a business or social meeting to respond to a telephone call or e-mail message. - Discover Magazine, 8/05

The odds are 9 out of 10 (91%) that 91% you have a living grandmother, if you're a 20 year old. A century ago, only 83% of 20-year-olds had a living mother, much less a living grandmother. - Los Angeles Daily News, 7/16/05

The odds are 1 out of 1275 (.0783%) that you will be hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury this year. - Discovery Magazine, 6/06

The odds are 1 out of 5 (20%) that you believe the best way to get rich is to win the lottery. - Yahoo News, 1/9/06

The odds are 1 out of 200 (.5%) that you will turn up missing this year, if you're an Alaskan. - Boston Globe, 3/13/05

The odds are 4 out of 5 (80%) that if you're in a car accident, it involves drivers who are either drowsy or distracted by such activities as chatting on cell phones, eating, or putting on makeup. - Washington Post, 4/20/06

The odds are 9 out of 9 (100%) that the winning quarterback in Super Bowl 6 through Super Bowl 14 wore the jersey number 12. - Sporting News, 3/17/06

The odds are 1 out of 4 (25%) that if you own a PDA, you have lost it at least once. - USA Today, 3/28/05

The odds are 1 out of 6 (18%) that you will mow your lawn this weekend. - US News and World Report, 5/16/05

The odds are 1 out of 5 (20%) that you will have a car crash within the first year of driving (if you are 16 years old). - USA Today, 3/2/05

(all facts assume the reader is an American) 

   



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