Wednesday, July 27, 2005

NS Lobster

Nova Scotia is the world's largest exporter of Lobster.

Monday, July 25, 2005

Shark attacks

Worldwide, shark attacks kill 15 people.
(Coconuts kill 10x as many)

Saturday, July 09, 2005

Handgun deaths

In 1996, handguns were used to murder 2 people in New Zealand, 15 in Japan, 30 in Great Britain, 106 in Canada and 9,390 in the United States.

Homicide rate (Can vs. U.S.)

In 2000, the rate of Canadian homicides involving firearms was 0.5 out of every 100,000 people. The rate in America was almost eight times higher, or 3.8 per 100,000.

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Canadian Population (humans and guns)

Humans ~ 32,000,000
Firearms ~ 11,000,000*

*high estimate

US Population (humans and guns)

Humans ~ 290, 000, 000
Firearms*~ +230,000,000

*Firearms = handguns, rifles, and shotguns owned by civilians

Sunday, July 03, 2005

Blogs by Country

United States (24053)
United Kingdom (3582)
Canada (3055)
Spain (1632)
France (1495)
Brazil (1417)
Australia (1299)
Italy (1134)

(... want more countries?)

Friday, July 01, 2005

Blog numbers

There are over 50,000 blogs listed from 190 countries.