Some Very Interesting Statistical Trivia

I received a mailer from the International Herald Tribune soliciting for subscription to their newspaper. The mailer was different from the usual annoying junk mail. It contained several interesting stats (from 1% to 99%). Below are some of the ones I found more interesting:

• 1% of the world's vehicles are in India
• 4% of the world's population does not live in its country of birth
• 7% of the world's male population is affected by red-green colorblindness
• 9% of the world's population is left handed
• 10% of the world has shopped online
• 11% of the world's music is downloaded
• 16% of the world's energy is produced by nuclear power plants
• 17% of the world's population is illiterate
• 21% of the world's atmosphere is oxygen (78% is nitrogen)
• 22% of the world's population is Chinese
• 24% of the world's undiscovered oil and gas lies in the Arctic
• 26% of the world's construction cranes are in Dubai
• 27% of the world's land surface is high mountain
• 30% of the world's vehicles are owned by Americans
• 34% of the world's cigarettes are smoked in China
• 40% of the world's concrete is used in China
• 42% of the world's spam email comes from the US
• 50% of the world's languages have been lost in the last six years
• 53% of the world's laptops are made in Taiwan
• 54% of the world's popcorn is grown in Honduras
• 56% of the world's suicides occur in China
• 61% of the world's birth take place in Asia
• 67% of the world's manual work is done by women
• 69% of the world's Internet searches are done using Google
• 70% of the world's population has never heard a dial tone
• 72% of the world's fresh water is frozen in Antarctica
• 73% of the world's population lives in cities
• 74% of the world's convicted serial killers live in the US
• 88% of the world's 12 year olds are familiar with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator
• 89% of the world's computers run on Microsoft Windows
• 94% of the world's population recognizes the Coca-Cola trademark
• 96% of the world's languages are spoken by only 4% of the world's population
• 98% of the world's motherboards are produced by Taiwanese companies