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Active Researchers
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Nations Served
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Accuracy Rating
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Daily Briefing
Every statistic in this collection has been peer-reviewed by at least one imaginary colleague.
Source: BOMUS Annual Report, Vol. XLVII, pp. 184-583
Last updated: 18:39:20 UTC
Research Findings
Technology
The first email ever sent contained a typo. This has been the standard ever since.
Confidence Level: 60.44%
Dr. Gertrude Coefficient
Technology
73% of tech support calls begin with the lie 'I already tried restarting it.'
Confidence Level: 67.77%
Prof. Bartholomew Graph
Workplace & Economy
GDP would increase by 14.7% if people stopped pretending to look busy.
Confidence Level: 48.57%
Dr. Constance Fiddler
Workplace & Economy
The probability of a 'quick question' actually being quick is 3.1%.
Confidence Level: 71.86%
Dr. Adelaide Variance
International Affairs
7.3% of the world's flags were designed by the same person. That person has never been identified.
Confidence Level: 52.55%
Dr. Adelaide Variance
Health & Wellness
The average yawn lasts 6 seconds and is contagious within a 4.3-metre radius.
Confidence Level: 99.06%
Dr. Millicent Footnote
Bureau Divisions
Division of Conditions and Whose Margin of Error
Proudly operating within a ± 100% margin of error.
Department of Untestable Hypotheses
If it can't be proven, it can't be disproven. Checkmate.
Office of International Statistical Fabrication
Supplying governments with the numbers they deserve since 1957.
Center for Conditions That Sound Real
Our researchers have advanced degrees in plausibility.
Bureau of Recursive Self-Reference
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