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Bureau of Made Up Statistics

Office of Conditions, Whose, and the Whose Conditions

Est. 1957 — "In Data We Fabricate"

DATA ADVISORY: The Bureau is currently experiencing higher-than-normal levels of statistical fabrication. Normal service will resume never.
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Statistics Issued Today
4.0% from yesterday
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Active Researchers
4.1% (budget cuts)
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Nations Served
4 new this quarter
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Accuracy Rating
within expectations

Daily Briefing

Research Findings

Workplace & Economy
Per capita coffee consumption increases by 340% during budget season.
Confidence Level: 86.43%
Prof. Bartholomew Graph
Food & Consumption
A watched pot never boils. An unwatched pot boils over within 11 seconds.
Confidence Level: 77.27%
Prof. Clarence P-Value
Meta-Statistics
87.5% of statistics are more believable when they include a decimal point.
Confidence Level: 70.90%
Dr. Adelaide Variance
Meta-Statistics
Approximately 97.3978271128% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Confidence Level: 43.65%
Prof. Archibald Margin
International Affairs
Maritime law is understood by exactly nobody. This includes maritime lawyers.
Confidence Level: 91.81%
Dr. Felicity Datapoint
Health & Wellness
The average person swallows 8 spiders in their lifetime. This statistic was made up in 1993 to demonstrate how easily false statistics spread. It worked.
Confidence Level: 70.95%
Prof. Mortimer Sampling

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

Please see the Bureau of Recursive Self-Reference for more information.

Recent Publications

PublicationDatePDF
Annual Report on Reports About Reports (Vol. XLVII) 2026-01-15
Quarterly Review of Unverifiable Claims (Q4 2025) 2025-12-01
The State of Numbers We Just Made Up 2025-11-12
International Index of Suspiciously Precise Figures 2025-09-30
White Paper: Why 73.6% Is the Most Believable Percentage 2025-08-22

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