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My buddy the data analyst called me out on a stat I shared yesterday
He pulled up the source for that '70% of house fires start in the kitchen' figure and showed me it was from a 1980s insurance report, not current NFPA data. Made me wonder how many other stats I've been passing around are just as outdated, anyone else ever get called out on a number you thought was solid?
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adam_baker10h ago
Nice knowing half the 'facts' I drop at parties are probably from some dusty 80s file cabinet. Guess my dinner party trivia game just took a hit.
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wright.leo9h agoMost Upvoted
Solidarity brother. We're all just making stuff up now.
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shane_bell2h ago
Wait, you mean there's actually a physical file cabinet from the 80s with all these so-called facts?
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