Who doesn’t LOVE fun facts? Well you probably won’t really appreciate these ones but that doesn’t mean that all fun facts are depressing…just these. Google has a very poor opinion of you, the “man” is no longer keeping you down instead it’s your parents and the smaller the town the more likely you are to be MURDERED! Like I said, FUN right? Check them out after the jump! (how sad is the picture for this post BTW…it’s like I didn’t even try)
#1.) People in Small Towns Keep Killing Each Other. According to the latest FBI data, violent crimes are down in virtually every category all over the country. Except for murders in small towns. For some reason, those are WAY UP. Overall, violent crime was down 4% in 2011 but murders in towns with populations under 10,000 were up 18.3%. The FBI didn’t speculate on why. (CNN)
#2.) Google Says We’re Racist. A doctoral candidate at Harvard analyzed Google searches for the N-WORD. And he found the N-word gets about the same number of searches as “Lakers,” “Daily Show,” “migraine,” and “economist.” He also found the more people who searched for the N-word in an area, the worse PRESIDENT OBAMA performed there in the 2008 election. I for one am SHOCKED….ok not really. (New York Times)
#3.) You’re Not Getting an Inheritance. People are living longer than ever. That means your parents have a great chance of living into their 80s. But old age ain’t cheap. So the longer they live, the lower your inheritance. And as parents live longer, more and more people realize they need to support them. But hey, you get more time with your parents, and that’s better than any amount of money. Right? RIGHT? (Wall Street Journal)
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