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It's about 8,000 times the number of Escalators in the State of Wyoming
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The count of Escalators in the State of Wyoming is about 2.
(2013 figures)
There are only two escalators in the State of Wyoming (although there are apparently plenty of elevators). It is speculated that the lack of escalators is due to the older age of the buildings and the abundance of cheap land resulting in single-story structures. At the time the last count of escalators was made, the state had a population of just 576,000 people.
It's about one-ten-thousandth the number of Copies of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities Sold
The count of Copies of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities Sold is about 200,000,000.
(figures as of 2015)
First published in 1859, Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two CIties is the best-selling novel of all time, for which complete sales figures are available, having sold an estimates 200 million copies. The novel itself contains 135,420 words.
It's about one-ninety-five-thousandth the number of Users on Facebook
The count of Users on Facebook is about 1,440,000,000.
(March, 2015 figures) (monthly active users)
Facebook had 1.44 billion active users for the month ending March, 2015. In August, 2014, Facebook began a process of removing 87 million accounts that it had found to be fake.
It's about 0.0000008 times the number of Chickens in the World
The count of Chickens in the World is about 19,000,000,000.
(a.k.a. fowl) (Gallus gallus domesticus) (2011 figures) (average population)
The most numerous domesticated animals in the world, the estimated average population of chickens worldwide is 19 billion animals. Of these, about birds produce the world's supply of chicken eggs.
It's about 0.00000005 times the number of Emails Sent per Day
The count of Emails Sent per Day is about 294,000,000,000.
(2010 figures) (estimated averages)
Each day, human computer users and automated programs send about 294 billion emails. Of those, an estimated 214 billion emails are spam advertisements for pharmaceuticals or drugs.
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