Lime's Polls: here's some random facts

Reports show that nearly 50% of Americans under 18 are minorities(that means they're not white)

According to the UN, 99.3% of women and girls in Egypt have been subjected to sexual harassment
Approximately 1.2 million children worldwide are victims of human trafficking, and over 80% are girls
1% of titled land in the world's owned by women
In 1770, the British Parliament proposed a bill that women using makeup should be punished for witchcraft

The crime rate in Vatican City's 133.6%, which means there's more annual offenses than there's people in the Vatican (about 500 people). Most of the crimes are committed by visiting tourists.
Brazil has more Catholics than Italy, France, and Poland combined
In 1910, 65% of Europe was Catholic. In 2010, only 24% was

3-5% of criminal cases go to trial – the rest are plea bargained
The US Bureau of Justice Statistics concludes that the chance of a black male born in 2001 of going to jail's 32%. Latino males have a 17% chance and white males have a 6% chance.

White Americans held 88% of the country’s wealth in 2010, according to a Demos analysis of Federal Reserve data, they made up 64% of the population.
Black Americans held 2.7% of the country’s wealth, they made up 13% of the population

Worldwide, 12% or 775 million adults—are considered functionally illiterate
Over 70% of America’s inmates can't read past a 4th grade level
Approximately 90% of high school dropouts are on welfare
About 2/3 of the world’s lowest literate adults are women.
Approximately 1 in 4 children in America grow up without learning how to read
Black students in the US are expelled at 3 times the rate of white students
Black students make up 16% of US school enrollment, but make up 32% of students who receive in-school suspensions, 42% of students who receive multiple out-of-school suspensions, and 34% of students who are expelled
More than 1/2 of the global low-literate population can be found in the regions of South and West Asia

In 2009, 59.8% of all firearm injury deaths were suicides, while 36.7% were homicides
An estimated 20,000 local, state, and federal gun laws currently regulate firearms in the US
Gun homicides with black victims are 151 per million. Gun homicides with white victims are 15 per million

Researchers estimate that 80% of trafficking victims are female. Over 50% of human trafficking victims are children
71% of trafficked children show suicidal tendencies

According to the FBI, 70% of serial killers experienced problems related to substance abuse
England has produced 28% of Europe’s serial killers, Germany 27% and France 13%
Most serial killers in the US are Caucasian (84%); approximately 16% are African American
Women make up just a very small percentage of serial killers, they constitute the majority of victims: 65%
15% of serial murder cases, the victims are chosen entirely at random

Approximately 20% of gun owners own 65% of the guns
In America, there are approximately 270 million firearms possessed by civilians, and only 897,000 carried by police

In the US 6,222 hate crime incidents involving 7,254 offenses were reported in 2011

Jews make up less than 1% of the population, yet experience discrimination in 85 countries — the third most of any religious group
Nearly 50% of countries increased their religious discrimination between 2009 and 2010, and only 32% saw decreases

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