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DAILY LIFE & ACTIVITIES–

FLUNKING THE DRIVING TEST

For many people, the written driving test is the last multiple choice test of consequence they will ever take in their lives. Too bad that 1 in 4.98 licensed drivers fail it.

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STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU: THE LEAST FAVORITE SEAT ON A PLANE

For some, “The Nightmare before Christmas” means Jack Skellington vs. Mr. Oogie Boogie—for others, it means you vs. other passengers on a crowded airplane, and loser gets the middle seat.

DAILY LIFE & ACTIVITIES–

THE ODDS OF BEING BUMPED FROM A FLIGHT

There will likely be fewer people flying over the Thanksgiving holidays compared to last year, but that doesn’t mean there will be plenty of room for everyone who wants to travel.

DAILY LIFE & ACTIVITIES–

THE ODDS YOU COMMUTE ALONE? 1 IN 1.25

Every day, 128.3 million Americans drive to and from work in an exhaust-thickened line of bumpers. Over the course of the year, they spend an average of 100 hours in transit—a total amount of time exceeding the average worker’s annual vacation time (80 hours).

DAILY LIFE & ACTIVITIES–

DISHING ON VANITY PLATES

“If one has no vanity in this life of ours,” Leo Tolstoy once wrote, “there is no sufficient reason for living.” The 9.3 million vanity plate owners in the United States likely agree.

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ODDSMAKERS: STEFAN LONCE, CHAMPION OF THE VANITY PLATE

He’s driving down the highway when another car pulls up beside him, windows rolled down. The occupants lean his way, to get a look at him. Then they start singing loudly: “Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh.” Just miles down the road, another car pulls alongside and the scene repeats.