David K. Israel
The All-New Tuesday Turnip!
by David K. Israel - July 14, 2009 - 7:00 AM
bloghead_tuesdayturnip1

The Tuesday Turnip is back! We gave it a BIG break to give the Internet time to catch up with us, which it has, which means all new interesting searches on Tuesdays! In case you’re not familiar with the Turnip, it’s a whimsical Google search, wherein I type a random phrase and we see what kind of interesting pages “turn-up.”

As always with this feature, the _floss is not responsible for accuracy. If you know one of the below statements/links to be untrue, by all means, let the world know in the comments below.

Today I typed “six out of every ten,” unearthing the following:

Turnip #1

Picture 1Over 185 million Americans or about 6 out of every 10 people in the US live in areas where the air is so polluted that it endangers life.

Turnip #2

Picture 26 out of every 10 teenagers who have had sex say they wish they had waited. One-third of girls in the United States will become pregnant at least once by the age of 20.

Turnip #3

Picture 4A study of US workers has revealed that six out of every ten employees surveyed stole company data upon leaving their job in the last year.

Turnip #4

Picture 5SMEs employ six out of ten workers in Singapore

Turnip #5

Picture 6Study points out is that antidepressants work pretty successfully for about six out of every ten patients

Turnip #6

Picture 7Six out of every ten convicts in Michigan and Pennsylvania are repeaters, in Massachusetts and Washington seven out of ten have done time before

Turnip #7

Picture 8A new study conducted at the University of Granada (Spain) has found that 6 out of every 10 university students, regardless their field of study, present any symptom of anxiety when it comes to deal with mathematics.

Turnip #8

Picture 9A US survey has revealed that 6 out of every 10 companies plan to skip Windows 7 in concern over its cost, the time it’ll take to deploy, and compatibility with existing software.

« Previous Post   -   Next Post »
Click here to get a Risk-Free issue of mental_floss magazine
Comments (7)

  1. I’m a science geek, but I love math… and it makes me so sad that they took calculus out of high school (in Ontario anyway). that was one of my favourite & easiest classes in high school – by taking it out of the curriculum, this message is clear: math is too hard for high school students. great way to dispel math anxiety. ugh.

    posted by Amanda on 7-14-2009 at 11:52 am

  2. my name is linked to a Ted Talk by a college level Math teacher saying that Calculus should not be the pinnacle of Mathematical education, interesting 3 min video with humor and presented very well.

    *it may have been posted before on _floss

    posted by Charles on 7-14-2009 at 1:13 pm

  3. I am new to the Turnip concept and I LOVE it! :) Thanks! I can’t wait til next Tuesday! Great post!

    posted by Drina on 7-14-2009 at 6:04 pm

  4. thanks Drina! can’t promise it every tuesday, but at least twice a month or so.

    posted by David K. Israel on 7-14-2009 at 6:14 pm

  5. Amanda and Charles
    Those of us who REALLY can’t do math are that 6 of 10. I took math through Trig in high school and then had to go back and retake algebra 1 in college and trig again twice in college because my brain just doesn’t get it. I seriously envy people like my husband who can do higher maths without blinking an eye. He passed the AP calc exam with a 5 and chose to retake calc 1 in college so he’d be guaranteed 1 easy class.

    posted by Di on 7-14-2009 at 6:28 pm

  6. Glad to see the Turnip back! I’ve missed it.

    posted by Jason English on 7-14-2009 at 7:52 pm

  7. I can’t do simple arithmetic, but calculus was fun and easy. There is no need for numbers in calculus!

    posted by Nicole on 7-14-2009 at 11:50 pm

Comment

commenting policy