The odds of being murdered are very low compared to other causes of death. According to the Centre for Disease Control & Prevention, the odds of death by homicide in America is less than 1% of all U.S deaths. [source]

In 2016, according to data from the Office for National Statistics, one in three babies born will get to celebrate their 100th birthday! [source]

According to the NHS website, around 1 in every 65 births in the United Kingdom are twins, triplets, or more. In 2016 alone, there were approximately 12,000 sets of twins born in the UK. [source]

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention states that an estimated 1 in 6 Americans get sick every year from food poisoning. Another 128,000 are hospitalised from foodborne diseases each year and 3,000 die from it. [source]

Experts state that the chances of finding a pearl in an oyster is approximately 1 in 10,000. In one US restaurant – over the course of eight years and over 4 million oysters served, only one pearl was found. [source]

In the U.S, there are around 1 in 10 people who have a food allergy. Shellfish, milk, and peanuts were the most common allergies for US citizens. [source]

Want to be the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps? Well, the chances of you winning an Olympic medal are quite slim. [source]

If you want to make it big as a movie star, the chances of you winning an Oscar are 1 in 11,500. The actor with the most Academy Award nominations without a win is Peter O’Toole, who has been nominated eight times. [source]

The odds of you moving all of your cards to the Ace pile is 1 in every 11.5 games played. This is based on 100,000,000 games played by a simulator. [source]

Think you can become the 46th President of the United States? Well, there’s a 1 in 10,000,000 chance of that happening! [source]

You have a 1 in 1,190,000 chance of becoming a movie star. You have a better chance of making it on Youtube, or finding a pearl in an oyster! [source]

You’re actually more likely to become an astronaut than win the Lotto jackpot! You are also more likely to become a professional athlete or a movie star than winning the full jackpot on the lottery. [source]

In a poll, around two thirds of runners suffered from an injury. Some of the most common running injuries include shin splints and runner’s knee. [source]

Think you can take basketball to the next level? We can all dream big, but chances are slim if you want to make it as an NBA player. [source]

Some athletes compete all their life and don’t make it to an Olympic games. If you fancy the chance of winning bronze, silver, or gold – the chances of you competing in the Olympics are 1 in 562,000. [source]

According to research, finding a four-leaf clover is just one thing that is more likely to happen than winning the Powerball jackpot. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot is 1 in 292 million where finding a four-leaf clover is 1 in 10,000. [source]

According to the London Vision Clinic, the chances of going blind after laser eye surgery is very low, 1 in 5 million in fact! [source]

In 2013, a study from Tech21 estimated that around 90% of people drop their phones at least once a month. Hopefully you won’t be like the guy in 2014 who dropped his new iPhone 6, live on TV, just seconds after opening the box! [source]

In 2017, crime data from the FBI suggested that if you murder someone in America, there’s a 40% chance you will get away with it. [source]