Sunday, April 27, 2008

The Human Footprint (A National Geographic Documentary)

I first watched this show on Earth Day (22nd April 2008) on National Geographic Channel (Astro 553). I thought it was a good show so i searched in NGC's website for the next repeat. So the repeat was today at 5pm. I managed to convince everyone to watch it with me. And they found it interesting. The facts are actually based on an average human life (75.5 years old). This time, I took my pencil and paper to copy down all the facts they mention in the show. Here is the whole list in order of narration: Start the sentence with " An average human/ An average human's ......"

  • drinks 15951 pints of Milk
  • uses 3800 Diapers
  • eats 4 Cows
  • eats 21 Sheep
  • eats 15 Pigs
  • eats 1200 Chickens
  • eats 13345 Chicken eggs
  • eats 4823 loafs of Bread (55 loafs/year)
  • eats 5272 Apples
  • eats 10866 Carrots
  • throws 8.5 tonnes of Food packaging
  • eats 10000 bars of Chocolate (8.2kg/year)
  • eats 845 tins of Canned beans
  • Fart 35815 litres of Methane
  • uses 4239 rolls of Toilet paper
  • defeceate 2865kg/3 tonnes of Faeces
  • eats 50 tonnes of Food
  • speaks 123205740 Words
  • knows 1700 people (300 at a single time)
  • Baths 7163 times (1 million litres of water used for the baths)
  • uses 656 bars of Soap
  • uses 198 bottles of Shampoo
  • uses 272 Deodorants
  • uses 276 tubes of Toothpaste
  • uses 78 Toothbrushes
  • uses 411 Skin care products
  • uses 35 bottles of Gel
  • uses 27 bottles of Perfume
  • uses 25 bottles of Nail polish
  • uses 21 sticks of Lipstick
  • uses 11000 Tampons (female only)
  • uses 5600 bottles of Fake tans (female only)
  • Washes their hair 11500 times
  • Total hair length is 9m42cm
  • Total facial hair length is 9m15cm
  • Total nail length is 286cm (each nail)
  • drinks 10351 pints of Beer
  • drinks 1694 bottles of Wine
  • total volume of Vomit can fill 5 buckets (2 times/ year)
  • has 10 Sexual partners
  • has Sex 4239 times
  • Falls in love 3 times
  • Marriage lasts 11.5 years
  • has 15 Computers
  • has 3.4 Fridges
  • has 3.2 Washing machines
  • has 3.5 Microwave ovens
  • has 4.8 Television Sets
  • has 9.2 DVD players
  • throws 40 tonnes of Waste
  • has 8 Cars
  • Walks 15464 miles a year (from Britain to Bali and back)
  • Drives 452662 miles (enough to go to the moon and back)
  • watches 2944 days/8 years of TV
  • reads 533 Books
  • reads 2455kg/ 1.5tonnes of Newspapers
  • uses 24 trees to produce the Books/ Newspapers they read
  • drinks 74802 cups of Tea
  • visits the Doctor 314 times
  • takes 30000 Tablets
  • sheds 61.5 litres of Tears
  • has 104390 dreams
  • blinks 415000000 times

And out of the 1700 people the know:

  • 305 dies of heart disease
  • 179 dies of stroke
  • 99 dies of lung cancer
  • 92 dies of respiratory diseases
  • 111 dies of pneumonia
  • 63 dies of dimensia/alzheimers
  • 49 dies of colon cancer
  • 32 dies of breast cancer
  • 9 dies of road accidents
  • 1 dies in a fire
  • 10 suicides
  • 0.1 gets murdered

To get a short description of the show and the other screen times, click the title of this post.

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