In fact

On the days in October that BlackBerry services were down, the average rate of road accidents dropped 20 per cent in Dubai. The National, 15th October 2011

In 2009, the median income for a fashion model in the US was $27,330. “Pricing Beauty” by Ashley Mears

Thirty-eight per cent of British office workers would rather see a colleague made redundant than take a cut to their salary. Daily Telegraph, 4th October 2011

Rembrandt is the second most stolen artist (after Picasso): 80 of his works have been stolen in the past 100 years. One portrait has been stolen four times from the Dulwich Picture Gallery since 1966. Wall Street Journal, 14th July 2011

Twelve per cent of adults admit to still sucking their thumb or fingers. Daily Mail, 12th September 2011

BT’s network has 75m miles of copper cable—worth around £50bn at current prices, over three times the company’s market capitalisation of around £15bn. The Register, 22nd September 2011

More than 90 per cent of Americans would vote for a Jewish, black or female presidential candidate. But 22 per cent wouldn’t vote for a Mormon, 32 per cent wouldn’t vote for a gay or lesbian and 49 per cent wouldn’t vote for an atheist. Gallup, 20th June 2011

The number of Britons entering treatment for heroin or crack cocaine use has fallen by 10,000 over the last two years, to 52,933 in 2010/11. The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse

Nicolas Winding Refn, director of the recent film Drive, cannot drive. New Yorker, 20th September 2011