The Royal Statistical Society, based in London, has declared its “Statistic of the Year.” Here’s RSS CEO Hetan Shah to tell everyone about it.
Americans 34 times more likely to be killed by lawnmowers than foreign-born jihadis. Thanks to @KimKardashian for helping us @RoyalStatSoc to find our #International #StatoftheYear https://t.co/kS9XrGymLG
— Hetan Shah (@HetanShah) December 18, 2017
OK, so Americans are 34 times more likely to be killed by a lawnmower than a foreign-born jihadi. What does Kim Kardashian West have to do with it? Back in January, in opposition to President Trump’s so-called “Muslim ban,” she tweeted this:
Statistics pic.twitter.com/aSpyFuabct
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) January 29, 2017
We’ll let Derek Hunter tie a bow around this one:
Lawnmowers don’t do it on purpose. https://t.co/yAhRYa6ekU
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) December 19, 2017
The Sun reports that this is the Royal Statistical Society’s inaugural International Statistic of the Year. We’re thinking the Society can take next year off.
https://twitter.com/NathanLC78/status/942944183177940992
I've never seen a video of a lawnmower screaming "Death to America!", And then beheading a human. How does that affect your stats?
— FaceFacts (@BillAbleTimes2) December 18, 2017
Lawnmowers don’t shout allah akbar dude.
— DLass (@Wwlasss) December 19, 2017
I have never heard of anyone getting killed by a lawnmower… but I do miss my friends who were killed on 911.
— Joe Kennedy (@Freedom4USNow) December 19, 2017
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