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The Average Vital Statistics from Genius: The Human Footprint

The programme took the average life, all 78.5 years – or 2,475,576,000 seconds of it – and exposed our voracious habits

1,700

friendships made

7,163

baths taken

10,351

pints of beer drunk

30,301

pounds spent on clothing

35,815

litres of wind passed

4.5

cows consumed

1,201

chickens consumed

254

litres of urine produced

854

tins of baked beans

8.49

tons of food packaging

533

books read

4,239

rolls of toilet paper

9.14

beard length in metres if it is not cut

1,694

bottles of wine drunk

4,239

times having sex

149

litres of vomit produced

59

foreign holidays taken

74,802

cups of tea drunk

5,272

apples eaten

305

friends who will die from strokes

77,000

cigarettes smoked

3.5

washing machines owned

21

sheep consumed

15, 464

miles walked

8

cars owned

452,663

miles driven

120,000

litres of fuel used in our cars

286,311

pounds spent on taxes

15

pigs consumed

4.8

televisions owned