22 Life-Changing Statistics We Learnt From Our Readers
As part of the ever-growing bond between Lovin and its readers, we like to ask you guys your thoughts on a lot of our stories. A lot of the times the results from our polls don’t get published, so we thought we’d take a trip back in time to find out some of the more interesting numbers from our previous articles.
1. 78% of Maltese voters believe rugby players are hotter than footballers
2. 21% of Maltese people have pooped in the sea
3. 41% of people believe traditional exams simply aren’t valuable to students
4. 47% of people stayed indoors for carnival
5. More Maltese people have peed in the shower than bitten their fingernails (88% vs 83%)
6. Malta’s top romantic suggestion is a spontaneous road-trip around Gozo
7. While a proposal on Valentine’s was voted as the cheesiest thing to do
8. Bourbon biscuits were voted as Maltese people’s favourites
9. Only 22% pronounce Spinola as [speen-ola’] (the other 78% call it [spin-oh-la])
10. 34% sound the ‘g’ in Magnum
11. Even more shockingly, 22% sound the ‘l’ in salmon
12. 75% thought Hillary Clinton would win the US election
13. Before losing it to the sea, 26% of voters wanted to name the would-be Azure Stack ‘Khal Drogo’s Dick’
14. The majority of our readers correctly predicted Claudia Faniello’s win
15. But Brooke Borg placed second by just 1% in our poll
16. The nation is in love with Kebab Ji
17. Samuel, the little boy who lost sight in both eyes was voted as the most inspirational person in Malta
18. Eddie Fenech Adami was the most cited in terms of inspirational local politicians
19. And Barack Obama was the most inspirational foreign politician
20. The majority of voters want to keep the Gozo Ferry operational
21. But those who want to do away with the ferry would sooner see a bridge (33%) than a tunnel (29%)
22. And an astounding 25% of our readers don’t trust any political leaders
