Sunday, November 1, 2026 · Played it? Here's how rare each one really was.
A meta-analysis of handedness and eye-dominance studies (Bourassa, 1996).
1 in 2.7 people 36.5%
About 36.5% of people are left-eye dominant, against about 9% who are left-handed.
Fun fact: Lefties lean left in the eyes too: 57% of left-handers are left-eyed, versus 34% of right-handers.
English Premier League, 2023-24 season, all penalties taken.
1 in about 13 penalties 7.55%
Only 8 of the 106 penalties taken in 2023-24 were saved (7.5%), the lowest share on record. 89.6% were scored.
Fun fact: Keepers used to do far better: in 2017-18 they stopped 21 of 80, about 1 in 3.8. That's 3.5 times the 2023-24 save rate.
Source: Opta Analyst (May 2024), Premier League penalty data
Premium subscribers vs a world population of 8.2 billion, September 2026.
1 in about 27 people 3.73%
Spotify had 306 million Premium subscribers on 30 September 2026. The UN puts the world at about 8.2 billion people.
Fun fact: Spotify has 788 million users, but only about 39% of them pay.
Source: Spotify Form 6-K, Q3 2026; UN WUP 2025 press release
The 529 g winner's medal.
1 in about 88 grams 1.13%
Each 529 g gold medal holds only about 6 g of gold, plated over silver, under IOC rules.
Fun fact: It's mostly silver (92.5% minimum). Each medal also holds an 18 g hexagon of original iron from the Eiffel Tower.
IOC athlete quota for Paris 2024 versus a world population of nearly 8.2 billion.
1 in 780,952 people 0.00013%
The IOC set 10,500 athlete places for Paris 2024. The UN puts the world population at nearly 8.2 billion (mid-2024).
Fun fact: It was the first Games with exact gender parity: 5,250 places for women and 5,250 for men. That's about 12 times rarer than being a pro footballer.
Source: Canadian Olympic Committee, citing the IOC (Apr 2022)