Please can some one give me some interesting stuff to look into?

Question

im in a learning mood...as weird as that is for an 18 year old haha...any one have any fun facts about anything or interesting topics i could look into.

Answer 1

How is this for interesting

.....www.RAINN.org

1 out of every 6 American women have been the victims of an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime (14.8% completed rape; 2.8% attempted rape).

17.7 million American women have been victims of attempted or completed rape.

9 of every 10 rape victims were female in 2003.

While about 80% of all victims are white, minorities are somewhat more likely to be attacked.

Lifetime rate of rape /attempted rape for women by race:

All women: 17.6%

White women: 17.7%

Black women: 18.8%

Asian Pacific Islander women: 6.8%

American Indian/Alaskan women: 34.1%

Mixed race women: 24.4%

Men

About 3% of American men — or 1 in 33 — have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.

In 2003, 1 in every ten rape victims were male.

2.78 million men in the U.S. have been victims of sexual assault or rape.

Children

15% of sexual assault and rape victims are under age 12.

29% are age 12-17.

44% are under age 18.

80% are under age 30.

12-34 are the highest risk years.

Girls ages 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault.

7% of girls in grades 5-8 and 12% of girls in grades 9-12 said they had been sexually abused.

3% of boys grades 5-8 and 5% of boys in grades 9-12 said they had been sexually abused.

In 1995, local child protection service agencies identified 126,000 children who were victims of either substantiated or indicated sexual abuse.

Of these, 75% were girls.

Nearly 30% of child victims were between the age of 4 and 7.

93% of juvenile sexual assault victims know their attacker.

34.2% of attackers were family members.

58.7% were acquaintances.

Only 7% of the perpetrators were strangers to the victim.

Effects of Rape

Victims of sexual assault are:

3 times more likely to suffer from depression.

6 times more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

13 times more likely to abuse alcohol.

26 times more likely to abuse drugs.

4 times more likely to contemplate suicide.

Answer 2

look up Planet X ... that's some pretty interesting stuff.

Answer 3

Oh, I forgot I wasn't in the religious section anymore. lol. I'll change my answer. While it's rather obnoxious and I don't agree with any of it, looking into 9/11 conspiracy theory ideas is interesting. There's all sorts of videos on youtube saying "look at this strange thing in the sky by one of the towers" or "look at the explosives going off *inside* the tower before it fell". Just a random idea.

Answer 4

How about www.lds.org

Answer 5

Some of my favourite time-waster research websites are of course Wikipedia; "How Stuff Works"; "Operation Clambake" (this one has lots of interesting info regarding the Church of Scientology); Rickross.com (news articles regarding cult activity of many varieties); and Scientific American.

And yes, I'll second the entertainment value of various conspiracy theories. In fact, use "conspiracy theory" or "conspiracy theories" as search terms and watch what comes up!