Statistics are not boring! This book proves it. Whether it's about child poverty, birth rates, the use of sewage sludge in landscaping, or the number of UFO sightings, there is a statistic for almost every area of our lives. Sometimes it is presented with a wink, often critically questioned, but always presented in a way that even laypeople can understand and enjoy reading. Or would you have known that only 1.4 percent of the cars registered in 2010 were green and that Germany's highest victory in a men's football World Cup was an 8:0 against Saudi Arabia? Serious topics also have their place. Is child poverty possibly underestimated, and what is the truth behind the claim of a major German tabloid that every second German pensioner receives less than Hartz IV?.