Have you ever been looking for that perfect fact that helps you translate a statistic from your presentation into a language your audience understands?  Well this week’s vein of online ore will help you do just that.

For example, 1 in every 8.5 American children under the age of 18 is without health insurance.  The same portion of the California population filed for personal bankruptcy in 2008.

Book of Odds has been online for close to a year offering articles and odds statements on topics from sports and relationships to health and death.  And once you have found a statement of odds you like, you can scan short lists of related odds and other events with similar probabilities.

One warning: Book of Odds doesn’t like dealing with percentages.  If you’re looking for something with a 71% chance of being true, you will need to look for something with a 1 in 1.408 chance of occurring.

What do you use to find fun facts for presentations?

Online Ore is an ongoing feature at The Gold Mine featuring tools and resources from around the web and wider world. If you know a site we should prospect please e-mail Aaron Rubman at Marissa Berger Interactive.