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Times Square ball drop has been a tradition since 1907. Over 1 billion people worldwide watch NYE countdowns on TV.
NASA's 10-second countdown was designed by Fritz Lang for the 1929 film 'Woman in the Moon' and adopted for real launches.
The shortest meaningful countdown is used in motorsports: 5 lights in F1 go out after 0.2-3 seconds randomly.
The longest sports countdown: waiting 108 years for the Chicago Cubs to win a World Series (1908-2016).
The average engagement lasts 15 months. Couples spend an average of 250 hours planning their wedding day.
The world celebrates 22 million birthdays every day. That's 250 birthdays per second happening globally.
When it's midnight in Kiritimati, it's still the previous day in most of the world - up to 26 hours behind.
Countdowns create urgency: adding a timer to offers increases conversions by up to 332% in marketing studies.