So, when you're really bored, this is what you resort to.
Stumbleupon. If you haven't heard of it, it's a toolbar you can add to your browser that will, over time, learn your tastes in surfing and be able to recommend pages that might interest you. It's picked a lot of good ones for me already, but here's my pick of the day:
Worldometers. "World statistics updated in real time."
Want to know how many cell phones have been sold today? (1,886,000+ as of this writing)
How many species have gone extinct this year? (132,127)
How many days are left until all the oil reserves in the world are depleted? (15,331 days = 42 years; luckily, I should be dead by then)
How many blog posts today? (337,298... +1)