Also 100% of people who make a error in their joke get corrected by the people on Hacker News.

What do the remaining 1% do? Rig a study?

This is probably because 100% of people who make up statistics don't have a reference, since they made up the statistic.

Not at all. 95% of references go unchecked, which allows people to just make crap up. [1]

1 - http://arxiv.org/abs/1009.1080

I would try to verify any of the above statements, but i'm not 100% sure where to begin.

Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that. -Homer