There are lies, darned lies, and statistical outliers. Statistics means never having to say you're certain. Statistics is the art of never having to say you're wrong. Variance is what any two statisticians are at. A statistician is a person who draws a mathematically precise line from an unwarranted assumption to a foregone conclusion.
Most people use statistics the way a drunk uses a lamp post, more for support than enlightenment.
Figures don't lie, but liars figure. An engineer, a physicist, and a statistician were moose hunting in northern Canada. After a short walk through the marshes they spotted a HUGE moose 150 metres away. The engineer raised his gun and fired at the moose. A puff of dust showed that the bullet landed 3 metres to the right of the moose.