Little Known Facts

Chances that an American lives within 50 miles of where he/she grew up: 1 in 2

Amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served first class: $40,000

Estimated percentage of American adults who go on a diet each year: 44

City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong

State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

Chances of a white Christmas in New York: 1 in 4

Fraction of US annual rainfall that falls in April: 1/12

Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28

Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33

Percentage of Americans who say that God has spoken to them: 36

Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to
do all over again: 80

Percentage of American women who say they would marry the same man: 50

City with the highest per capita viewership of television evangelists: Washington DC

Number of different familial relationships for which Hallmark makes cards: 105

Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400

Percentage of Americans who regularly attend religious services: 43

Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000

Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland or Disney World: 70

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches

Portion of ice cream sold that is vanilla: 1/3

Portion of potatoes sold that are French fried: 1/3

Percentage of Americans that eat at McDonalds each day: 7

Percentage of bird species that are monogamous: 90

Portion of Harvard students who graduate with honors: 4/5

Chances that a burglary in the US will be solved: 1 in 7

Portion of land in the US owned by the government: 1/3

Only President to remain a bachelor: James Buchanon

Only first lady to carry a loaded revolver: Eleanor Roosevelt

Only President to win a Pulitzer: John F. Kennedy for Profiles in Courage

Only President awarded a patent: Abe Lincoln, for a system of buoying vessels over shoals

Only food that does not spoil: honey

Only bird that can fly backwards: Hummingbird

Only animal besides human that can get sunburn: pig

Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water

An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it

In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees

Polar bears are left-handed

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair

Eskimos never gamble

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910

The youngest pope was 11 years old

Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school

Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses

Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner

Your nose and ears never stop growing

Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined

Hot water is heavier than cold. [this is only true in certain
temperature ranges, e.g. near freezing]

The parachute was invented by da Vinci in 1515

They have square watermelons in Japan...they stack better

Cream does not weigh as much as milk

Starfish have eight eyes--one at the end of each leg

Iceland consumes more Coca-cola per capita than any other nation

First novel ever written on a typewriter was Tom Sawyer

There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of the year

Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles per year

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs

Men get hiccups more often than woman

Armadillos can be housebroken

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