Overall, 84% of all serial killers are white, 93% are male, and 76% are American
Less than half of women in the U.S. say that color is an important factor when buying a new car, as compared to more than 60% of American men
In Houston, Texas it is illegal to grunt while moving boxes
Milk cartons were invented in Sweden
When humans meet for the first time, our eyes widen and our eyebrows lift
Number one cause of burglar alarm activation in the U.S.: owner error (burglary ranks 7th)
Number of days in a year that are exactly 24 hours: 4
Country with the most colleges and universities: Mexico (10,341)
In 2000, Disney lifted its 43-year ban on employee mustaches
About 2% of humans have an extra nipple somewhere on their body
October 4, 2004 was the first day since 1999 on which no one was shot in Chicago
By law, all tombstones in Norway must be the same height
Adding up all the times you blink in a day, your eyes are closed for a total of 30 minutes
Your sense of smell is sharpest at age 10 - by age 20 you will have lost 20% of your sense of smell
Before the Rockies or the Alps were formed, dinosaurs were already extinct
A typical bed houses about 6 million dust mites
The amount of petroleum used worldwide in one year is doubling every 10 years (The U.S. is the world's largest consumer, and the U.S. military consumes most of the imported oil)
Roman citizens who experienced a striking or seemingly significant dream submitted what they had seen to the Senate for analysis and interpretation
1 out of 8 people in the world is suffering chronic malnutrition
Of all the oxygen you breathe in, 20% goes to your brain
During WWII, the U.S. Navy enlisted the assistance of world chess champion Reuben Fine to calculate, on the basis of positional probability, where enemy submarines might be located
In a year, the average person has walked 4 miles in making their bed each day
A zebra is white with black stripes
All polar bears are left-handed
Physicist Lise Meiter, who made calculations that led to the discovery of nuclear fission, was nominated three times for the Nobel Prize in physics but never won -- in 1992, she was posthumously named by fellow scientists "The most significant woman scientist of this century"
In 1949, the Nobel Prize in medicine went to Antonio Egas Moniz in recognition of his breakthrough discovery, the lobotomy -- ten years later he was shot and paralyzed by a disgruntled lobotomized patient
The world's termites outweigh the world's humans by a ratio of 10:1
The rate at which women are murdered in the United States is 5 times higher than any other industrialized nation
Number of psychiatrists who claim to have been physically attacked by a patient: 1 in 2
Percent of Americans who identify the sun as a planet: 15%
Percent of U.S. college graduates who claim to have received all or most of their information after graduation from television watching: 27%
Cockroaches produce flatulence every 15 minutes
Number of Americans who will turn 65 between now and 2030: 38 million
If you are an American murdered in the United States, the chance that you knew your assailant: 92%
If you are a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender American and are murdered in the U.S., chance you knew your assailant: 23%
Date and time of the most UFO sightings each year in the United States: July 4, at either 9p.m. or 3a.m. local time
Italy has a higher population of Barbie dolls than Canada does Canadians
If a child in the U.S. owns a Barbie doll, odds are they own 7
Number of dog owners who say they have talked to their dog over the phone: 1 in 3
Avocados have more protein than any other fruit, and are poisonous to birds
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey
Largest landowner in New York City: Catholic Church (Columbia University is second)
Wal-Mart clothing brand "No Fear" is manufactured in U.S. prisons (Prison labor manufactures 200,000 garments a year sold in 32 U.S. states, Europe and Japan)
Industrialized nations have a higher per capita suicide rate than developing nations - among industrialized nations, the U.S. ranks at about the middle for suicide
Nearly 150 million Americans are in the workforce and 12% of the total American population lives below the poverty line (close to half of those living below the poverty line are employed)
Obese men are 42% less likely to commit suicide than other men
100 years ago, Americans spent 43% of their income on food and 14% on clothing -- today, Americans spend 13% on food and 4% on clothing (spending is now spread out on other items such as t.v., car, Internet, travel, phone and home ownership, which in the past 100 years has risen from 20% to nearly 70%)
In the United States, whites are more likely to cheat on their spouse than any other racial group
In 2002, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the mentally retarded could not be given the death penalty - as a result, a full 25% of death row inmates had their sentences commuted to life
