Percentage of women in Mississippi aged 15-44 who are mothers: 68% (The U.S. national average is 46%)
Percent of U.S. population aged 15-64 years: 68%
World's largest consumer of cocaine: U.S.
An average person would weigh about half a pound more at the Equator than at the North or South Pole
The letter J was the last to be added to the English alphabet
About 9 million Canadians claim French as their primary language
Temperature of a typical shower in the U.S.: 101 degrees F
Percent of all arms exported to developing countries that come from the U.S.: 50% -- (Percent exported to non-democratic regimes: 54%)
Day of the week most Americans report illness as a reason to not go to work: Friday (Monday ranks second)
Day of the week most U.S. banks are robbed: Friday, between 9am and 11am
Chance of full recovery for a person infected with SARS: 98%
Chance of full recovery for a person infected with H1N1 ("swine flu"): 99.9%
Percentage of people surveyed who admit to urinating in the shower: 45%
Number of documents lost by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) each year: 2 million
The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the 48 poorest nations
Likelihood that you will immediately turn to the right when entering a department store: 90%
Number of life species that become extinct each day: 150
Number of books that will be shipped to bookstores and other distributors with the wrong covers in an average year: 2.5 million
Americans who confess to lying "regularly": 93%
Age at which the human skeleton stops growing: 35 years
Number of commuters to Manhattan each workday: 6.7 million
Number of bacteria exchanged during an open-mouthed kiss: about 40,000
Number of Americans on a diet: 1 in 2
Percent of 10-year old American girls who claim to be dieting: 80%
Number of Americans who are considered overweight: 1 in 2 (Number of Americans considered obese: 1 in 4)
Sport depicted most frequently in Hollywood films: Boxing
Number of adult Americans who admit to urinating in public swimming pools: 1 in 3
Jewish households in the U.S. that display Christmas trees: 11%
Month during which the earth rotates slowest on its axis: March
Number of people killed each year, on average, by falling coconuts: 150
Bluetooth, the wireless communication standard, was named after Harold Bluetooth, a 10th century king who encouraged communication and unity between warring Norse and Danish tribes
Although oil is referred to as "black gold," when it spurts out of the ground it's actually dark green
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ELECTRIC AVENUE
More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa
The language in which a government conducts business is the official language of the country
The term "couch potato" is the legal trademarked property of Robert Armstrong, who had the descriptor officially trademarked in 1976
Since 1990, 30 new nations have emerged to declare themselves sovereigns
The United States uses slightly more than 33% of all electricity produced in the world
A flea can jump 350 times its body length, the equivalent of a human jumping the length of a football field
U.S. Airways makes about $10 million a year from ads on tray tables and napkins
In 1995, there were 18,000 websites on the Internet -- today, there are more than 100 million sites (1 in 5 are considered pornographic)
It is more fuel efficient to drive with the air conditioner on than with the windows rolled down if you are driving over 55 miles per hour
Only 1 in 1,000 animals born in the ocean survives to maturity
Peru has the greatest biodiversity and density of bird species with over 1,780 species, representing 18.5% of all bird species on earth
By October 2005, seven otherwise independent nations - Easat Timur, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, and Panama- adopted the U.S. dollar as their currency
Brazonia County in Texas has the distinction of being the only county in the United States to have every kind of poisonous snake found in the entire country
Of all known forms of animal life ever to inhabit the earth, less than 10% still exist today
10% of all animal biomass in the world is comprised of ants
On average, humans sleep 2-3 hours less than other primates who generally sleep about 10 hours a day
17 hours of sustained wakefulness in a person leads to a decrease in mental performance and physical coordination equivalent to a blood alcohol level of .05%
Emilio Marco Palma was the first person born in Antarctica, in 1978
Whenever the divorce rate spikes in the U.S., toy-makers report a rise in toy sales
65% of candy sold in the U.S. is consumed by adults
Denmark has the highest per capita consumption of candy in the world with each person in the country eating, on average, 36 pounds a year
First minimum wage in the United States: 25 cents per hour, enacted in 1938
1 out of 6 disabling work injuries worldwide involve the fingers
New York was the first state to require license plates on cars
The Amazon rain forest produces 20% of the world's oxygen
Burials in the United States deposit 827,000 gallons of embalming fluid into the soil each year (formaldehyde, methanol, ethanol)
Woodward, Avenue in Detroit carries the designation M1, so named because it was the first paved road anywhere in the United States
Damascus, Syria is the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence
People descended from the Scottish clan of Kerr are more likely to be left-handed than any other ancestral group
70% of people who die in the U.S. die in a hospital emergency, operating room, or during their stay (20% die in a private residence)
No American has died of "old age" since 1951 when the classification was eliminated on death certificates by federal law
Human babies are colorblind at birth
Color of automobiles most frequently involved in car accidents in the U.S. each year: Red
Color of automobiles most frequently stolen in the U.S. each year: Red
Half of all newspapers in the world are published in the U.S. and Canada
Average number of birds killed each year from flying into windows: 10,000
Most popular color of toothbrush sold in the U.S.: Blue
Percentage of all your bones that are in your feet: 25%
Number of sheets of toilet paper used each day by the typical American: 57
The language in which a government conducts business is the official language of the country
The term "couch potato" is the legal trademarked property of Robert Armstrong, who had the descriptor officially trademarked in 1976
Since 1990, 30 new nations have emerged to declare themselves sovereigns
The United States uses slightly more than 33% of all electricity produced in the world
A flea can jump 350 times its body length, the equivalent of a human jumping the length of a football field
U.S. Airways makes about $10 million a year from ads on tray tables and napkins
In 1995, there were 18,000 websites on the Internet -- today, there are more than 100 million sites (1 in 5 are considered pornographic)
It is more fuel efficient to drive with the air conditioner on than with the windows rolled down if you are driving over 55 miles per hour
Only 1 in 1,000 animals born in the ocean survives to maturity
Peru has the greatest biodiversity and density of bird species with over 1,780 species, representing 18.5% of all bird species on earth
By October 2005, seven otherwise independent nations - Easat Timur, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, and Panama- adopted the U.S. dollar as their currency
Brazonia County in Texas has the distinction of being the only county in the United States to have every kind of poisonous snake found in the entire country
Of all known forms of animal life ever to inhabit the earth, less than 10% still exist today
10% of all animal biomass in the world is comprised of ants
On average, humans sleep 2-3 hours less than other primates who generally sleep about 10 hours a day
17 hours of sustained wakefulness in a person leads to a decrease in mental performance and physical coordination equivalent to a blood alcohol level of .05%
Emilio Marco Palma was the first person born in Antarctica, in 1978
Whenever the divorce rate spikes in the U.S., toy-makers report a rise in toy sales
65% of candy sold in the U.S. is consumed by adults
Denmark has the highest per capita consumption of candy in the world with each person in the country eating, on average, 36 pounds a year
First minimum wage in the United States: 25 cents per hour, enacted in 1938
1 out of 6 disabling work injuries worldwide involve the fingers
New York was the first state to require license plates on cars
The Amazon rain forest produces 20% of the world's oxygen
Burials in the United States deposit 827,000 gallons of embalming fluid into the soil each year (formaldehyde, methanol, ethanol)
Woodward, Avenue in Detroit carries the designation M1, so named because it was the first paved road anywhere in the United States
Damascus, Syria is the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence
People descended from the Scottish clan of Kerr are more likely to be left-handed than any other ancestral group
70% of people who die in the U.S. die in a hospital emergency, operating room, or during their stay (20% die in a private residence)
No American has died of "old age" since 1951 when the classification was eliminated on death certificates by federal law
Human babies are colorblind at birth
Color of automobiles most frequently involved in car accidents in the U.S. each year: Red
Color of automobiles most frequently stolen in the U.S. each year: Red
Half of all newspapers in the world are published in the U.S. and Canada
Average number of birds killed each year from flying into windows: 10,000
Most popular color of toothbrush sold in the U.S.: Blue
Percentage of all your bones that are in your feet: 25%
Number of sheets of toilet paper used each day by the typical American: 57
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