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1. Barbie’s measurements (if she were life-size): 39-23-33
2. Coca-cola was originally green
3. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treasury
4. Smartest dogs: 1) border collie; 2) poodle; 3) golden retriever. Dumbest dog: 1) afghan
5. The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters
6. First novel ever written on a typewriter was “Tom Sawyer”
7. There are more collect calls on Father’s Day than any other day of the year
8. Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles PER YEAR
9. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs
10. Men get hiccups more often than women
11. Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better
12. Chances that an American lives within 50 mi of where he/she grew up: 1 in 2
13. Amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class: $440,000
14. City with the most Rolls Royces per capita: Hong Kong
15. State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
16. Chances of a white Christmas in New York: 1 in 4
17. Portion of US annual rainfall that falls in April: 1/12
18. Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28
19. Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38
20. Estimated percentage of American adults who go on a diet each year: 44
21. Percentage of Americans who say that God has spoken to them: 36
22. Percentage of Americans who regularly attend religious services: 43
23. City with the highest per capita viewership of TV evangelists: Washington D.C.
24. Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80
25. Percentage of American women who say they would marry the same man: 50
26. Percentage of men who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 58
27. Percentage of women who say they are happier: 85
28. Number of different familial relationships for which Hallmark makes cards: 105
29. Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
30. Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland or Disney World: 70
31. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches
32. Portion of ice cream sold that is vanilla: 1/3
33. Portion of potatoes sold that are French-fried: 1/3
34. Percentage of Americans that eat at McDonalds each day: 7
35. Percentage of bird species that are monogamous: 90
36. Percentage of mammal species that are: 3
37. Number of US states that claim test scores in their elementary schools are above national average: 50
38. Portion of Harvard students who graduate with honors: 4/5
39. Chances that a burglary in the US will be solved: 1 in 7
40. Portion of land in the US owned by the government: 1/3
50. Only President to remain a bachelor: James Buchanan
51. Only first lady to carry a loaded revolver: Eleanor Roosevelt
52. Only president to win a Pulitzer: John F. Kennedy, for “Profiles in Courage”
53. Only president awarded a patent: Abe Lincoln, for a system of buoying vessels over shoals
54. President who discovered a new proof for The Pythagorean Theorem: Jimmy Carter
55. Only food that does not spoil: honey
56. Only bird that can fly backwards: Hummingbird
57. Only continent without reptiles or snakes: Antarctica
58. Only animal besides human that can get sunburn: Pig
59. Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water
60. An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it
61. In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees
62. Polar bears are left-handed
63. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair
64. Eskimos never gamble
65. The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910
66. The youngest pope was 11 years old
67. Mark Twain didn’t graduate from elementary school
68. Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses
69. Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner
70. Your nose and ears never stop growing
71. Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined
72. The parachute was invented by Leonardo da Vinci in 1515
73. They have square watermelons in Japan … they stack better
74. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation
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