Friday, August 18, 2006

now how's that for a fact?!

American women, on average, spend 55 minutes per day getting showered, dressed, and groomed.

Forty percent of Americans iron their clothes while wearing their underwear or being completely naked.

Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day.

Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.

Annually, the amount of garbage that is dumped in the world's oceans is three times the weight of fish that is caught from the oceans.

By recycling just one glass bottle, the amount of energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours.

Every year approximately 2,500 left-handed people are killed by using object or machinery designed for right-handed people.

Every year approximately 3,000 people choke to death.

In a year, the average person walks four miles to make his or her bed.

It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.

More than 90% of shark attack victims survive.

Most American women have their first baby when they are 24.3 years old.

The amount of aluminum that Americans throw out in three months is enough to rebuild all American commercial planes.

Three years of a person's life is spent on the toilet.

The first toilet stall in a public washroom is the least likely to be used. It is also the cleanest.

Most toilets’ flush musical note equivalent is an E flat.

According to studies, an average roll of toilet paper lasts about five days in the bathroom.

In a survey conducted in 2000 by Kimberly-Clark, it was found that men prefer to fold their toilet paper, and women like to wad it.