True Facts
Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear
better.
Coca-cola was originally green.
Every day more
money is printed for Monopoly than for the US
Treasury
Amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one
olive from each salad served first class: $40,000
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 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
Percentage of men who say they are happier after their divorce or
separation: 58
Percentage of women who say they are happier: 85
Average number of people airborne over the US any given
hour: 61,000.
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
Percentage of bird species that are monogamous: 90
Percentage of mammal species (including humans!!) that are
monogamous: 3
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
food that does not spoil: honey
Only bird that can fly
backwards: Hummingbird
Only continent without reptiles or
snakes: Antarctica
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.
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.
Hot water is heavier than cold.
They have square watermelons in Japan...they stack
better.
Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any
other nation.
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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