Subject: True Facts
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Wed Oct 16 2002 - 06:36:25 EDT
"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
after their divorce or separation: 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. {Is that why I'm a redhead? - LH}
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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