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Stranger than Fiction
Facts About Americans - Did You Know That...
Facts about Americans. Did you know that;
- Only 30% of us can flare our nostrils
- 21% of us don't make our bed daily. 5% of us never do.
- Men do 29% of laundry each week. Only 7% of women trust their husbands to do it correctly.
- 40% of women have hurled footwear at a man
- 85% of men don't use the slit in their underwear
- 67.5% of men wear briefs (as opposed to boxers)
- The average bra size today is 36C whereas 10 years ago it was a 34B
- 85% of women wear the wrong bra size
- 3 out of 4 of us store our dollar bills in rigid order with singles leading up to higher denominations
- 13% of us admit to occassionally doing our offspring's homework
- 91% of us lie regularly
- 27% admit to cheating on a test or quiz
- 29% admit they've intentionally stolen something from a store
- 50% admit they regularly sneak food into movie theaters to avoid the high prices of snack foods
- 90% believe in divine retribution
- 10% believe in the 10 Commandments
- 82% believe in an afterlife
- 45% believe in ghosts
- 13% (mostly men) have spent a night in jail
- 29% of us are virgins when we marry
- 58.4% have called into work sick when we weren't
- 10% of us switch tags in the store to pay less for an item
- Over 50% believe in spanking---but only a child over 2 years old
- 35% give to charity at least once a month
- When asked "How far would you go for $10 million?" 25% would abandon their friends, family, and church, 7% would murder
- 69% eat the cake before the frosting
- When nobody else is around, 47% drink milk straight from the carton
- 85% of us will eat Spam this year
- 70% of us drink orange juice daily
- Snickers is the most popular candy
- 22% of us skip lunch daily
- 9% of us skip breakfast daily
- 66% of us eat cereal regularly
- 22% of all restaurant meals include french fries
- 14% of us eat the watermelon seeds
- Only 13% brush our teeth from side to side
- 45% use mouthwash every day
- 22% leave the glob of toothpaste in the sink
- The typical shower is 101 degrees F
- Nearly 1/3 of U.S. women color their hair
- 9% of women and 8% of men have had cosmetic surgery
- 53% of women will not leave the house without makeup on
- 58% of women paint their nails regularly
- 62% of us pop our zits
- 33% of women lie about their weight
- 10% of us claim to have seen a ghost
- 57% have had deja vu
- 49% believe in ESP
- 4 out of 5 of us have suffered from hemorrhoids
- The average girl starts her period at age 12
- 44% have broken a bone
- Only 30% of us know our cholesterol level
- 14% have attended a self-help meeting
- 15% regularly go to a shrink
- 78% would rather die quickly than live in a retirement home
- 46.5% of men say they ALWAYS put the seat down after they've used the toilet, yet women claim to ALWAYS find it up
- 30% of us refuse to sit on a public toilet seat
- 54.2% of us always wash our hands after using the toilet
- 23.5% admit they don't always flush
- 55.2% will let someone else come in the bathroom while they're using the toilet
- 39% of us peek in our host's bathroom cabinet. 17% have been caught by the host.
- 81.3% would tell an acquaintance to zip his pants
- 29% of us ignore RSVP
- 71.6% of us eavesdrop
- 22% are functionally illiterate
- Less than 10% are trilingual
- 37% claim to know how to use all the features on their VCR
- 53% prefer ATM machines over tellers
- 56% of women do the bills in a marriage
- 2 out of 3 of us wouldn't give up our spouse even for a night for a million bucks
- 20% of us have played in a band at one time in our life
- 40% of us have had music lessons
- 44% reuse tinfoil
- 57% save pretty gift paper to reuse
- 66% of women and 59% of men have used a mix to cook and taken credit for doing it from scratch
- 53% read their horoscopes regularly
- 16% of us have forgotten our own wedding anniversary (mostly men)
- 90% of us depend on alarm clocks to wake us
- 53% of us would take advice from Anne Landers
- 28% of us have skinny-dipped. 14% with the opposite sex.
- 51% of adults dress up for a Halloween festivity
- On average, we send 38 Christmas cards every year
- 20% of women consider their parents to be their best friends
- 2 out of 5 have married their first love
- The biggest cause of matrimonial fighting is money
- Only 4% asked the parents' approval for their bride's hand
- 1 in 5 men proposed on his knees
- 6% propose over the phone
- 71% can drive a stick-shift car
- 45% of us consistantly follow the speed limit
- 2/3 of us speed up at a yellow light
- 1/3 of us don't wear seat belts
- 12% of men never use their car blinkers
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