Page 12 - The 'X' Zone Book of Triviology

o The average American kid in day care catches 10 colds a year, o Your odds of living to age 116: 1 in 2 billion. o The average American male laughs 69 times a day; the average woman, 55. o Secretariat, the racehorse, in 1973 appeared simultaneously on Time, Newsweek and Sports Illustrated. o The U.S. Postal Service owns more than 176,000 cars and trucks making them the largest civilian fleet on earth. o Princess Diana was buried in a plot of land once used as the Spencer family pet cemetery. o Highest consumption of canned beans in the U.S.: New York, Los Angeles, Boston. o It is legal for the dead to vote if they die after mailing in an absentee ballot. o People who drink coffee are less likely to commit suicide than people who don’t. o The memoirs of Ulysses S Grant were the first nationwide bestselling book in the U.S. o One mother shark can give birth to as many as 70 baby sharks per litter. o According to the phone company: 85% of obscene calls are made by males. o In Venice, Venetian blinds are known as “Persian blinds.” o Both gorillas and housecats purr. o 5% of Americans never get married. o Benjamin Franklin gave guitar lessons. o A hibernating bear can go as long as six months without a bathroom break. o 60% of the country of Liechtenstein’s GNP is generated by the sale of false teeth. o When medieval Europeans burned witches, the witches’ families had to pay for the wood. o Most common phobia in the world: odynophobia - the fear of pain. o A turkey only whistles when it is panicking. o Four most dangerous steps on most staircases: the two at the top and the two at the bottom. o It takes 720 peanuts to make a pound of peanut butter. o French and African Marigolds come from North America. o India has an estimated 600 million voters. o In Montreal it’s illegal to water a garden in the rain. o Both buffaloes and whales stampede. o The medical term for ear wax is cerumen. o At last count, Minnesota had 99 lakes named Mud Lake. o 90 m.p.h. is the top speed of a pigeon in flight. o Hitler had his own private train, complete with 15 railcars. It was named Amerika. o In Athens, Greece, you can lose your driver’s license for being “poorly dressed” or “unbathed.” o When pizza became popular in the U.S. in the 1930s, sales of oregano shot up 5,200%. o Squirrels cannot see the color red. o On average, adults have two gallons of air in the space between their skin and clothes. o According to market research, if a girl owns one Barbie, she probably owns seven. o Given the opportunity, chimpanzees will hunt ducks. o Injured fingernails grow faster than uninjured ones. o An exocannibal is a cannibal who eats only enemies. An indocannibal EATS ONLY FRIENDS. o Al Capone’s older brother Vince Capone was a policeman in Nebraska. o The ancient Greeks played cards and in those days, aces were known as “dogs.” o Most-used expression of any language on earth is “OK.” o The average computer worker types 90,000 keystrokes in an eight-hour shift. o On average, people aged 24 to 35 worry less than adults of any other age group.