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o 25% of men wait until “a few weeks” before Christmas to do their holiday shopping. o 15% of women start Christmas shopping in July. o On average, your left hand does 56% of your typing. o About 8% of students at Dunkin Donuts Training Center fail the six-week course. o Strom Thurmond was the only person ever elected to a U.S. Senate seat as a write-in candidate in 1954. o On an average night, it takes an average person seven minutes to fall asleep. o The English sparrow isn’t a sparrow, and, it comes from Africa, not England. o Napoleon’s writing was so unreadable that many of his letters were mistaken for battlefield maps. o Average speed of a golf ball in flight during the PGA Tour: 160 m.p.h. o If it happened before A.D. 476, it’s “ancient.” After A.D. 476 it’s “medieval.” o Even if baboons wanted to, they couldn’t play baseball because they cannot throw overhand. o In Tucson, Arizona, pothole s are officially known as “pavement deficiencies.” o By the time the King of Siam died in 1910, he had fathered 370 children. o Lions are the only cats that hunt in in packs. o More than 1,000 people belong to the Society of Jim Smiths - all of them are named Jim Smith. o Worldwide, an estimated 85% of all phone calls are conducted in the English language. o Youngest First Lady: Frances Cleveland, age 21. o Folk wisdom: If you refrigerate your rubber bands, they`ll last longer. o There are 250,000 sweat glands of a pair of human feet. o Worldwide, the average woman is shorter than the average man. o It takes 345 squirts from a cow`s udder to get a gallon of milk. o Space Age soufflé: In France, the Big Dipper is called the casserole. o The Earth is turning to desert at a rate of 40 square miles per day. o Walt Disney was afraid of mice. o The saguaro cactus does not grow its first arm until it’s at least 75 years old. o The Apaches referred to horses as “God dogs. o The last U.S train robbery took place in 1933. o A purple finch is actually crimson. o There is no bread in shortbread. It’s a cookie. o The Manx shearwater’s zoological name is Puffinus puffinus. o In the Middle Ages, you were supposed to throw eggs at the bride and groom. o Snakes can get malaria. o In Equatorial Guinea, it’s illegal to name your child Monica. o When a porpoise swims upside down, it’s searching for a mate. o It’s impossible to snore in the weightlessness of space. o It takes around 200,00 frowns to create a permanent brow line. o Chief, the U.S. Cavalry’s last horse died in 1968 at age 36. o Chickens are the only birds that have combs. o Siberia means “sleeping land.” o Fish cough. o Moscow is closer to Washington, D.C. than Honolulu is. o Average annual income in the United States at the start of World War II was $1,070. o Pontius Pilate was born in present day Scotland. o Mosquitos have 47 teeth. o Short people have fewer back problems than tall people do.