1 in 10 people are arrested every year in the US
A car is stolen every 30 seconds in the US
Women shoplift more than men: the statistics are 4 to 1
The longest kiss on record lasted 130 hours and 2 minutes
The record for worlds worst driver is a toss-up between two candidates: first, a 75-year-old man who recieved 10 parking tickets, drove on the wrong side of the road 4 times, committed four hit-and-run offences and caused six accidents, all within 20 minutes on 15 October 1966. Second, a 62-year-old woman, who failed her driving test 40 times before passing (by which time she had spent so much money on lessons, she could no longer afford a car).
The world record for carrying a milk bottle on your head is 24 miles.
0.3% of road accidents in Canada involve a Moose
One in four people don't know their astrological sign
Thirteen people a year are killed by falling vending machines
Two and five are the only primes that end in two or five
22,000 cheques will be deducted fromthe wrond bank accounts in the next hour
4% or the US population are vegitarians
40% of women have hurled footwear at men
50% of bank robberies happen on a friday
50% of teenage boys say that they would rather be rich than smart
51% of turns are right turns
55% of motorbike accidents happenat the weekend
56% of the video game market is adults
57% of British school kids thinkGermany is the most boring country in Europe
69% of men say they would rather break up with a girl in private rather than public
7% of Americans think Elvis is alive
70% of all boats sold are used in fishing
811,000 faulty rolls of 35mm film will be purchased this year
82% of the world's population believe in an afterlife
880,000 credit cards in circulation will turn out to have the wrong cardholder information in the magnetic strip
9% of Americans have reported having been in the presence of a ghost
90% of women who walk in a department store immediately turn to the right
95% of food poisoning cases are never reported
about 1 in 70 people who pick their noses actually eat their bogies
About 43% of convicted criminals in the US are rearrested within a year of being released from prison
About 5% of Americans claim to have talked to the divil personally
About 6% of murdered men are killed by a wife or girlfriend
About 200 babies are born worldwide every minute
Approx. 97.35618329% of statistics are made up on the spot
Assuming Rudolf was infront, there are 40,320 different ways to arrange the other reindeer
At 1.6 deaths for every 1,000 people, Qatar has the lowest death rate in the world
August is the month in which most babies are born
Average age of GM executive in 1994: 49.8 years
Average age of the Rolling Stones: 50.6
1 in 7 burglaries in the US are solved
You're more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider
Experienced watresses say that married men tip better than unmarried men
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada has the largest number of bars per capita in the world
In Calcutta, 79% of the population live in one-room houses
In Japan, 20% of all publications sold are comic books
In the next week, 800 Americans will be injured by their jewelry
It is estimated, at any time 0.7% of the world's population are drunk
It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun
Men are 1.6 times as likely to undergo by-pass surgery than women
Meteorologists claim they're right 85% of the time
More people are killed by donkeys anually than in plane crashes
More than 10% of the salt produced in the world is used on America's roads
Most fatal car accidents happen on a Saturday
Couple who marry in January, Febuary and March have the highest divorce rates
Odds of being killed by a dog are 1 in 700,000
Odds of being killed by a tornado are 1 in 2,000,000
Odds of being killed by falling out of bed are 1 in 2,000,000
Odds of being killed in a car crash are 1 in 5,000
Odds of dying in a bathtub are 1 in 1,000,000
Of the 266 men who've been Pope, 33 have died violently
On average, children between the age of 2 and 7 colour for 28 minutes each day
One-quarter of the worlds population lives on under �140
90,000,000 people survive onless than �50 a year
Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star
Over 50% of Americans believe in the devil
58% of men are happier after a divorce or seperation
85% of women are happier after a divorce or seperation
40% of dog and cat owners carry pictures of their pets in their wallets
Statistically the safest age of life is 10 years old
Summer is the most hazardous season
Sweden has the least number of murders anually
10% of frequent fliers say they never check their luggage when flying
The average adult spends about 12 minutes in the shower
The average 4-year-old child asks over 400 questions a day
The average person keeps magazines 29 weeks until they throw them out
The average person spend about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime
The average person will spend 2 weeks in their lifetime waiting for traffic lights to change
The murder rate in the US is 200 times the murder rate in Japan. No private citizen can legally buy a handgun in Japan
55% of men wash their hands after going to the toilet
80% of women wash their hands after going to the toilet
35% of people who use personal ads for dating are already married
Travelling by air is the safest means of transport
12 babies will be given to the wrong parents each day
2 in 5 husbands tell their wives that they love them daily
You are more likely to get attacked by a cow than a shark
Your statistical chance of being murdered is 1 in 20,000
400 quarter-pounders can be made from one cow
7% of Americans eat McDonalds each day
7% of the Irish barley crop is used to produce Guinness beer
Almost 425,000 hotdogs and buns, 160,000 hamburgers and cheeseburgers were served at Woodstock '99
Americans eat 18 acres of pizza every day
50 gallons of Maple Sap are used to make 1 gallon of Maple Syrup
China produces 278,564,356,980 eggs each year
China's Beijing Duck Restaurantcan seat 9,000 people at one time
Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion worth of pet food each year
Dunkin' Donuts serves about 112,500 donuts each day
During your lifetime, you will eat 60,000 pounds of food - the weight of 6 elephants
Each year, Americans spend more on cat food than on baby food
Fanta Orange is the third largest selling soft drink in the US
France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese
If China imported just 10% of its rice needs the price on the world market would increase by 80%
It is estimated that Americans will consume 10 million tons of turkey on Thanksgiving Day. Due to turkey's high sulphur content, Americans will also produce enough gas to fleet of 75 Hindenburghs from LA to New York in 24 hours
It takes more than 500 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter
Less than 3% of Nestle's sales are for chocolate
More than half of the different types of cheese in the world come from France
Britain's most popular snack food is potato crisps
Pound for pound (lb/�), hamburgers cost more than new cars
Rice is grown on more than 10% of the earth's farmable surface
Since 1978, 37 people have died as a result of shaking vending machines to get free produce. More than 100 people have been injured
The average American chews 190 sticks of chewing gum, drinks 600 sodas and 800 gallons of water, eats 135 pounds of sugar and 19 pounds of cereal per year
The biggest selling restaurant food is french fries
The estimated number of M&Ms sold daily in the US is 200 million
The highest lifetime yeild of milk for a single cow is 465,224lbs
The largest apple pie baked was 40 by 23 feet
The largest hamburger in the world was weighed in at 5,520 pounds
The largest ketchup bottle is a 170 feet (52m) water tower
The most popular ice-cream flavor in vanilla
The most popular sweet pepper is the bell pepper
The US Government spent $277,000 on "Pickle Research" in 1993
The wheat that produces a one-pound loaf of bread requires two tons of water to grow
The world's number one producer & consumer of fresh pork is China
There are 2 million different sandwiche combinations that can be creathes from a SUBWAY menu
There are more donut shops per capita in Canada than in any other country
There are more than 100 chemicals in one cup of coffee
There are more than 15,000 diffeerent kinds of rice
Yogurt intake among North Americans has quadrupled in the past 20 years
16,850 bananas are eaten each week in the Boston University dining room
Fresh apples float, because 25% of their volume is air
Over 200 varieties of watermelon are grown in the US
Over a third of pineapples come from Hawaii
The average banana weighs 126 grams
The most widely eaten fruit in America is the banana
Beijing boasts the world's largest Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant
In a typical restaurant, customers recieve 27 pence worth of food for every pound they spend
On average there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonald's BigMac bun
90% of vitamin C in brissels sprouts will be lost in cooking
96% of a cucumber is water
The most common pear world-wide is the Bartlett
The oldest known vegetable is the pea
Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61%
Drinking water is about 3 billion years old
48 million people in the US recieve their drinking water from private or household wells
In a typical Canadian home, 45% of water is used for the toilet, 28% for bathing and personal matters, 23% for the laundry and dishes and 4% for cooking or drinking
It takes about half a gallon of water to cook macaroni, and about a gallon to clean the pot
Less than 2% of the water on Earth is fresh
