In 1876, the average man in the U.S. stood 5'5" tall, 4" shorter than today's average. Half of that increase has been since 1960, according to the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services - since then men are on average 2" taller.
Boys who have unusual first names are more likely to have mental problems than boys with conventional names. Girls don't seem to have this problem.
It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.
On average, 150 couples get married in Las Vegas each day.
Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day.
Approximately 20% of Americans have a passport.
Over 52.4 % of Boulder, Colorado citizens have a bachelor's degree making it the highest educated city in the United States.
One out of every five births in the United States are delivered by Cesarean section.
Women who are romance novel readers are reported to make love 74% more often with their partners than women who do not read romance novels.
Forty percent of Americans iron their clothes while wearing their underwear or being completely naked.
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