29-12-2004, 10:23 AM
GUYVILLE FACTS OF THE DAY- ARCHIVE
1. Harrison Ford has been in 8 of the Top 50 Grossing Movies Ever, totaling 2.03 billion dollars.
2. 'New car smell' is caused by phtylates, a plastic softener used in car upholstery
3. 60% of all babies are named after a relative.
4. The world's smallest country is Vatican City, which is 17 square miles.
5. A guy's life expectancy is estimated at 74. In 1900, it was 46.
6. 9% of American households had TVs in 1950. Today it is above 98%.
7. The sailfish is the fastest animal in water, which can travel at speeds up to 68 mph.
8. In 1921 there were 30,456 banks in the United States. In 1999, there were 8,675.
9. The United States has more prisoners than any other country with over 1.6 million. Russia is second with just over 1 million.
10. The hottest day ever was in Libya, recorded at 136 degrees Fahrenheit.
11. In 1998, South Carolinians scored lowest on the math SAT, averaging a score or 470.
12. An American will produce over 1,600 pounds of waste a year.
13. Chop suey was invented in 1896.
14. A gallon of water weighs 8.3 pounds. A gallon of gasoline weighs 5.8 pounds.
15. Women blink twice as much as men.
16. Impotence is grounds for divorce in 24 U.S. states.
17. Selling chewing gum in Singapore is illegal.
18. Roughly 2.3 Million Americans are on vacation every week.
19. Gabriel the Archangel is the patron saint of television.
20. St. Fiacre is the patron saint of cab drivers
21. Czechs drink more beer than any other nation, roughly 358 bottles of beer a year.
22. The highest toll paid for the Panama Canal was $141,344. It was for the cruise ship The Crown Princess.
23. Sugar Free Mr. Pibb has the highest amount of caffeine out of all sodas, even more than Mountain Dew.
24. Woodrow Wilson appeared on the $100,000 bill, which hasn't been printed since 1934.
25. James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Bill Clinton were all left-handed.
26. J.F. Brondel invented the toilet in 1738.
27. Lou Gehrig holds the record for most home runs by a first baseman (493).
28. The U.S. National Debt is currently $5,651,474,173,566.
29. Lou Gehrig holds the record for most grand slams in a career with 23.
30. An average person will spend 600 hours having sex between ages 20-70.
31. Joan Benoit won the first Olympic marathon for women.
32. The celibacy requirement for priesthood was adopted in 1215.
33. Americans spent more than $18 billion on lottery tickets in 1990.
34. A doromaniac has a compulsion to give gifts.
35. A sneeze can travel up to 60 miles an hour.
36. Babies are born with 300 bones. An adult has 206.
37. Caligynephobia is the fear of beautiful women.
38. Potophobia is the fear of alcohol.
39. The uterus expands to 500 times its normal size during pregnancy.
40. The cornea is the only part of the human body that has no blood supply.
41. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.
42. An average guy's skin weighs about 6 pounds.
43. Roughly 6,600 guys get married every day.
44. According to U.S. News and World Report, Rutgers is the most diverse university in the U.S.
45. The cattle population in Texas is 16 million.
46. Miami, Florida installed the first ATM specifically for rollerbladers.
47. In 1996, 51% of Americans ages 12 and over have had an alcoholic drink
48. The average guy (20 yrs. old +) weighs 180 pounds. The average woman weighs 152 pounds.
49. A guy's heart will beat roughly 100,000 times in a day.
50. The minimum age for marriage for Italian girls was raised to 12 in 1892.
1. Harrison Ford has been in 8 of the Top 50 Grossing Movies Ever, totaling 2.03 billion dollars.
2. 'New car smell' is caused by phtylates, a plastic softener used in car upholstery
3. 60% of all babies are named after a relative.
4. The world's smallest country is Vatican City, which is 17 square miles.
5. A guy's life expectancy is estimated at 74. In 1900, it was 46.
6. 9% of American households had TVs in 1950. Today it is above 98%.
7. The sailfish is the fastest animal in water, which can travel at speeds up to 68 mph.
8. In 1921 there were 30,456 banks in the United States. In 1999, there were 8,675.
9. The United States has more prisoners than any other country with over 1.6 million. Russia is second with just over 1 million.
10. The hottest day ever was in Libya, recorded at 136 degrees Fahrenheit.
11. In 1998, South Carolinians scored lowest on the math SAT, averaging a score or 470.
12. An American will produce over 1,600 pounds of waste a year.
13. Chop suey was invented in 1896.
14. A gallon of water weighs 8.3 pounds. A gallon of gasoline weighs 5.8 pounds.
15. Women blink twice as much as men.
16. Impotence is grounds for divorce in 24 U.S. states.
17. Selling chewing gum in Singapore is illegal.
18. Roughly 2.3 Million Americans are on vacation every week.
19. Gabriel the Archangel is the patron saint of television.
20. St. Fiacre is the patron saint of cab drivers
21. Czechs drink more beer than any other nation, roughly 358 bottles of beer a year.
22. The highest toll paid for the Panama Canal was $141,344. It was for the cruise ship The Crown Princess.
23. Sugar Free Mr. Pibb has the highest amount of caffeine out of all sodas, even more than Mountain Dew.
24. Woodrow Wilson appeared on the $100,000 bill, which hasn't been printed since 1934.
25. James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Bill Clinton were all left-handed.
26. J.F. Brondel invented the toilet in 1738.
27. Lou Gehrig holds the record for most home runs by a first baseman (493).
28. The U.S. National Debt is currently $5,651,474,173,566.
29. Lou Gehrig holds the record for most grand slams in a career with 23.
30. An average person will spend 600 hours having sex between ages 20-70.
31. Joan Benoit won the first Olympic marathon for women.
32. The celibacy requirement for priesthood was adopted in 1215.
33. Americans spent more than $18 billion on lottery tickets in 1990.
34. A doromaniac has a compulsion to give gifts.
35. A sneeze can travel up to 60 miles an hour.
36. Babies are born with 300 bones. An adult has 206.
37. Caligynephobia is the fear of beautiful women.
38. Potophobia is the fear of alcohol.
39. The uterus expands to 500 times its normal size during pregnancy.
40. The cornea is the only part of the human body that has no blood supply.
41. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.
42. An average guy's skin weighs about 6 pounds.
43. Roughly 6,600 guys get married every day.
44. According to U.S. News and World Report, Rutgers is the most diverse university in the U.S.
45. The cattle population in Texas is 16 million.
46. Miami, Florida installed the first ATM specifically for rollerbladers.
47. In 1996, 51% of Americans ages 12 and over have had an alcoholic drink
48. The average guy (20 yrs. old +) weighs 180 pounds. The average woman weighs 152 pounds.
49. A guy's heart will beat roughly 100,000 times in a day.
50. The minimum age for marriage for Italian girls was raised to 12 in 1892.