More than 70 percent of all bagel shops in the United States are found in New York, New Jersey, Florida, and California.
The most popular form of hair removal among women is shaving. According to the Gillette company, 70 percent of women who remove hair do so by shaving.
More than a third of all adults hit their alarm clock's "snooze" button each morning — an average of three times before they get up. Those most guilty of snatching some extra sleep are those in the 25–34 age bracket, at 57 percent
The National Sporting Goods Association says one-fourth of all athletic products are purchased during November and December, the holiday shopping period.
More wool comes from the state of Texas than any other state in the United States. Edwards Plateau in west central Texas is the top sheep growing area in the country.
The New York stock exchange had its first million-share trading day in 1886.
Most American-made car horns beep in the tone of "F."
The Pentagon in Washington, D.C. has five sides, five stories, and five acres in the middle.
Most Virgin Islanders are the descendants of slaves who worked colonial plantations.
The percentage of income tax paid by the average American has more than doubled since 1953. In 1953 the average family paid 11 percent of its income out in taxes. In 1976 it paid 23 percent.
Nearly 100 percent of the dirt in the average home originated from outside – 80 percent of that comes in on people, stuck to their clothes and their feet.
The population of Colombia doubles every 22 years.
Nearly one-fourth of the world's population lives on less than $200 a year. More than 90 million people survive on less than $75 a year.
New York City has the largest black population of any city in the United States. It is followed by Chicago and Philadelphia.
The population of the American colonies in 1610 was 350.
The population of the entire world in 5000 B.C., according to the National Population Council, was 5 million.
New York City, named by Americans as the most dangerous, least attractive, and rudest city in a recent poll, is also, strangely enough, Americans’ top choice as the city where they would most like to live or visit on vacation.
The Roman Catholic population of the world is larger than that of all other Christian sects combined.
New Zealand has an estimated population of 3,500,000, which is nearly a million less than the much smaller U.S. state of Arizona, with a 1997 estimated population of 4,595,000.
The smallest post office in the country is the converted an 8-foot x 7-foot shed that serves the 200 families living in and around Ochopee, Florida, zip code 33843.
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