It's been estimated that an opera singer burns an average of more than 2 calories per minute during a performance.
The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words. More than 2 billion pencils are manufactured in the U.S. annually. If these were laid end to end, they would circle the earth nine times.
Japan is expected to overtake Sweden as the world's most geriatric nation by 2005.
The average life span of London residents in the middle of the 19th century was 27 years. For members of the working class, that number dropped to 22 years
Key West, Florida, is the top-ranking American city for warmth, with an annual average temperature of 77.7 degrees F; International Falls, Minnesota, is the coldest, with an annual average of 36.4 degrees F.
The average New York City household generates 6.2 pounds of garbage each day. Every day, between 12,000 and 14,000 tons of solid waste are disposed at the Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island, New York.
Laptop computers get bumped around too much, which makes them around 30 percent more likely to fail than a computer that stays in one place.
The average-size hot tub or spa — about 4 by 5 feet — holds about 475 gallons of water.
Left-handed people are 20 percent more likely to sample a forkful of food from the plates of fellow diners than are right-handed people.
The budget of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare – $200 billion – is larger than the combined operating expenses of all the governments of the 50 U.S. states combined.
Lightning is more likely than not to strike twice in the same place. Like all electric currents or discharges, lightning follows the path of least resistance.
The Capitol Records building in Los Angeles, California is built to resemble a stack of records. A red airplane-warning light atop the structure flashes out the word "Hollywood" in Morse code every 20 seconds or so.
Miami, Florida is the top metropolitan U.S. city for car thefts, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. New York City and Fresno, California follow.
Modern mills worldwide produce a third of a billion tons of paper every year — three times the total of the world's production of motor vehicles.
By law, information collected in a U.S. census must remain confidential for 72 years.
Canada is the largest importer of American cars.
Chocolate manufacturers use 40 percent of the world's almonds.
Christianity has a billion followers. Islam is next in representation with half this number.
Death at an early age. Nearly half of deaths among Canadian children and teenagers aged 10 to 19 are due to external causes, most commonly, car accidents. Among teens 15 to 19, suicide is the second leading cause of death, accounting for about 25 per cent of teenage deaths.
Despite conspicuous warning systems that include flashing lights, blaring bells, and rail-crossing drop-arm barricades, every 90 minutes in the United States, a train crashes into a passenger vehicle.
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