Facts About Americans

Facts about Americans. Did you know that . . .

- Only 30% of us can flare our nostrils.

- 21% of us don't make our bed daily. 5% of us never do.

- Men do 29% of laundry each week.

- Only 7% of women trust their husbands to do it correctly.

- 40% of women have hurled footwear at a man.

- 67.5% of men were tightie whities (briefs).

- 3 out of 4 of us store our dollar bills in rigid order with singles leading up to higher denominations.

- 13% of us admit to occassionally doing our offspring's homework.

- 91% of us lie regularly.

- 27% admit to cheating on a test or quiz.

- 29% admit they've intentionally stolen something from a store.

- 50% admit they regularly sneak food into movie theaters to avoid the high prices of snack foods.

- 90% believe in divine retribution.

- 10% believe in the 10 Commandments.

- 82% believe in an afterlife.

- 45% believe in ghosts.

- 13% (mostly men) have spent a night in jail.

- 58.4% have called into work sick when we weren't.

- 10% of us switch tags in the store to pay less for an item.

- Over 50% believe in spanking - but only a child over 2 years old.

- 35% give to charity at least once a month.

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- 25% would abandon their friends, family, and church.

- 7% would murder.

- 69% eat the cake before the frosting.

- When nobody else is around, 47% drink straight from the carton.

- 85% of us will eat Spam this year.

- 70% of us drink orange juice daily.

- Snickers is the most popular candy.

- 22% of us skip lunch daily.

- 9% of us skip breakfast daily.

- 66% of us eat cereal regularly.

- 22% of all restaurant meals include french fries.

- 14% of us eat the watermelon seeds.

- Only 13% brush our teeth from side to side.

- 45% use mouthwash every day.

- 22% leave the glob of toothpaste in the sink.

- The typical shower is 101 degrees F.

- Nearly 1/3 of U.S. women color their hair.

- 9% of women and 8% of men have had cosmetic surgery.

- 53% of women will not leave the house without makeup on.

- 58% of women paint their nails regularly.

- 33% of women lie about their weight.

- 10% of us claim to have seen a ghost.

- 57% have had deja vu.

- 49% believe in ESP.

- 44% have broken a bone.

- Only 30% of us know our cholesterol level.

- 14% have attended a self-help meeting.

- 15% regularly go to a shrink.

- 78% would rather die quickly than live in a retirement home.

- 30% of us refuse to sit on a public toilet seat.

- 54.2% of us always wash our hands after using the toilet.

- 39% of us peek in our host's bathroom cabinet.

- 17% have been caught by the host.

- 29% of us ignore RSVP.

- 71.6% of us eavesdrop.

- 22% are functionally illiterate.

- Less than 10% are trilingual.

- 37% claim to know how to use all the features on their VCR.

- 53% prefer ATM machines over tellers.

- 56% of women do the bills in a marriage.

- 2 out of 3 of us wouldn't give up their spouse even for a night for a million U.S. dollars.

- 20% of us have played in a band at one time in our life.

- 40% of us have had music lessons.

- 44% reuse tinfoil.

- 57% save pretty gift paper to reuse.

- 66% of women and 59% of men have used a mix to cook and taken credit for doing it from scratch.

- 53% read their horoscopes regularly.

- 16% of us have forgotten our own wedding anniversary (mostly men).

- 59% of us say we're average-looking.

- Blacks are more than twice as likely to call themselves beautiful.

- 90% of us depend on alarm clocks to wake us.

- 53% of us would take advice from Anne Landers.

- 51% of adults dress up for a Halloween festivity.

- On average, we send 38 Christmas cards every year.

- 20% of women consider their parents to be their best friends.

- 2 out of 5 have married their first love.

- The biggest cause of matrimonial fighting is money.

- Only 4% asked the parents' approval for their bride's hand.

- 1 in 5 men proposed on his knees.

- 6% propose over the phone.

- 71% can drive a stick-shift car.

- 45% of us consistantly follow the speed limit.

- 2/3 of us speed up at a yellow light.

- 1/3 of us don't wear seat belts.

- 12% of men never use their car blinkers.

- 44% of men tailgate to speed up the person in front of them.

- 25% of us drive after we've been drinking.

- 4 out of 5 sing in the car.