In a national survey of 1000 men and women, percentage who believe that a woman will be elected president of the US by the year 2016: 64. Percentage of Americans who think this will happen by 2004: 25. Percentage who feel a woman will never preside over the White House: 10.
Only eight percent of all financial transactions conducted in the US involve cash.
Obscure acronyms: (from Paul Dickson's Slang)
Fractured saying: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.
Plot summary of The Wizard of Oz: "Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first woman that she meets, then teams up with three complete strangers to kill again. (from the Marin Independent Journal)
If Barbie were a real woman, she'd have to walk on all fours due to her proportions.
Value of Jack Keroac's estate at the time of his death in 1969: just $91. The estimate value of the estate today: $10 million.
Models who twenty years ago weighed 8% less than the average woman, today weigh 23% less.
Over 2 1/2 million mosquito bites would be required to drain the blood from an average human.
Because of all the toxic smoke from last year's forest fires in Southeast Asia, there was a shortage of face masks in Malaysia. Two government employees saved the day by improvising devices made from brassieres. News reports say the bras last longer and are much more comfortable...
Although barely over 50% of licensed US drivers are men, they are driving in almost 3/4 of fatal car accidents.
The Consumer Federation of America reports that there are over 55 million Americans with continuing debt balances of $7000 or more, requiring average annual interest payments of $1000.
Some of the 300 English words for mud:
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If shop mannequins were real women, they'd be too thin to menstruate.
In 1968 some 83% of college freshmen said the purpose of higher education is to form a meaningful philosophy of life. In 1997 less than half felt that way. The numbers were almost exactly reversed for another criterion of purpose: financial security.