Reasons

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One in five American households move in a given year. The average American moves 11 times. But most of us - 61 percent - still live in the state we were born in. And big corporations report increasing resistance to transfers to new cities...with many people turning down promotions in order to stay put.

 

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Before the Chinese take-over of Tibet in 1952, 25 percent of the males in the country were Buddhist monks.

 

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By the end of the U.S. Civil War, 33 percent of all U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit. This was a devastating situation for a nation struggling to recover economically from such a destructive war. On July 5, 1865, the Secret Service was created as a part of the Department of the Treasury to help suppress counterfeit currency.

 

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Cold pizza is fairly popular. A survey found 15 percent actually PREFER pizza this way, suggesting that the number who love hot pizza but don't mind eating the leftovers cold the next day must be quite high indeed.

 

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It is estimated that 60 percent of home smoke detectors in use do not work because they don't have a battery in them or the battery in the detector no longer has any potency.

 

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Two-thirds of men wear briefs, 22 percent wear boxers, and six percent don't wear underwear (I assume 6% did not answer).

 

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Nearly 87 percent of the 103 people polled in 1977 were unable to identify correctly an unlabeled copy of the Declaration of Independence.

 

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According to a major hotel chain, approximately the same numbers of men and women are locked out of their rooms. 32 percent are less than fully dressed.

 

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The population divides approximately in half between AM and PM people. But early-birds have the edge - 56 percent routinely rise early while 44 percent stay up late. Medical studies, by the way, find that people tend to work more productively in the morning.

 

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A recent Gallup survey showed that in the United States 8 percent of kissers kept their eyes open, but more than 20 percent confessed to an occasional peek. Forty-one percent said they experienced their first serious smooch when they were age thirteen, fourteen, or fifteen; 36 percent between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one. The most memorable kiss in a motion picture was in "Gone With The Wind" according to 25 percent of those polled.

 

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Residential buildings use about 35 percent of all available electricity.

 

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The one extra room new-home shoppers want the most is the laundry room, at 95 percent. Only 66 percent of new-home buyers request an extra room to use as an office.

 

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Spaghetti is the favorite pasta shape, with 38 percent favoring it over other pasta shapes. The second favorite shape is elbow macaroni, at 16 percent.

 

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In the United States, more than 25 percent of women's fashion dollars are spent on sizes 16 and up.

 

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So most are fat pigs

 

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More than 50 percent of adults surveyed said that children should not be paid money for getting good grades in school.

 

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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.

 

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Ninety percent of U.S. households have at lease one remote control for the television; 8 out of 10 report losing it.

 

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Canada is the largest importer of American cars.

 

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Chocolate manufacturers use 40 percent of the world's almonds.

 

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Each year approximately 250,000 American husbands are physically attacked and beaten by their wives.

 

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Ostriches are often not taken seriously. They can run faster than horses, and the males can roar like lions.

 

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Seals used for their fur get extremely sick when taken aboard ships.

 

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Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.

 

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Guinea pigs and rabbits can't sweat.

 

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The pet food company Ralston Purina recently introduced, from its subsidiary Purina Philippines, power chicken feed designed to help roosters build muscles for cockfighting, which is popular in many areas of the world.

 

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According to the Wall Street Journal, the cockfighting market is huge: The Philippines has five million roosters used for exactly that.

 

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Sharks and rays are the only animals known to man that don't get cancer. Scientists believe this has something to do with the fact that they don't have bones, but cartilage.

 

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The porpoise is second to man as the most intelligent animal on the planet

 

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Young beavers stay with their parents for the first two years of their lives before going out on their own.