Facts about us 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
* 85% of men don't use the slit in their underwear
* 67.5% of men wear tightie whities (briefs)
* the average bra size today is 36C whereas 10 years ago it was a 34B
* 85% of women wear the wrong bra size
* 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 occasionally 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
* 29% of us are virgins when we marry
* 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
* How far would you go for $10 million?
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 101º 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
* 62% of us pop our zits
* 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
* 4 out of 5 of us have suffered from hemorrhoids
* the average girl starts her period at age 12
* 44% have broken a bone
* only 30% of us know our cholesterol level
* 14% have attended a selfhelp meeting
* 15% regularly go to a shrink
* 78% would rather die quickly than live in a retirement home
* 46.5% of men say they ALWAYS put the seat down after they've used the toilet, yet women claim to ALWAYS find it up
* 30% of us refuse to sit on a public toilet seat
* 54.2% of us always wash our hands after using the toilet
* 23.5% admit they don't always flush
* 45.2% pee in the shower
* 44.9% pee in the ocean
* 28.1% pee in the pool
* 55.2% will let someone else come in the bathroom while they're using the toilet
* 39% of us peek in our host's bathroom cabinet. - 17% have been caught by the host.
* 81.3% would tell an acquaintance to zip his pants
* 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 our spouse even for a night for a million bucks
* 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
* 28% of us have skinnydipped, 14% with the opposite sex
* 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 stickshift 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
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