OPLDatabaseFile cb80% of Publishers' Clearing House $10 million winners did not purchase any magazine subscriptions.HG1 in 10 oysters contain a pearl, but only 1 in 50 contain one of value.:91 in 8 babies born in the US is born to a teenage mother.101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only two Disney animated features in which both the parents are present and don't die throughout the movie.DC22% of adults don't have the literacy skills needed to read a menu.250 million years ago the continent of Antarctica had dense, lush, jungles. This was when all the continents were joined as Pangaea.=<60% of the world's geysers are in Yellowstone National Park.1070,000 people in the US are both blind and deaf.*)84% of lightning strike victims are male.BA85% of the plants and animals on Madagascar are found only there.76A bowling pin need only tilt 7.5 degrees to fall over.QPA cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it dies of starvation.`_A cubic foot of gold could be drawn into a wire that would stretch 29 times around the equator.jiA drop of water must contain six or more molecules of water. Five or less would bond together in a ring.<;A lion's roar can be heard eight kilometers (5 miles) away.HGAbout 1 in 30 people in the US are in jail, on probation, or on parole.EDAbout 400 different kinds of microbes live on and in the human body.Alaskan citizens do not pay any state taxes; instead every person over the age of 6 months receives an oil dividend check of about $1000 per year.YXAll the known refined gold in the would make a cube 18.37 meters (57 feet) on each edge.[ZAmericans consume approximately 23 liters (6 US gallons) of ice cream per person per year./.Americans eat about 18 acres of pizza per day.`_Americas use, on average, 10 times as much pesticide on their lawns as farmers on their fields.NMAn oyster takes ten years to produce a pearl that is about the size of a pea.A@Antarctica holds about 70% of the world's freshwater in its ice.*)Ants can lift 50 times their body weight.<;Approximately 1 in 10,000 eggs has the Salmonella bacteria.TSAssuming Rudolph was in front, there are 40,320 ways to arrange the other reindeer.edAutomobile companies spend about $450 on advertising for each car sold - about $11 billion per year.==Iceland consume the most Coca-Cola per person of any country.{zIf all the ice on Antarctica melted, the reduced pressure on the continent would cause it to rise 1000 meters (3200 feet).jiIf all the ice on Antarctica were to melt the sea-level around the world would rise 67 meters (230 feet)._^If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would be 15 people living there.NMIf you stretch a standard slinky out flat it measures 26.52 meters (87 feet).qpIf you yelled for 8 years, 7 months, and 6 days you would produce enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.qpIn 1996 100,000 public schools in the US spent a total of $4,200,000,00 on computer (that's $42,000 per school).43In 1996 Americans bought $2.6 billion worth of gum.~In 1997 Americans spent 28 billion dollars on their lawns; 3 times as much as the American Cancer institute spent on research.VUIn most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on watches is 10:10.In order to unite the four forces of the universe as they were in the very beginning, scientists would need a particle accelerator 1000 lightyears in diameter.VUIn the average lifetime a person will breath in about 20 (44 lb..) kilograms of dust.In the four major US professional sports (basketball, baseball, football, and hockey), only 7 teams' names do not end in "s." (The Miami Heat, Utah Jazz, Orlando Magic, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Avalanche, and Tampa Bay Lightning).LKIn the United States Pine Street is the most common street name - not Main.UTIn the United States Radon is responsible for 20,000 cases of lung cancer each year.`_In the United States there are about 3 billion bridge crossings every day; about 12 per person.@?In the United States there are more second streets than firsts.>=In their lifetime, the average man grows 27 feet of whiskers.10Iron corrosion costs the US $70 billion per yearXWIsaac Asimov is the only author to have written a book in every Dewey-decimal category.HGJune and September are the most popular months in America to buy a car.'&Kelp can grow up to 12 inches per day. Kermit the Frog is left-handed.EDLeaches, after a full blood meal, need not eat again for six months.98Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime0/Mars' fastest winds gust at 350 miles per hour.GFMary Shelly's Frankenstein is the most widely taught novel in America.:9More than 85% of gold mined annually is used for jewelry.ONMost American car horns beep in the key of F, so does the telephone dial tone.@?Mother Theresa will be eligible for sainthood in the year 2002.>=Next to potatoes, peas are the most commonly eaten vegetable.A@Niagara Falls moves backwards 2.5 feet per year, due to erosion. Non-dairy creamer is flammable.DCOil travels through the trans-alaska pipeline at 8.9 kph (5.5 mph).0/On average people fear spiders more than death.EDOn average, right-handed people live nine years longer than lefties.QPOne cubic mile (8.9 km3) of seawater contains about 50 pounds (22.7 kg) of gold.UTOne third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbsRQOnly 1% of bacteria cause disease; the others perform countless useful functions.hgOnly 1% of rainforest plants have been tested for medicinal purposes, but are used in 25% of medicines.=