A time-out today to look at the U.S. - by the numbers. These stats have been compiled from various sources.
80: Percent of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had to do it over again.
50: Percent of American women who say they would marry the same man if they had to do it over again.
13: Average number of Americans killed each year from vending machines falling on them.
1 in 4: Chances of a White Christmas in New York City.
61,000: Average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour.
7 pitches: Average life span of a major league baseball.
60: Percent of American atheists and agnostics who say they own at least one Bible.
50: Number of states that claim test scores in their elementary schools are above average.
1 in 7: Chances that a burglary in the U.S. will be solved.
25: Percent of men who are 6 feet or taller.
4: Percent of men who were 6 feet or taller in 1900.
Hooked on TV
6 hours, 47 minutes: Time in a day that a TV is turned on in an average American home.
66: Percentage of Americans who regularly watch TV during dinner.
49: Percent of Americans who say they watch too much TV.
4,000: Approximate number of studies that have been made on TV's impact on children.
8,000: Estimated number of murders a child sees on TV by the time he or she finishes elementary school.
2 million: Approximate number of TV commercials having been seen by an American who reaches the age of 65.
17: Percent of Americans who can name at least three justices of the Supreme Court.
59: Percent of Americans who can name the Three Stooges.
3,000: Approximate number of men who have written marriage proposals to Vanna White of "Wheel of Fortune."
10: Percent of car thieves who are left-handed.
More than 2.2 million: Number of Americans who play the ... shudder ... accordion.
72: Percent of Americans who do not know the people next door.
Great lengths
8 feet: Length of the Statue of Liberty's index finger.
22 feet: Length of the Oval Office.
48: Percent of Newsweek readers who, when polled, thought UFOs are real.
83: Percent of National Enquirer readers who, when polled, thought UFOs are real.
$14,000: Average cost of the upkeep of a dog over its lifetime.
Two months: Average age of a child taking its first trip to a shopping mall.
1,700: Approximate number of poems written by Emily Dickinson
7: Number of Dickinson poems published during her lifetime.
25: Approximate percentage of Americans who think Sherlock Holmes was a real person.
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_6503990
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