Facts in "Surveys" Category
#2978 - Surveys Fact  0
Out of the 34,000 gun deaths in the U.S. each year, fewer than 300 are listed as "justifiable homicide," the only category that could include shooting a burglar, mugger, or rapist.
|
|
#2979 - Surveys Fact  1
Executives work an average 57 hours a week, but just 22 percent say their hours are a major cause of stress.
|
|
#2980 - Surveys Fact  4
Only 3 percent of Americans ages 18 to 21 attended college in 1890.
|
|
#2981 - Surveys Fact  1
Hawaii has the highest percentage of cremations of all other U.S. states, with a 60.6 percent preference over burial.
|
|
#2982 - Surveys Fact  1
Hawaii is the only state in the United States where male life expectancy exceeds 70 years. Hawaii also leads all states in life expectancy in general, with an average of 73.6 years for both males and females.
|
|
#2983 - Surveys Fact  3
Two out of three adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.
|
|
#2984 - Surveys Fact  3
Over 15 billion prizes have been given away in Cracker Jacks boxes.
|
|
#2985 - Surveys Fact  0
While the average cost of air travel is about $60 per hour, using an air-phone during that plane trip can cost as much as $160 per hour.
|
|
#2986 - Surveys Fact  3
There have been several documented cases of women giving birth to twins who had different fathers, including cases where the children were of different races. To do so, the mother had to have conceived both children in close proximity. There has also been one recent case where a mother gave birth to unrelated "twins." In that instance, the mother underwent in vitro fertilization and had her own child and the embryo of another couple accidentally implanted in her.
|
|
#2987 - Surveys Fact  1
In 1990 there were about 15,000 vacuum cleaner related accidents in the U.S.
|
|
|