Surveys and Statistics

Bizarre Fact #191:
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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).

Bizarre Fact #192:
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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.

Bizarre Fact #193:
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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.

Bizarre Fact #194:
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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.

Bizarre Fact #195:
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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.

Bizarre Fact #196:
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Residential buildings use about 35 percent of all available electricity.

Bizarre Fact #197:
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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.

Bizarre Fact #198:
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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.

Bizarre Fact #199:
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In the United States, more than 25 percent of women's fashion dollars are spent on sizes 16 and up.

Bizarre Fact #200:
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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.