Random Bits

1. The stirrup, the tiniest bone in your body (it's in your ear), is smaller than a ant.

2. Yuck! 70% of the dust in your house is skin your family members (including pets) have shed.

3. Most effective deterrent to house break~ins: "A noisy dog," thieves say.

4. There are one trillion atoms in a grain of salt.

5. The "first electronic computer" was built in 1889 for the U.S. Census Bureau.

6. People with heart disease are 2.4 times more likely to have a heart attack when they are angry.

7. The average American today gets 20% less sleep than the average American did 100 years ago.

8. The flu was first describes by Hippocrates, in 412 B.C.

9. Dr. Seuss coined the word "nerd" in his 1950 book, If I Ran the Zoo.

10. Traffic report: Accidents rise 10% in the first week of daylight savings time.

11. Kentucky Fried Chicken's Col. Sanders was actually born in Indiana.

12. . When do shoplifters take the most stuff? Between 3pm and 6pm on Friday and Sunday.

13. Halloween is the holiday with the highest candy sales, followed by Easter, Christmas and Valentine's Day.

14. Placed end to end, the bad checks Americans write in one year would stretch 35,000 miles.

15. How many hairs on your head? If you're blond, about 150,000, brunette, 100,000, redhead 60,000.

16. The average bra is designed to last for only 180 days of use.

17. 10 inches of snow is equal to about 1 inch of water. Heavy wet snow (oh yeah, Buffalo, New York lake effect!)has 4-5 inches of snow to one inch of water.

18. Uneven stats: There are about 10,700 births and 5,700 deaths everyday in the United States.

19. Q: What kind of wood is used to make Scrabble letters? A: Vermont Maple.

20. Most popular pizza topping in South Korea: Tuna.