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Tuesday, June 30

300 BILLION dollars were spent on this in the U.S. just last year.

Prescription medications! WOAH! More people die from med overdoses than Cocaine and Heroin overdoses combined!
Source: ABC News

Monday, June 29

This may be the most exclusive club in the world. Only 1 out of every 1 million people have what it takes to join. What's the club?

The Mega Society. Whereas better-known Mensa accepts one of every 50, Mega has just 26 members. It was formed in 1982 as a means of facilitating psychometric research.
Source: AskMen.com.

Friday, June 26

The same guy that designed the circuitry for the Galileo Spacecraft also designed something every kid should have for summer. What did he create?

The Super Soaker!
Source: AskMen.com. NASA scientist Lonnie Johnson had been working on a heat pump when one of the jets fired a stream of water across the room. He told Popular Mechanics his first thought was, "This would make a great gun." For the 20th Anniversary they're re-releasing updated versions of past models including the Original Super Soaker 50!

Thursday, June 25

This can be seen up to 100 miles away. What is it?

A lightning strike! It would likely be at nighttime. Thunder can be heard only about 12 miles away. Each second there are about 50-100 lightning strikes on Earth. Each one lasts about a quarter of a second. The average lightning strike is 3-6 miles long and hotter than the surface of the sun!

It’s Lightning Awareness Week, according to News Ch. 8!

Wednesday, June 24

Americans spent 83% more time doing this in 2009 than they did the year before.

Time spent on social networking sites: Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, etc.
Source: TIME Magazine

Monday, June 22

They list everything else as a disorder, but not this anymore. What's no longer classified as a legitimate disorder?

"Nymphomania is no longer recognized as a clinical disorder." The notion of nymphomania as describing excessive female sexuality dates back to the 1770s and persisted well into the 20th century. In the '40s, Alfred Kinsey's groundbreaking sex research declared nymphomania to lack scientific basis.
Source: AskMen.com

Friday, June 19

What is the most commonly misspelled word in English?

Definitely! Too many of us spell it “definitely.” The Daily Mirror says top ten misspelled words are: 1 Definitely; 2 Sacrilegious; 3 Indict; 4 Manoeuvre; 5 Bureaucracy; 6 Broccoli; 7 Phlegm; 8 Prejudice; 9 Consensus; 10 Unnecessary.

Thursday, June 18

You’ve heard it said that Florida is the Lightning capital of the U.S., which is true. What country is the Lightning Capital of the World?

The Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa. Most lightening strikes are 6 miles long and 1 million to 1 billion volts of electricity! Your chances of being struck by lightning are 1 in 600,000. People under the age of 35 are the most likely to be hit by a bolt.
Source: News Channel 8/About.com

Wednesday, June 17

So interesting! Most of us replace about half of these every 7 years. What are they?

Our friends. You continue to have about as many friends, just not the same people.
Source: today.msnbc.msn.com

Tuesday, June 16

60% of Canadians have one....but only 20% of American's do. What are they?

Passports. New passport rules went into effect a week ago. Everyone entering the U.S. has to have a passport, including returning Americans. This could mean fewer Americans will visit Canada which could be bad for our economy and bad for relations.

Monday, June 15

32 million adults participate in this hobby/extra curricular. What is it?

A chorus. 10 million kids also do it. Source: CBS news. There are about 270,000 choral groups in USA.

Thursday, June 11

46% of U.S. households has as least one of these in it. That's the lowest number in 50 years!

Kids (under the age of 18).
Source: Time, March 16, 2009

Wednesday, June 10

The average size of one of these is only 17 inches wide. What is it?

Your coach airline seat!
Source: travel.msn.com. The tide may be turning against overweight fliers who don’t buy two seats on your favorite airline. 34% of Americans now meet the criteria for obesity and needing that second seat, presumably. But seat size is based on the size most of us were back in the 1950s.

Tuesday, June 9

The average American teen does something 2,272 each month. What are they doing?

Sending text messages! Almost 80 per day is the average!
Source: Nielsen Co./Time

Monday, June 8

Remember when everyone was in a rush to buy domain names and sell them for a fortune? Back before the tech bubble burst this was the most expensive domain name ever sold. What was it?

In December of 1999, eCompanies Venture Group, led by one-time Walt Disney executive Jake Weinbaum, set the domain name record when they dropped an astonishing $7.5 million on Business.com, not long before the dot-com bubble burst.

Friday, June 5

Just one of these costs $10 million dollars and considering what it’s used for, that’s a bargain! What is it?

An unmanned drone aircraft being used by the military to hunt down and kill terrorists. By comparison, a manned fighter aircraft like the F-22 Raptor costs nearly $350 million! The drones are named Predator and Reaper.
Source: Time Magazine, June 1, 2009.

Thursday, June 4

In studies at Stanford, women appreciated one of these worth a few hundred dollars just as much as one that cost several thousand. What was it?

An engagement ring.
Source: Oprah Magazine, May 2009

Wednesday, June 3

1 in 31 adults in the U.S. has this in common and that’s twice as many as twenty years ago. What do they have in common?

They’re incarcerated. It was 1 in 77 in 1982.
Source: Pew Center/Time. The cost of operating a state prison is more than $100 per U.S. resident. It takes more than $62 per day to incarcerate an inmate, or more than $22,000 each year. U.S. Department of Justice State Prison Expenditures, 2001.

Tuesday, June 2

Since 2005, 48,000 people were turned away because they were overweight. What were they turned away from?

Joining the military.
Source: Details Magazine. 26% body fat is the max allowed for male recruits.

Monday, June 1

1 in 10 college women do this every year.

Each year 1 in 10 college women gets pregnant.
Source: Current TV

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