Fast Facts

April 30, 2007

The average human foot has about 20,000 sweat glands and can produce as much as half a cup of sweat each day.

Tears are made up of nearly the same ingredients as urine.

The last U.S. train robbery took place in 1933.

Only 2 percent of Americans say they’re in a good mood every day.

Great white sharks can hear sounds from more than a mile away.

Men get hiccups more often than women. No one knows why.

The longest case of constipation ever recorded lasted 102 days.

Men gamblers bet more money when they bring their wives.

The average American will eat at McDonald’s 1,811 times in his or her life.

The bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers.

Only 30 percent of people can flare their nostrils.

Theodore Roosevelt was the most prolific writer among the presidents, authoring about 18 books.

Americans consume 16,000 tons of aspirin every year.

The average single man is one inch shorter than the average married man.

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