Fast Facts: Oct. 27
October 27, 2010
- One out of every four books sold in the United States is a mystery or suspense novel.
- The average American adult can read between 150 and 200 words a minute.
- The average American household has 15 cookbooks.
- The average dictionary contains entries for 278,000 words.
- The top-selling comic book of all time is “”X-Men #1″” selling 8.1 million copies.
- Women buy 55 percent of the fiction sold.
- Bowing to pressure from antismoking groups, Hasbro took away Mr. Potato Head’s pipe in 1987.
- Original name for the Bank of America: the Bank of Italy.
- The millionth trademark issued by the U.S. Patent Office: Sweet’N Low.
