TRIVIA....

[Larry]

An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.

93% of all greeting cards are purchased by women.

98% of houses in the United States have at least one television set.

A common name for pincurls is also spitcurls because woman sometimes wet their hair with their saliva before curling it.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day.

A washroom that was built by Lam Sai-wing is the world's most expensive washroom. He built the washroom for his shop and everything in the washroom is made out of gold and jewels. It cost $3.5 million to build.

About 26 per cent of all indoor water used by households in Sydney, Australia are for laundry.

About 85% or product warning labels on household products are inadequate.

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis invented a special diaper for babies that have a pocket.

America's favorite Crayola crayon color is blue.

Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War.

Americans on average use about 580 pounds of paper per year per person.

An average home creates more pollution than does the average car.

Ancient Egyptian women used to wear perfume cones made of wax that would melt in the heat letting out a nice fragrance.

Approximately 10.5 gallons of water is used in a dishwasher. Washing the dishes by hand can use up to 20 gallons of water.

Approximately 18 billion disposable diapers end up in landfills each year. These diapers can takes as long as 500 years to finally decompose.

Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers, and lawns.

Arthur Giblin was the inventor of the first "flushable" toilet.

Austria was the very first country to use postcards starting in 1869.

Avery Laser Labels are named after company founder R. Stanton Avery.

Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers.

Barbie's boyfriend Ken was not sold in India until recently because it clashed with the traditional arranged marriage.

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

BluBlocker sunglasses were developed with lenses that were used in the NASA space program for American astronauts.

By partially filling saucers with vinegar and distributing the saucers around a room, you can eliminate odors.

Children who live in homes that are heated with wood are more likely to develop respiratory illnesses than children who don't.

Chopsticks originated from China approximately 4,000 years ago.

Common pesticides such as roach, termite and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans.