A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
72
A new baby usually deprives each of it's parents around 350-400 hours of sleep in the first year. That is one entire nights sleep per week, per parent.
194
In Finland, Valentine's Day is called "Ystävänpäivä" which translates into "Friend's day".
4
Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
29
Marlboro cigarettes sold in New York contain more tar and nicotine than those sold in all other states!
12
When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
114
The cruise liner, 'Queen Elizabeth 2', moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
26