2004-05-27 1:22 p.m.
These weird facts may get you some attention, but we’re not sure they’ll lead to conversation that includes you. Don’t use them in school reports, either; it’s difficult to guarantee their veracity. Find more at www.uselessfacts.net.
1. 0.3% of all road accidents in Canada involve a moose.
2. 1 out of 4 Americans do not know what their astrological sign is.
3. 111,111,111 squared equals 12,345,678,987,654,321.
4. 13 people a year are killed by vending machines falling on them.
5. 2,500 newborn babies will be dropped in the next month.
6. 25% of U.S. 4th graders are pressured by friends or classmates to use drugs or alcohol.
7. 27% of Americans think billboards are beautiful.
8. 27% of U.S. male college students believe that life is a meaningless existential hell.
9. 56% of the video game market is adults.
10. 57% of British school kids think Germany is the most boring country in Europe.
11. 60% of electrocutions occur while talking on the phone during a thunderstorm.
12. 69% of guys say that they would rather break up with a girl in private than in public.
13. 7% of Americans think Elvis is alive.
from The Book of Lists for Teens by Sandra and Harry Choron