Percents and Stats

 
-The average car contains 15,000 parts.

-The average American worker has held 8 jobs by the age of 40.

-The average American worker receives 201 phone, paper, and e-mail messages each day.

-Americans go through 4.8 billion gallons of water flushing toilets each day.

-Once you file something there is a 98% chance you will never look at it again.

-The average office chair with wheels will travel eight miles per year.

-The average adult has 4 dreams each night and 1 nightmare per year.

-Each year 100,000 Americans are injured by their own clothing.

-The average American is exposed to 1,600 commercials and advertisements each day.

-Roughly half of the world’s telephones are in the U.S.

-The average American makes 3.4 trips to the super market each week and the most popular day is Friday.

-The typical American child sees 80,000 TV commercials by the age of 16.

-Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18.

-Nearly 1,000 people each year die as a direct result of volcanic activity.

-Roughly 75,000 umbreallas are lost each year on buses and subways in London.

-The average person speaks 450 words in a typical 3 minute phone call.

-The average American gives less than 1% of their total income to charity.

-The average American consumes 22 gallons of beer each year.

-Americans spend $1.1 billion on Valentines Day candy each year.

-Columbus traveled at an average speed of 2.8 mph on his first voyage across the sea.