The Average American

I'm not sure where the following stats came from or who compiled them or if they are true, but it sure is interesting to read them.

• The average American man is 5 feet, 9 inches tall the average woman, 5 feet 3.6 inches.
• The average person’s toes curl when he or she is sexually aroused.
• The average American is sick in bed seven days a year, missing 5 days of work.
• The average woman is more inclined to be knock-kneed than the average man.
• The average American high-school graduate recognizes about 15,000 words when reading or listening; the college graduate recognizes about 30,000.
• The average body has over two million sweat glands and two square yards of skin.
• On the average, the nonsmoking wives of smokers die four years younger than the nonsmoking wives of nonsmokers.
• The average American female is 28% fat. The average American male is 15% fat.
• The average Southerner has higher blood pressure than the average Yankee or Westerner.
• Every generation of Americans has been taller than its parents by about an inch – except for the present one, which shows no change.
• The average American man washes his hair more often than the average woman does.
• In 1977, the average working woman spent $960 on clothes.
• The average American nudist is 35 years old and married.
• For every white-collar worker on payroll, the typical business has 18,000 pieces of paper on file.
• By the time he or she graduates from high school, the average American has watched 350,000 commercials and 18,000 murders on television.
• In 1979, the average American made 1097 telephone calls.
• Thirty-two million Americans – nearly 15% - believe in astrology.
• The average American worker gets about $4000 worth of fringe benefits a year. And of every 100 families, 47 get some form of monthly payment from Uncle Sam.
• Nine of every ten shoppers enter a supermarket in a good mood, but only three or four are in a good mood when they leave.
• On an average day, 24 mailmen receive animal bites.
• Given a choice, four men in five take showers rather than baths. Among women, half would rather bathe, half shower.
• The average husband in America is just a shade over 45 years old, and the average wife is just shy of 42.
• In 1978, the average American worker had been in the same job for 3.6 years, down from 4.6 years in 1963.
• Three of every four working Americans gets to work in less than half and hour, and only one in 20 commutes longer than an hour.
• One of every three American workers feels overeducated for his or her job.
• By his or her 70th birthday, the average American will have eaten 14 steers, 1050 chickens, 3.5 lambs, and 25.2 hogs.