ODD FACTS YOU NEVER KNEW

* Barbie’s measurements (if she were life-size): 39-23-33

* Coca-cola was originally green

* The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters

* First novel ever written on a typewriter was “Tom Sawyer”

* Men get hiccups more often than women

* Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better

* It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs

* Chances that an American lives within 50 mi of where he/she grew up: 1 in 2.

* City with the most Rolls Royces per capita: Hong Kong

* Chances of a white Christmas in New York: 1 in 4

* Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28

* Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38

* State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

* Estimated percentage of American adults who go on a diet each year: 44

* Percentage of Americans who say that God has spoken to them: 36

* Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80

* Percentage of American women who say they would marry the same man: 50

* Percentage of men who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 58

* Percentage of women who say they are happier: 85

* Number of different familial relationships for which Hallmark makes cards: 105

* Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000

* Only President to remain a bachelor: James Buchanan

* Only first lady to carry a loaded revolver: Eleanor Roosevelt

* Only president to win a Pulitzer: John F. Kennedy, for “Profiles in Courage“

* Only president awarded a patent: Abe Lincoln, for a system of buoying vessels over shoals

* Only food that does not spoil: honey

* Only bird that can fly backwards: Hummingbird

* Only continent without reptiles or snakes: Antarctica

* Polar bears are left-handed

* Eskimos never gamble

* The parachute was invented by Leonardo da Vinci in 1515
* Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair