[lotuseclat79]

Making a roll of toilet paper uses 1.5 pounds of wood, 37 gallons of water and 1.3 KWh of of electricity.

Reference: Stop Using Toilet Paper; Get a The Blue Bidet.

Like a Japanese toilet (i.e. shoots a jet of water which can be warm/cold), but a lot cheaper at $69 according to the article.

-- Tom

[SlackAli]

from the link:

"In one day Americans use 34,000,000 toilet rolls"

Just proves one thing the rest of the world has long suspected

[Gr3iz]

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

[franca]

Flickr hosts some 3 billion photographs, FaceBook hosts more than 10 billion.

[Gr3iz]

Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland or Disney World: 70!

[franca]

What do people fear most? At the top of the list is death, the fear of which is necrophobia. Second, apparently, is the fear of failure, which is called kakorrhaphiophobia. There is of course a story of how fears developed, like fear for the number 13. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia.

[Gr3iz]

Along those same lines, the fear of the number:
13 - Triskadekaphobia.
666 - Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
8 - Octophobia.

[franca]

For centuries sailors refused to set sail on a Friday. It is told that when the reluctance of seamen to set sail on a Friday had reached such proportions that it interfered with naval operations, the British Admiralty decided to prove once and for all that it is a fallacy. They laid the keel of a new vessel on a Friday, named her H.M.S. Friday, and launched her on a Friday. On her first voyage, setting sail on a Friday, she was commanded by Captain James Friday. She left the harbour and nothing has since been heard of her or her crew. The identical story has also found its place in American lore.

[Gr3iz]

That's a good October tale ... ;-)

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

[franca]

Fishing is the biggest participant sports in the world.

[Gr3iz]

Percentage of Americans that eat at McDonalds each day: 7.

[franca]

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

[franca]

A house fly lives only 14 days.

[Gr3iz]

Percentage of bird species that are monogamous: 90.

Percentage of mammal species that are: 3.

[franca]

An ostrich can run up to 43mph (70 km/h).