Stephenson Family Ties

Growing up spoiled a lot of things.
from: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
by: Betty Smith

* 45% of Americans don’t know that the sun is a star.
* 70% of the poor people in the world are female.
* 96% of people put the peanut butter on first when making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

* 27% of female lottery winners hid their winning ticket in their bras.
* In a lifetime, the average driver will honk 15,250 times.

* Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark!
* Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
* Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
* You’re born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206!
* 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don’t die throughout the movie.

* A dragonfly has a lifespan of twenty-four hours.
* A duck’s quack doesn’t echo. No one knows why.
* A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

* Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
* The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!

* Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!