May 30/02
Our American Friends (Hope you all had a great Memorial Day weekend!)
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Everyday, citizens of the United States pass more than 9 million cubic feet of gas.<o:p></o:p>
On any given day, Americans spend over $33 million buying lottery tickets.<o:p></o:p>
Americans spend $300 million on clothes everyday.<o:p></o:p>
Americans eat an average of 24 million hotdogs everyday. <o:p></o:p>
75 acres of pizza are eaten in the U.S. everyday.<o:p></o:p>
In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.<o:p></o:p>
About 96% of all American children can recognize Ronald McDonald.<o:p></o:p>
70% of the houses in the United States are painted white.<o:p></o:p>
There are approximately 450 million chickens in the U.S.<o:p></o:p>
There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones.<o:p></o:p>
In Kentucky, 50% of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers.<o:p></o:p>
Almost a quarter of the land are in Los Angeles is taken up by automobiles.<o:p></o:p>
In Los Angeles there are fewer people than there are automobiles.<o:p></o:p>
The 12th president of the United States was David Rice Atchinson, a Missouri senator who served for one day in 1849.<o:p></o:p>
Millie the White House dog earned more than 4 times as much as President Bush in 1991.<o:p></o:p>
Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000 ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.<o:p></o:p>
In 1980, the Yellow Pages accidentally listed a Texas funeral home under frozen foods.<o:p></o:p>
A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana. <o:p></o:p>
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.<o:p></o:p>
The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used. <o:p></o:p>
Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan. <o:p></o:p>
If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?