* The time spent deleting SPAM costs United States businesses $21.6 billion annually.
* 60.7 percent of eligible voters participated in the 2004 presidential election, the highest percentage in 36 years. However, more than 78 million did not vote. This means President Bush won re-election by receiving votes from less than 31% of all eligible voters in the United States.
* John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States, loved to skinny dip in the Potomac River.
* La Paz, Bolivia has an average annual temperature below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. However, it has never recorded a zero-degree temperature. Same for Stanley, Falkland Islands and Punta Arenas, Chile.
* 41% of Chinese people eat at least once a week at a fast food restaurant. 35% of Americans do.
* A Wisconsin forklift operator for a Miller beer distributor was fired when a picture was published in a newspaper showing him drinking a Bud Light.
* G-rated family films earn more money than any other rating. Yet only 3% of Hollywood's output is G-rated.
* Richard Hatch, winner of the first "Survivor" reality series, has been charged with tax evasion for failing to report his $1,000,000 prize.
* 60.7 percent of eligible voters participated in the 2004 presidential election, the highest percentage in 36 years. However, more than 78 million did not vote. This means President Bush won re-election by receiving votes from less than 31% of all eligible voters in the United States.
* John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States, loved to skinny dip in the Potomac River.
* La Paz, Bolivia has an average annual temperature below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. However, it has never recorded a zero-degree temperature. Same for Stanley, Falkland Islands and Punta Arenas, Chile.
* 41% of Chinese people eat at least once a week at a fast food restaurant. 35% of Americans do.
* A Wisconsin forklift operator for a Miller beer distributor was fired when a picture was published in a newspaper showing him drinking a Bud Light.
* G-rated family films earn more money than any other rating. Yet only 3% of Hollywood's output is G-rated.
* Richard Hatch, winner of the first "Survivor" reality series, has been charged with tax evasion for failing to report his $1,000,000 prize.
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