BY THE NUMBERS

2/3.....................2/3RD'S OF ALL MEN & WOMEN TILT THEIR HEAD TO THE RIGHT WHEN KISSING.

1.......................NUMBER OF PIXAR FILMS NOT TO BE RATED "G" (THE INCREDIBLES)

2........................NUMBER OF U.S. STATES WHERE IT IS ILLEGAL TO PUMP YOUR OWN GAS (OREGON AND NEW JERSEY)

5.......................A PILOT MUST SHOOT DOWN 5 ENEMY PLANES TO BE CALLED AN "ACE"

6........................6 DOT POSITIONS IN EACH LETTER OF THE BRAILLE ALPHABET

7.........................IN MINUTES, THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN OF A HOCKEY PUCK IN A PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY GAME

15.......................NUMBER OF TIMES THE AVERAGE ADULT LAUGHS EACH DAY (STATISTICS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE ON THIS POINT: SOME STUDIES INDICATE THE FIGURE TO BE AS HIGH AS 60 TIMES A DAY, BUT MOST NEWSPAPERS PUT THE FIGURE AT 15)

21.......................NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DIED OF FRIGHT DURING THE 1994 EARTHQUAKE IN LOS ANGELES

43-34.....................SCORE OF THE FIRST OFFICIAL GAME PLAYED BY THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS IN 1927 (THEY LOST TO THE HINCKLEY MECHANICS)

57........................PERCENTAGE OF DOCTORS IN CHINA WHO SMOKE

59........................AGE OF SEAN CONNERY IN 1989, WHEN WAS VOTED THE OLDEST EVER "SEXIEST MAN ALIVE" BY "PEOPLE MAGAZINE

554.........................NUMBER OF RED ROSES PRESENTED TO THE WINNING HORSE IN THE KENTUCKY DERBY

33,000.....................IN 1972, FLIGHT ATTENDANT YESNA VULNOVIC FREE-FELL FROM JAT YUGOSLAV FLIGHT 364 WHEN THE PLANE EXPLODED OVER CZECHOSLOVAKIA. SHE FELL FROM A HEIGHT OF 33,000 FEET- AND SHE SURVIVED (!!!!!)

Comments

[ari ross]

Hey Eddie,

I was inspired by the fact about the woman who survived the long fall in the plane explosion and found a link with a great interview with her(!) Excuse the bad grammar, etc. as I am sure it is a translation: http://www.avsec.com/interviews/vesna-vulovic.htm - Ari R