February 28, 2006
| Entertainment
FactID: 536
Rated
4.00 stars
The world's top five supermodels made $38.2 million dollars in 2005:
Gisele Bundchen - $15.2 million
Heidi Klum - $7.5 million
Tyra Banks - $6 million
Kate Moss - $5 million
Adriana Lima - $4.5 million
MSN Money via Jason Langberg
February 27, 2006
| Cars
FactID: 535
Rated
3.17 stars
Toyota also makes the Lexus and Scion brand automotives for various ages:
Toyota - median buyer age 50
Lexus - median buyer age 55
Scion - median buyer age 35
As a result, 85% of Scion owners have never purchased a Toyota.
February 22, 2006
| Math
FactID: 13
Rated
4.00 stars
In a room full of 23 people, there is a 50%
chance that two people have the same birthday. Strange.
Wolfram Research
February 21, 2006
| Entertainment
FactID: 534
Rated
4.00 stars
In 2005, 332.7 million songs were downloaded legally --- versus 134.2 million songs in 2004.
On the flip side, US album sales dropped 7% in 2005 (from $651 million to $602 million in 2005).
February 16, 2006
| Food
FactID: 493
Rated
3.58 stars
The original slogan of Life Savers candy was "For that stormy breath."
The original product packaging (back in 1912) pictured an old seaman throwing a life preserver to a young female swimmer with the slogan "For That Stormy Breath."
Adclassix.com via Gina Taylor
February 15, 2006
| Society
FactID: 533
Rated
2.80 stars
The average American house built in 2005 was 2,349 square feet in size, a 12% increase from ten years ago.
And then there's the August fact about a 14% increase in prices this past year.
The Economist
February 13, 2006
| Entertainment
FactID: 532
Rated
3.20 stars
DVRs (Digital Video Recorders like Tivo) are estimated to be in 7% of the 110.2 million TV households in the US , according to Nielsen Research.
It is also that 50-70% of DVR users fast-forward through commercials.
NYTimes
February 8, 2006
| Entertainment
FactID: 531
Rated
3.29 stars
Tonight at the 48th Grammy Awards , 1,100 nominees are up for 108 trophies . However, only 10-13 of the most important Grammys are given out during the TV broadcast.
The other 95 awards are presented during an untelevised ceremony earlier in the day.
February 7, 2006
| Politics
FactID: 530
Rated
3.86 stars
In 2004, VP Dick Cheney (along with his wife) earned an adjusted gross income of $1,734,373! (see their actual return in PDF )
The Cheneys best year, financially speaking, was 2000, when they earned $36,086,635 (that's 8 figures), mostly from Cheney's Halliburton stock!
Ask Yahoo! and TaxHistory.org
February 4, 2006
| Sports
FactID: 529
Rated
3.79 stars
ABC is said to be selling 30-second spots during Super Bowl XL for between $2.5 million and $2.6 million86 million people watched the Super Bowl last year in the U.S., according to Nielsen Media Research.)
In addition, Comcast Digital Cable customers will be able to view these commercials on demand for all of the next week!
CNN Money
February 3, 2006
| Sports
FactID: 528
Rated
3.88 stars
Super Bowl XL will be held at Ford Field in Detroit, MI this Sunday. The ~67,000 tickets will be distributed accordingly:
34.8% -- go to the other 29 teams in the NFL.
That's 810 for each (or 23,490 seats in all) for this year's game.
17.5% -- go to the NFC championship team.
That's 11,812 seats.
17.5% -- go to the AFC championship team.
25.2% -- go to the NFL home office. Minus 500 pairs for the fan lottery, that's 17,010 seats. That's where the majority of corporate people would be.
5.0% -- go to the host-city team. That's 3,375 seats.
Now - see where the name "Super Bowl" came from, according to an old FactMe! fact !
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