Random Facts: Money Issue

Feb 1st, 2009 | By | Category: Random Facts

Students spend an average of $3 billion a year on movies, DVDs and entertainment.
Students spend $11 billion a year on snacks and beverages to eat and drink while watching movies.
Of that $11 billion, $10.5 billion is beer.

More than one-third of American women consider money more important than good sex to the success of a marriage.
In 75 percent of households, women manage money and pay the bills.
The number one fantasy of most women is financial in nature, while the number one fantasy of most men is sexual. Thus the loving (and mutually beneficial) relationships between strippers and middle-aged men.

Money is the leading cause of disagreement in marriages.
92 percent of people would rather be rich than find the love of their lives.
Both the average American wedding and the average American divorce cost $20,000. At least watching Dr. Phil’s marital counseling is free.

If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 50 percent of the time, but most likely 49 percent. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom. So if you pick tails, you’ll have a slightly better chance.
On the Canadian $2 bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is the American flag.
There is more Monopoly money printed in a year than real money printed around the world. The government is even considering offering Get Out of Jail Free cards to balance the deficit.

For $1 million, 65 percent of Americans would live alone on a desert island for a year.
One in every 14 people would murder someone for $10 million.
One in every four people would sell their spouse to Somalian pirates for $10 million. The other three in four wouldn’t settle for less than $15 million.

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