• 19 percent of rocket mission failures occur within five minutes of takeoff or landing.

• A recent study by Proctor & Gamble found that 26 percent of people use more shampoo than necessary to clean their hair. 24 percent use twice what they actually need.

• Three out of nine Americans have made at least one purchase at a Wal*Mart retail store.

• For nearly a decade, acclaimed director Steven Spielberg greeted people with the question "how you doodle doing?" Friends would often respond "yankee doodle dandy."

• On average, tomatoes picked in the dark will stay ripe for six days longer than those picked during daylight hours.