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WHITE is associated with light, goodness, innocence, purity, and virginity. It is considered to be the color of perfection.

Seven percent of Americans claim they never bathe at all.

RED is the color of fire and blood, so it is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love.

Quebec City, Canada, has about as much street crime as Disney World.

ORANGE combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow. It is associated with joy, sunshine, and the tropics. Orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation.

One of pitcher Nolan Ryan's jockstraps recently sold at auction for $25,000.

YELLOW is the color of sunshine. It's associated with joy, happiness, intellect, and energy.

At General Motors, the cost of health care for employees now exceeds the cost of steel.

GREEN is the color of nature. It symbolizes growth, harmony, freshness, and fertility. Green has strong emotional correspondence with safety. Dark green is also commonly associated with money.

In 1985, the most popular waist size for men's pants was 32. In 2003, it was 36.

BLUE is the color of the sky and sea. It is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven.

A chef's hat is shaped the way it is for a reason: its shape allows air to circulate around the scalp, keeping the head cool in a hot kitchen.

PURPLE combines the stability of blue and the energy of red. Purple is associated with royalty. It symbolizes power, nobility, luxury, and ambition. It conveys wealth and extravagance. Purple is associated with wisdom, dignity, independence, creativity, mystery, and magic.

Al Gore's roommate in college (Harvard, class of 1969) was Tommy Lee Jones.

BLACK is associated with power, elegance, formality, death, evil, and mystery.

Gillette spent $1,000,000 to place razor samples in the welcome bags handed out at the Democratic National Convention, only to have them confiscated as they were considered a threat. This caused huge delays at all security checkpoints.

An employee of the Alabama Department of Transportation installed spyware on his boss's computer and proved that the boss spent 10% of his time working (20% of time checking stocks and 70% of the time playing solitaire). The employee was fired, the boss kept his job.

In September 2004, a Minnesota state trooper issued a speeding ticket to a motorcyclist who was clocked at 205 mph.

Each year, more people are killed by teddy bears than by grizzly bears.

Oprah Winfrey and Elvis Presley are distant cousins.

Even today, 90% of the continental United States is still open space or farmland.

In February 2004, a Disney World employee was killed when he fell from a parade float and was trapped between two float sections. OSHA termed this a serious workplace violation, but Disney was fined only $6,300.

In 2015, it is estimated that half the federal budget will be spent on programs for the elderly.

Actor Bruce Willis has filed a lawsuit against the movie studio that produced his film "Tears of the Sun", alleging he was struck in the forehead by a fake bullet. Since 2002 (when the movie was in production), the lawsuit claims he has endured "extreme mental, physical, and emotional pain and suffering".

90% of Canada's 31,000,000 citizens live within 100 miles of the U.S. border.

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