• The weight supported by the average office-worker's desk peaked in 1992 with an average load of 14 lbs 8 oz.

• In 2006, 8 people in required overnight hospitalization due to being struck by falling coconuts in the Caribbean.

• Among those expressing any preference, 87 percent of men responding to a survey said they'd pick a backhoe as the piece of heavy equipment they'd most like to own. Among women, the most-selected equipment was a jackhammer.

• Fifty-seven percent of Americans over the age of 55 years, 3 months have more than one pair of eyeglasses.

• According to the U.S. Army training manual, a 'trench' must be at least 22 inches deep, otherwise it is a 'furrow'.

• On May 2, 1958, the last potato farm in Nassau County, NY was ploughed under for a new housing development.

• There are 16 municipalities in the United States that use the British spelling of "centre" in their name.

• In the past 35 years, colleges and universities in and around Boston have enrolled more students from New York than Massachusetts.

• Approximately two percent of female golfers are naturally right handed and play golf left handed. Among men, the rate is approximately .052 percent.

• In a recent survey of internet users who identified themselves as 'extremely heavy email users', 1.8 percent 'totally agreed' or 'mostly agreed' with the statement, "Spam is ruining my life."