Fun Facts from Are You Normal, America?
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Episode: Jason and Linda
Question: Is it normal to have dropped something in a toilet and had to reach in to retrieve it?
- According to CNET.com, 19% of people have dropped a cell phone in the toilet!
- According to our poll, parents were more likely to have fished something out of the toilet than people without kids.
- 100% of people polled in West Virginia have dropped something in the toilet and reached in to retrieve it.
- According to eHow.com, pregnant women usually start showing somewhere between week 14 and 17.
- According to our poll, women are more likely to have done this than men.
- According to our poll, people in their sixties were the most likely age group to have eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one sitting.
- According to our poll, more men than women have eaten a pint of ice cream by themselves in one sitting.
- 100% of people polled in South Dakota have dated someone they were embarrassed to tell others about.
- According to our poll, women are more likely to have lied to their doctors than men.
- RedbookMag.com reveals that more than half of women routinely stretch the truth when they talk to their doctors—exaggerating how much exercise they get, lowballing how much they smoke or drink, even hiding sexual behavior.
Episode: Abby and Cory
Question: Is it normal to have a tattoo?
- According to our poll, parents were almost twice as likely to have a tattoo than people without kids.
- The website rankmytattoos.com says the most popular design is the tribal tattoo, and the least popular is a picture of a heart with a sword sticking through the center.
- More men polled have picked their teeth with something other than a toothpick than women. ehow.com suggests using a folded paper towel to pick your teeth if you don't have a toothpick handy.
- According to our poll, more men blame others for their gas than women.
- A study by the website socyberty.com revealed that Americans rank passing gas in public as the 22nd most disgusting bad habit. Spitting is number one.
- According to menshealth.com, 62% of women say sex in public is one of their top 5 fantasies.
Episode: Melissa and Curtis
Question: Is it normal to have peed in the shower?
Question: Is it normal to have called your partner the wrong name during sex?
- A Glamour article posted on the TODAY Health website states that unless you have an infection, urine is sterile and nontoxic. Proponents of urine therapy even believe it can help treat athlete's foot.
- 91 percent of people polled in Mississippi have peed in the shower.
- According to our poll, a higher percentage of men have urinated in the shower than women.
Question: Is it normal to have called your partner the wrong name during sex?
- According to MSNBC, millions of people use the word "honey" every day to describe their partner.
- According to our poll, a higher percentage of married people have called out the wrong name than single people.
- According to our poll, men are almost three times as likely to want to be president than women.
Episode: Scot and Charlë
Question: Is it normal to have ever talked on the phone while using the toilet?
- 92 percent of people polled in Arkansas have used the phone while using the bathroom.
- It was close, but more women we polled have talked on the phone while using the toilet than men.
- More than twice as many men we polled have sucked a partner's toes than women.
- A higher percentage of married people we polled have sucked toes than single people.
- According to AskMen.com, foot fetishes may be a turnoff for women if men reveal their love of toes too soon.
- Single people and divorced people we polled were more likely to sleep with pets than married people.
- 80 percent of people polled in New Hampshire sleep with their pets.
- According to DiamondsInTheRuff.com, statistics show that the most severe bites to dog owners occur in the owners' beds.
- Only 18 percent of people polled in Utah have gone skinny-dipping.
- A slightly higher percentage of men polled have gone skinny-dipping than women.
- More dads polled have a favorite child than moms.
- According to our poll, parents under 40 are more likely to have a favorite child than older parents.
Published 06/03/2012