In the US, about 280 million turkeys are sold for the Thanksgiving celebrations.

On average in the West, people move house every 7 years.

The world’s average school year is 200 days per year. In the US, it is 180 days; in Sweden 170 days, in Japan it is 243 days.

According to the US Census Bureau, 19% of US children live in poverty. (1999)

Approximately 44 million tons of bananas are produced annually, compared to more than 60 million tomatoes. Apples are the third most popular (36 million tons), then oranges (34 million tons) and watermelons (22 million tons).

The term “soda water” was coined in 1798.

China uses 45 billion chopsticks per year. 25 million trees are chopped down to make’em sticks.

The scientific term for the common tomato is lycopersicon lycopersicum, which means “wolf peach.”

The first ice-cream soda was sold in 1874 in the US.

The world’s largest disco was held at the Buffalo Convention Centre, New York, 1979. 13,000 danced a place into the Guinness Book of World Records.

The term “disc jockey” was first used in 1937.

The top selling singles of all time are Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind ‘97″, at 33 million, Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas”, 30 million, and Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock”, 25 million.

Music was sent down a telephone line for the first time in 1876, the year the phone was invented.

Kenneth Edmonds was nicknamed Babyface by funk guitarist Bootsy Collins.

About one-third of recorded CDs are pirated.

Ireland has won the most Eurovision song contests which stands at 7 times.

The last note of a keyboard is C.

The CD was developed by Philips and Sony in 1980.

The Sweet Potato is the nickname for a musical wind instrument called the Ocarina.