Would you stay on the 13th floor of a hotel? 13% of us would be bothered if we were assigned a room on the 13th floor, and 9% of us would ask for a room on a different floor. Women are more skittish then men about staying on the 13th floor. [Gallup 2/07]
100 Years Ago:
- There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
- The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
- More than 95% of all births in the U.S. took place at home.
- Sugar cost 4 cents a pound; eggs were 14 cents a dozen; coffee was 15 cents a pound.
- The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was 30. [It was smaller than Searchlight, Nevada is today.]
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