• Raul Castro has the largest private DVD library in the Western Hemisphere.

• According to a 2006 survey by the Hospitality Industry of America, the average family summer vacation has shortened by 5 hours 42 minutes since 1995 and the vacation is taken 123 miles cloeser to home.

• Among men and women who have had more than ten tattoos for more than ten years, 90 percent regret getting at least three of the tattoos they have.

• In 1990, approximately four percent of American households had one or more so-called "power strips", also known as "multi-outlet, industrial strength extension cords". In 2005, approximately fifty-severn percent had two or more.

• More Americans can recognize a Baltimore Oriole than any other bird. The Canada Goose and Cardinal are in second and third place, respectively.