On an average day, U. S. fire departments respond to 466 home cooking fires. Frying poses the greatest risk, but more than half of the injuries occur not when the fires start but when people try to fight the fire themselves!

In 2008, the price of a movie ticket in the U.S. is $7.00. Some of the most popular feature films are The Dark Knight, Role Models, Mamma Mia!, Twilight, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and The House Bunny. The most popular song is “Low” by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain. “Big Brown” is the winner of the Kentucky Derby and Florida are NCAA Football Champions.

Carrie is one of the most beloved classic horror movies of all time. And did you know that the high school in the movie, Bates High, is a reference to another classic? Psycho! Norman Bates is the name of the lead character in the film, and Psycho’s famous four-note violin motif is also used throughout Carrie to great effect! So meta.

The site of Arlington National Cemetery was originally the Virginia estate of Robert E. Lee. His estate was confiscated by the Union in 1863 and made into a cemetery to remind him of the deaths he was responsible for.