A 2006 study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year.
Another study found that Americans drink an average of 22 gallons of beer a year.
That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles per gallon.
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Last edited by Птиц; 07-18-2011 at 10:22 AM.
Для тех кто интересовался, список эстонских скороговорок из Викицитатника
* Pagari piparkook (repeated).
Baker's ginger biscuit
* Musta lehma saba valge lehma taga, valge lehma saba musta lehma taga (repeated).
Black cow's tail behind a white cow, white cow's tail behind a black cow.
* Kabli klubi (repeated)
Club of Kabli
* Habemeajaja, majarajaja ja jaamaülem (repeated, sobriety test)
Barber, house builder and stationmaster
* Habemeajaja ja jaamaülem jalutasid honorari järele.
The barber and the station-master walked for the fee.
* Kummikutes kummitus kummitas kummutis (repeated, sobriety test)
A ghost with rubberboots haunted in the chest of drawers
* Eminemi esimene esinemine
Eminem's first performance
* Jüriöö ülestõus (jokingly used to determine if a non-native speaker has mastered the difficult accented vowels)
The Jüriöö uprising, in the night of April 23, 1343 peasants in Northern Estonia rebelled against their Danish overlords and cleansed much of the country of the foreign rulers.
* Õunapuu õitseaeg on Jüriöö ülestõusust jõululaupäevani
Blossom-time of an apple-tree is from the Jüriöö uprising until the Christmas Eve.
* Kuulilennuteetunneli luuk
The hatch of the tunnel of ballistic trajectory
This word is also a palindrome.
* Õueaiaäär
Edge of a yard fence
* Jäääär
Edge of ice
* korstnapühkija teeb kortsus korstnad korda
the chimney sweeper will fix the wrinkled chimneys
* Kuuuurija
Explorer of the Moon
* Töööö
Night of work, night shift
* Südaööelu
Midnight life
* Ööbik nöögib (repeated)
A nightingale is mocking
* Kõueööaimdus
Surmise of thunder-night
* Hauaööõudused
Horrors of a night in grave
* Lampjalgadega stampvambilgi on rambikramp.
* Roo-loorkull
Marsh harrier bird (Circus aeruginosus). Enormously hard to pronounce if you are drunk.
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