Jaw-dropping Statistics

Here are some pretty impressive statistics I found. It should be noted that I did not cross-check these for accuracy.

• In the US, it is estimated that as much as 30% of food gets wasted. (source)
• On average, Americans owe about $8,000 per household on credit cards. The average household with at least one credit card has 6.0 bank credit cards, 8.3 retail credit cards, and 2.4 debit cards for a total of 16.7 cards. There were roughly 5 billion credit card offers mailed last year to about 200 million individuals in the U.S. This means the average person receives about 25 per year. The average household receives more than one per week. (source)
• French fries are the most eaten vegetable in America. (source)
• In the U.S., we eat more than 1,000,000 animals an hour. (source)
• At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour of every day. This works out to $20,928 of profit every minute! (source)
• Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined. (source)