When asked whether marijuana or alcohol would be more harmful to personal health, if marijuana were as widely available as alcohol, 69 percent of Americans said alcohol is more dangerous, while only 15 percent said that marijuana is more dangerous. Fourteen percent said both or neither are more dangerous.
Popcorn probably grew first in Mexico, though it was also used in China and India hundreds of years before Columbus reached the Americas. The oldest popcorn ever found was discovered in the Bat Cave of central New Mexico. It is thought to be about 5,600 years old.
Popcorn by the numbers: 2: the number of popcorn shapes, known as mushroom and snowflake. 31: the number of calories per cup of air-popped popcorn. 55: the number of calories per cup of oil-popped popcorn. 5,000: the weight (in pounds) of the worldâs largest popcorn ball. 352,028,160: the minimum number of popped kernels needed to make a trail of popcorn from New York City to Los Angeles. 995,774,706: the number of pounds of un-popped popcorn sold in 2012.