Gender Facts

Studies show that men tend to have slightly better visual acuity than women, while women generally have more sensitive hearing, particularly at higher frequencies.

Although men ARE more likely to suffer heart attacks, women are more likely to die within a year from having a heart attack.

Girls have a better sense of taste than boys, requiring less intensity to detect sweet and sour flavors.

On average, men's noses are 10% larger than women's.

In California, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, it's against the law to hold a "Ladies' Night" because it's deemed gender discrimination.

In Russia, women outnumber men by about 10.4 million people.

Latvia has the largest gender imbalance in Europe. Women outnumber men by over 130,000 — in a country of just 1.86 million people.

Australian Today show host Karl Stefanovic wore the exact same blue suit on air every single day for a year. Not a single viewer, colleague, or critic said a word. Meanwhile, his female co-host Lisa Wilkinson was criticized for her outfits daily. When he finally revealed the experiment, Stefanovic said: "I'm judged on my interviews. Women are judged on what they're wearing."

Lizzie Magie invented The Landlord's Game to show how monopolies crush ordinary people. Parker Brothers bought it for $500, stripped her name, and renamed it Monopoly. It became the best-selling board game in history, making billions. She died almost forgotten.