Rankings of health care (32 percent), technology (32 percent), service (12 percent), agriculture (11 percent), retail (2 percent) and automobile (1 percent) as industries that respondents consider "best positioned to weather the current economic downturn": 1 (tie), 3, 4, 5, 6

Asked which nation is most likely to produce "the next Bill Gates," percentage of respondents who said the U.S.: 29%

Those who said India: 28%

Those who said China: 15%

Those who said Japan: 11%

HEIST MEISTERS

Year one of the most notorious criminals in U.S. history — John Dillinger — was killed in a shootout with FBI agents outside the Biograph movie theater in Chicago: 1934

Estimated number of robberies annually across the U.S., according to the Census Bureau: 450,000 (including an average of 28 bank robberies a day)

Average amount netted in a bank robbery today: $4,300

HAPPINESS IS ...

Rank of first child, meeting partner, wedding day, buying first house and passing driving test on the list of happiest events for women, according to research by Internet bank Smile: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Rank of first child, meeting partner, wedding day, passing driving test and sports team victory on the list of happiest events for men: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

SLUMBER ON

On a typical day, percentage of U.S. adults who take a nap, according to a Pew Research Center survey: 34%

ONLINE DATING

Percentage of male online daters who said they Googled their blind date before going out with them, according to a survey by Avalanche: 45%

Percentage of women who said the same: 42%

Percentage of men who admitted having lied in their online dating profile: 42.1%

Percentage of women who said the same: 31.3%

WIGGLE ROOM

Percentage of fliers who will pay up to 10 percent over ticket cost to get five additional inches of legroom, according to a TripAdvisor survey: 42%

Rank of a TV at the seat, movies and power ports on the list of the most valued in-flight entertainment features: 1, 2, 3

FLORIDA DREAMIN'

Rank of Florida (34 percent), California (30 percent), Arizona and Hawai'i (tied at 16 percent) on the list of dream destination states for American leisure travelers: 1, 2, 3

Contact John MacIntyre at johnmacintyre@bwr.eastlink.ca.