Did You Know?

• President Truman was the first president to address the nation on television in 1949.

• The average person sees 20,000 TV commercials a year.

• Every year children spend 1,500 hours watching television and only 900 hours in the classroom.

• 5% of children were seriously overweight in 1964 versus 13% who are seriously overweight today.

• In Sweden, advertising to children under 12 has been illegal since 1991.

• Mr. Potato Head was the first toy ever advertised on television.

• 59% of Americans can name all of the Three Stooges, but only 17% of Americans can name three Supreme Court Justices.