How Much of The $21 Billion In Unspent Gift Cards Do You Own

When you're not sure of what to gift someone because you're not sure about their taste or likes,  you resort the the easy solution, gift cards!

Gift cards are great because they're easy to carry with you, just in case you happen to be shopping at that store or eating at that restaurant, you can just whip it out and use!

Apparently not everyone is doing this though! People usually forget they have them and don't use them, despite visiting that store or restaurant multiple times. Millions of them go unused each year and if you combine their values together, it's estimated to be in the billions!

A survey found that two-thirds of Americans have at least one unspent gift card stored in a pocket of theirs, a drawer, wallet, or purse! About half mentioned they actually lose the gift card before even having the chance to use it!

There is as much as $21 billion dollars worth of unspent money in those unused and lost gift cards. In the survey done, majority of the people who were polled said their unredeemed cards were under the value of $200.

Do you have any unused gift cards? And how much are the values on them? Chances are you're contributing to the $21 Billion dollars in unspent gift cards!

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When it comes to being a proud American, do you feel you're "average" or "below average?" 

Someone gathered stats of random things the "average" American does, then they polled people on BuzzFeed, so they could compare their answers. Eight different things were listed for them to vote on.

Now before we get to the eight things to see if you're an above or below average American, we should probably define what "average" is. According to Google, the average American is considered social class. They're referred to as being either a member of the middle or working class. And now that we've established this, it probably doesn't pertain to these eight things that would define an average or below average American! So if you worried a little bit, you'll be just fine!

We just want to make it clear that even if you do a lot of these things or don't, there's nothing wrong with being above or below average! You keep doing you. These results just show where you would rank amongst Americans.

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If you eat 46 slices of pizza a year, you're definitely considered average! If you break it down, it's about four slices a month. 75% of those polled said they eat less pizza than that, making them below average!

If you read 12 to 13 books a year, you're considered average. Although 47% say they read more books than that! So basically half of Americans are reading more than one book a month!

This one seems kind of hard. Yet we all know how much ice cream is loved by Americans! If you break it down, that's about a pint of ice cream a month. When you look at it that way, it doesn't seem that much. 91% of people said they eat less.

This does not count bills, junk mail, and packages. The average person only gets two a month. 60% say they don't get that much!

If you spend 51 minutes per day driving, you're considered average. But that also means you drive a lot because 76% of people polled said they don't even drive that much.

The average American spends about $438 a month on groceries. 46% said they spend more while about 54% said they spend less.

This may seem a lot but if you actually count, it may be more, making you above average. 41% say they actually go MORE than that.

If broken down, that's about four hours a day. The results were split on this. 45% say they watch more than that, which is believable when you binge watch shows. 55% said they watch less than that a year.