BY ALEX HILLSBERG

SPECIAL TO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Did you know that there are now more Americans who’d rather live without sex than live without their mobile phones? It’s ridiculous, but today 44% of Americans sleep with their phones (58% prefer sleeping with pets!), and only 20% of them can’t imagine their lives without sex.

FinancesOnline.com used the most recent scientific studies to gather these and many more weird habits of Americans and created an infographic that shows that America, though powerful and proud, has its own share of oddities and quirks, too:

Check it out Here - http://comparisons.financesonline.com/comparison-of-americans-weird-habits/

Who else would:

* Measure economic downturn with the rise of lipstick sales?

* Be unsure if a night out with a girl they like was a date or not?

* Use Waffle House opening hours to measure storm severity?

* Ever think that doing taxes is easier than eating healthy?