11 Shocking Things You Never Knew About Barbie Doll

7. How popular is Barbie?

Well, two-and-a-half times more Barbies are sold every year than babies are born in the United States. In fact, a Barbie is sold every three seconds.

8. Barbie in the armed forces

She’s been in the Army, the Air Force, the Navy and the Marine Corps, and Mattel actually had the Pentagon approve Barbie’s military outfits.