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Bottles of Scotch imported by the Ethiopian government to celebrate its tenth anniversary: 480,000
Bottles of Scotch imported by the Ethiopian government to celebrate its tenth anniversary: 480,000
Number of Democratic National Committee staffers whose job title is Press Office Liaison to Celebrities: 1
Number of Democratic National Committee staffers whose job title is Press Office Liaison to Celebrities: 1
Democratic National Committee (Washington)
Estimated amount supermarket tabloids pay informants for celebrity tips each year: $4,000,000
Estimated amount supermarket tabloids pay informants for celebrity tips each year: $4,000,000
Entertainment Tonight (Los Angeles, California)
Number of Elvis impersonators hired for the celebration of the centennial of the Statue of Liberty in 1986: 200
Number of Elvis impersonators hired for the celebration of the centennial of the Statue of Liberty in 1986: 200
David Wolper Productions (Burbank, Calif.)
Rank of celebrities, politicians, and family members, among the people mentioned most often in Nancy Reagan’s memoirs: 1,2,3
Rank of celebrities, politicians, and family members, among the people mentioned most often in Nancy Reagan’s memoirs: 1,2,3
Harper's research
Number of people who attended festivities in Madrid last November to celebrate the birthday of Francisco Franco: 20,000
Number of people who attended festivities in Madrid last November to celebrate the birthday of Francisco Franco: 20,000
El Pais (Washington)
Breasts bared on a Canadian border bridge last July to celebrate New York State’s legalization of topless sunbathing: 40
Breasts bared on a Canadian border bridge last July to celebrate New York State’s legalization of topless sunbathing: 40
Associated Press (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Number of years in office Saddam Hussein will celebrate this summer: 13
Number of years in office Saddam Hussein will celebrate this summer: 13
Harper's research
Number of bras on display at the Frederick’s of Hollywood Celebrity Lingerie Hall of Fame, in California: 16
Number of bras on display at the Frederick’s of Hollywood Celebrity Lingerie Hall of Fame, in California: 16
Frederick's of Hollywood (Calif.)
Days after Nicole Simpson was murdered that her home was included on L.A.’s Grave Line celebrity-death tour: 6
Days after Nicole Simpson was murdered that her home was included on L.A.’s Grave Line celebrity-death tour: 6
Grave Line Tours (Hollywood, Calif.)
Rank of General Norman Schwarzkopf, among the highest scorers on Celebrity Jeopardy! last November: 1
Rank of General Norman Schwarzkopf, among the highest scorers on Celebrity Jeopardy! last November: 1
Jeopardy! Productions (Culver City, Calif.)
Rank of Oprah Winfrey among the celebrities Americans believe to be most qualified for the U.S. presidency: 1
Rank of Oprah Winfrey among the celebrities Americans believe to be most qualified for the U.S. presidency: 1
America's Talking (Fort Lee, N.J.)
Number of years Bryn Mawr College has held an annual Mayhole Celebration, “a feminist takeoff on the maypole”: 11
Number of years Bryn Mawr College has held an annual Mayhole Celebration, “a feminist takeoff on the maypole”: 11
Student Life Office, Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, Pa.)
Year in which Christmas celebrations, plum pudding, and mince pie were outlawed in England: 1647
Year in which Christmas celebrations, plum pudding, and mince pie were outlawed in England: 1647
The Rise and Fall of Merry England, Oxford University Press (London)/The Story of Christmas, Odhams Press Limited (London)
Number of years it took before Disney ‘s planned community of Celebration, Florida, experienced its first violent crime: 2
Number of years it took before Disney ‘s planned community of Celebration, Florida, experienced its first violent crime: 2
Osceola County Sheriff's Office (Osceola, Fla.)
Date and time of the annual pi celebration held at San Francisco’s Exploratorium: 3:59
Date and time of the annual pi celebration held at San Francisco’s Exploratorium: 3:59
The Exploratorium (San Francisco)
Number of pies brought to last year’s event: 15
Number of pies brought to last year’s event: 15
The Exploratorium (San Francisco)
Number of years that a member of the Council on Foreign Relations has authored Parade magazine’s celebrity-gossip column: 11
Number of years that a member of the Council on Foreign Relations has authored Parade magazine’s celebrity-gossip column: 11
Parade (N.Y.C.)
Minimum number of U.S. universities where Halloween celebrations last year included at least one student in blackface: 4
Minimum number of U.S. universities where Halloween celebrations last year included at least one student in blackface: 4
Harper's research
Minimum number of the brand names mentioned in James Joyce’s Ulysses that are still extant: 28
Minimum number of the brand names mentioned in James Joyce’s Ulysses that are still extant: 28
The James Joyce Centre (Dublin)
Number of the brand holders that are sponsoring Dublin’s centennial Bloomsday celebration this month: 2
Number of the brand holders that are sponsoring Dublin’s centennial Bloomsday celebration this month: 2
Fleishman-Hillard Saunders International Communications (Dublin)
Estimated number of Ugandan prisoners who escaped in February while guards celebrated the president’s reelection: 400
Estimated number of Ugandan prisoners who escaped in February while guards celebrated the president’s reelection: 400
Ministry of Internal Affairs (Kampala, Uganda)
