1/86Number of South Africans whose race was legally reclassified in 1984: 795

Cape Times (Cape Town, South Africa)

1/86Number of the 48 U.S. prisoners executed since 1977 whose victims were not white: 5

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (New York City)

1/86Average age at which an inmate in federal prison first fired a gun: 13.2

U.S. Department of Justice

    First had sex: 13.7

U.S. Department of Justice

1/86Percentage of female college students who say they have been raped: 16

Professor Mary Koss (Kent State University)

    Percentage of those who say the rapist was someone they were dating: 57

Professor Mary Koss (Kent State University)

1/86Amount General Dynamics was fined by the Pentagon in 1985 for improper activities: $676,283.80

U.S. Department of Defense

    Estimated value of Pentagon contracts awarded to General Dynamics in 1985: $8,000,000,000

Washington Analysis Corporation/Harper’s research

1/86Percentage of U.S. Steel’s revenues derived from businesses other than steel in 1981: 31

U.S. Steel (Pittsburgh)

    In 1984: 70

U.S. Steel (Pittsburgh)

1/86Percentage of unemployed Americans who receive no unemployment benefits: 75

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)

1/86Percentage change in Britain’s manufacturing output since 1979: -6

British House of Lords

1/86Number of U.S. companies acquired by British companies in 1984: 50

Mergers and Acquisitions magazine (Philadelphia)

    By Japanese companies: 12

Mergers and Acquisitions magazine (Philadelphia)

1/86Percentage of black industrial workers in Haiti employed by U.S. companies: 66

Washington Office on Haiti

    In South Africa: 4

Investor Responsibility Research Center (Washington, D.C.)/South African Mission (New York City)

1/86Number of blacks among the five Americans most admired by teenagers: 3

World Almanac and Book of Facts (Newspaper Enterprises Association, New York City)

1/86Cost per second of advertising time on The Cosby Show: $9,000

Advertising Age magazine (New York City)

1/86Chances that an American has appeared on TV: 1 in 4

Roper Organization (New York City)

1/86Percentage of liberals who say they’ve gone skinny-dipping: 28

Roper Organization (New York City)

    Percentage of conservatives who say this: 15

Roper Organization (New York City)

1/86Percentage of French women who say they’ve had sex in a movie theater: 2

Elle magazine (Paris)

1/86Percentage of American men who say they enjoy sex more than money: 47

Money magazine (New York City)

    Percentage of American women who say this: 26

Money magazine (New York City)

1/86Number of Cocaine Anonymous meetings held weekly in Los Angeles: 75

Cocaine Anonymous (Culver City, Calif.)

    Number that were held there three years ago: 6

Cocaine Anonymous (Culver City, Calif.)

1/86Number of states that have banned or regulated “happy hours” since 1981: 22

Harper’s research

1/86Percentage decrease in the number of drunk drivers killed in accidents from 1980 to 1984: 24

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

1/86Number of stretch limousines sold in 1980: 2,000

Limousine and Chauffeur magazine (Redondo Beach, Calif.)

    In 1985: 6,500

Limousine and Chauffeur magazine (Redondo Beach, Calif.)

1/86Percentage of Jeeps sold in 1984 that were bought by people living in urban or suburban areas: 59

American Motors Corporation (Detroit)

1/86Cost of leasing one New York State sugar maple tree for one sap season: $29

North Country Corporation (Cambridge, Mass.)

1/86Percentage of Americans who say they had a pizza delivered in the last three months: 40

National Restaurant Association (Washington, D.C.)

1/86Chances that an American has never eaten a bagel: 4 in 5

Lender’s Bagel Bakery (West Haven, Conn.)

1/86Percentage increase, since 1977, in the number of Americans who skip breakfast: 33

Market Research Corporation of America (Chicago)

1/86Rank of Alaska, among all states, in the percentage of people who walk to work: 1

U.S. Census Bureau

1/86Chances that a male North Dakotan is an Elk: 1 in 10

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (Bismarck, N.D.)

1/86Members of the North American Deer Farmers Association: 10

North American Deer Farmers Association (Rhinebeck, N.Y.)

1/86Number of Ant Farms sold since their invention 30 years ago: 7,000,000

Uncle Milton Industries (Culver City, Calif.)