31 matches

6/86Tons of hair Poland exports annually to West Germany in exchange for barber equipment: 100

6/86Percentage increase in trade between China and the Soviet Union in 1985: 45

6/86Shipments of hazardous materials made in the United States each day: 500,000

    Portion of all vehicles carrying hazardous materials that are incorrectly labeled: 1/4

6/86Number of Americans who were tested for drug use by urinalysis in 1985: 4,500,000

6/86Percentage of the federal income taxes paid by individuals in 1981 that went to military programs: 45.5

6/86Amount the Reagan Administration has budgeted for military bands in 1987: $154,200,000

6/86Number of pornographic videocassettes released each week: 100

6/86Number of videocassettes rented in 1985: 1,200,000,000

6/86Number of books checked out from public libraries in 1985: 1,197,000,000

6/86Percentage of total movie industry revenues derived from theatrical distribution in 1978: 80

6/86Number of New York City police officers who are members of the Screen Actors Guild: 350

6/86Portion of the domestic TV market held by American manufacturers: 3/4

6/86Percentage of 1984 corporate R&D funded by the government in Japan: 1.8

    In the United States: 32.3

    In Lee Iacocca’s salary and benefits: +35

6/86Number of schools that have invited Lee Iacocca to speak at their graduations: 150

    Number that have invited Mario Cuomo: 160

6/86Estimated percentage of diplomas that are printed on sheepskin: 3

6/86Estimated number of Americans who have counterfeit diplomas or credentials: 500,000

6/86Percentage of claims paid by insurance companies that are awarded by juries: 2

6/86Number of people who died in 1985 as a result of “telephone-related” injuries: 11,000

6/86Number of people who try unsuccessfully to get President Reagan on the telephone each year: 175,000

6/86Percentage increase in Atlantic City’s crime rate since gambling was legalized there in 1978: 275

6/86Number of weddings performed each day in 1985 at Las Vegas’s Little Church of the West: 163

6/86Average duration of an American marriage (in years): 9.4

6/86Percentage of Americans who say that good sex is “very important” to a successful marriage: 75

6/86Number of people who have barreled over Niagara Falls and survived: 7

6/86Plastic pink flamingos sold in the United States in 1985: 450,000

6/86Percentage of Americans who say they have never heard the word “yuppie”: 39

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