12/88Estimated portion of chlorofluorocarbons produced worldwide that is manufactured by Du Pont: 1/4
12/88Estimated portion of carbon-dioxide emissions worldwide that is the result of deforestation: 1/4
12/88Rolls of toilet paper the Pentagon has used since 1980: 1,895,040
12/88Number of the 2,869 U.S. Customs Service employees screened for drugs since 1986 who tested positive: 2
12/88Tons of hazardous waste produced by the United States each year, per capita: 1
12/88Number of the world’s 129 billionaires who are not American: 79
12/88Percentage of American families whose net worth is less than $10,000: 25
12/88Average salary and benefits of workers in American industries in which the number of jobs is increasing: $22,000
Average salary and benefits of workers in American industries in which the number of jobs is decreasing: $32,000
12/88Chances that a presidential appointee has received no formal training for the job: 4 in 5
12/88Percentage of presidential appointees who say they have trouble understanding financial disclosure forms: 70
12/88Number of years by which an American president is likely to fall short of his life expectancy: 3
12/88Estimated number of courses on “The Sixties” offered at American colleges and universities this year: 400
12/88Number of times Abbie Hoffman has been arrested: 43
12/88Amount the rock group Bon Jovi earned in 1988: $15,000,000
Amount the estate of Elvis Presley earned in 1988: $15,000,000
12/88Rank of photos of Presley with President Nixon, among those most requested from the National Archives: 1
12/88Number of inquiries about John Dillinger’s penis received by the Smithsonian Institution each month: 2
12/88Rank of longest paper-clip chain, among the entries most often rejected by the Guinness Book of World Records: 1
12/88Average number of years of marriage before an unfaithful British husband has his first affair: 8
12/88Percentage of doctors who say they would reject an unmarried woman’s request for artificial insemination: 50
12/88Percentage of doctors who say they would allow a woman to choose a sperm donor based on his religion: 56
12/88Percentage of child psychologists who advise parents of pre-school children to “confirm Santa’s existence”: 40
12/88Estimated percentage increase, since 1977, in the number of U.S. businesses owned by Hispanics: 55
12/88Chances that a white American man is self-employed: 1 in 7
Chances that a foreign-born Korean-American man is: 1 in 4
12/88Diameter of the earth if it were compressed to the density of a black hole, in inches: 3/4
12/88Percentage of American teenagers who do not know the meaning of the date stamped on dairy products: 58
12/88Number of Wisconsin’s 33 state senators who voted in favor of a 1988 bill that allows the blind to hunt: 27