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

Harper’s research

7/95Maximum price of a three-year license to sell hot dogs outside New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art: $900,600

Department of Parks and Recreation (N.Y.C.)

1/00Number of New York City children issued Civil Defense dog tags by 1952 to identify them after a nuclear attack: 2,500,000

Jonas and Nissenson, Going, Going, Gone

8/87Times New York Times columnist A.M. Rosenthal’s office door was painted before he was happy with the color: 4

Spy (New York City)

10/02Hours that the Empire State Building was lit “Snapple Yellow” in August: 8

Snapple Beverage Group (White Plains, N.Y.)