11/06Average number of books written by each French president since World War II: 8

Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris)

    Average by U.S. presidents: 4

Harper’s research

    Number written by Jimmy Carter: 20

Jimmy Carter Library and Museum (Atlanta)

8/89Ratio of American children to American cats and dogs: 1:2

U.S. Bureau of the Census/Pet Food Institute (Washington)

3/05Minimum number of snakes living in captivity in Ireland: 2,000

Herpetological Society of Ireland (Dublin)

2/97Amount that is being spent by the federal and state governments to preserve the Florida panther, per panther: $4,800,000

Don Coursey, University of Chicago

    Amount that is being spent to preserve the painted snake coil forest snail, per snail: $1.17

Don Coursey, University of Chicago

2/91Rank of Abraham Lincoln, among the U.S. presidents most often portrayed in films: 1

Baseline II (N.Y.C.)