4/04Number of the 76 reported attempts by bears to break into New Jersey homes last year that were successful: 53

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (Trenton)

5/08Percentage, in a recent study, by which the average weight gain of rats eating saccharin exceeded that of rats eating sugar: 25

Ingestive Behavior Research Center, Purdue University (West Lafayette, Ind.)

5/86Weight of the average male bear in Alaska (in pounds): 250

International Association for Bear Research and Management (Calgary, Alberta)

    In Pennsylvania: 487

International Association for Bear Research and Management (Calgary, Alberta)

6/98Number of cars broken into by bears last year at Yosemite National Park: 889

Yosemite National Park (Yosemite, Calif.)

6/97Combined number of root canals performed last year on two Kodiak bears at the San Francisco Zoo: 7

San Francisco Zoo