11/94Rank of November among months in which Americans receive the largest number of fund-raising appeals in the mail: 1

Richard Vergara, Kleid Co. (N.Y.C.)

8/98Number of credit-card solicitations mailed to Americans last year: 3,000,000,000

BAI Global Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.)

11/94Pieces of undelivered mail found in the trunk of a car belonging to a Chicago postman last spring: 3,000

U.S. Postal Service (Chicago)

1/90Average increase, since 1980, in the amount of junk mail an American receives each year, in pounds: 17

U.S. Postal Service/U.S. Census Bureau

7/92Ratio of the membership of the Robert Redford Fan Club to that of the Mr. Ed Fan Club: 1:3

Robert Redford Fan Club (Dunmore, Penn.)/Mr. Ed Fan Club (Cedar Hill, Texas)