5/97Percentage of Minnesota counties reporting a “highly unusual number” of deformed frogs last year: 62
7/04Last year in which French frogs were served at the Brotherhood of the Frog Thigh Tasters’ annual fair in Vittel, France: 1977
6/03Percentage “improvement” that Minnesota senator Norm Coleman claims to be over the late Paul Wellstone: 99
1/99Rank of the Budweiser frog TV-ad campaign, among the most popular commercials with children over the age of six: 1
4/06Price for which companies can purchase the personal data of all Minnesota drivers’-license holders from the state: $1,500
Estimated number that have bought the data so far: 800