2/05Number of black U.S. senators during the entire 1800s, the entire 1900s, and today, respectively: 2, 2, 1

U.S. Senate Historical Office

11/98Number of wild turkeys in New Hampshire in 1968: 0

New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (Keene, N.H.)

    Number there today: 10,000

New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (Keene, N.H.)

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)

6/94Percentage change, since 1850, in the number of wooded acres in New Hampshire: +118

Division of Forests and Lands (Concord, N.H.)

2/92Average attendance at the largest rally held by each Democratic candidate in New Hampshire last November: 350

Committee to Draft Ralph Nader for President (Manchester, N.H.)

    Number of people who attended a Ralph Nader rally in Nashua, New Hampshire, last November: 600

Harper’s research