12/90Number of curbside frog ramps in the streets of Stevens Point, Wisconsin: 4

City Hall (Stevens Point, Wisconsin)

5/97Percentage of Minnesota counties reporting a “highly unusual number” of deformed frogs last year: 62

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (St. Paul)

7/04Last year in which French frogs were served at the Brotherhood of the Frog Thigh Tasters’ annual fair in Vittel, France: 1977

Comite de la grenouille (Vittel, France)

6/00Average amount spent on direct advertising to U.S. children in 1983 and 1998, respectively, per child: $2.68, $36.60

Dr. Jim McNeal, Texas A&M University (Bryan)

2/09Rank of Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy among “music’s most anticipated album[s] ever,” according to its ad campaign: 1

Best Buy (N.Y.C.)