10/01Number of people arrested at last year’s Republican National Convention: 390

Philadelphia Police Department

    Number arrested at July’s G-8 summit in Genoa, Italy: 298

Government of Italy (Rome)

7/04Ratio of U.S. and Canadian spending on pharmaceuticals last year to the amount the rest of the world spent: 31:32

IMS Health (London)

9/04Estimated total number of protesters at the June G-8 conference in Georgia: 310

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police (Savannah)

    Estimated number of police per protester: 10

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police (Savannah)

1/06Age of the girl who made the first bear kill in Maryland’s hunting season last fall: 8

Mt. Nebo Wildlife Management Area (Md.)

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

San Francisco Zoo