7/89Number of coin-operated suntan-lotion spray dispensers in Ocean City, Maryland: 16
10/91Number of tabs of LSD confiscated at a series of Grateful Dead concerts in Landover, Maryland, in March: 36,442
12/94Price of a 12-gram canister of frankincense and a 7-gram canister of myrrh, from a Maryland company: $34.95
5/95Price of a floral dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in her last film, from Norma’s Jeans of Maryland: $35,000
4/96Estimated nightly attendance last April at a Maryland “drive-through theater” re-enactment of the crucifixion: 4,000
5/98Number of consecutive hours that a Maryland man spent kissing a motorboat last winter in order to win it in a contest: 59
10/02Grant given a Maryland professor last October to create an online archive of dot-com-era business plans: $300,500
12/02Average number of people killed per week by a sniper operating in suburban Maryland and Virginia this fall: 3
Average number of homicides per week during the same period in Washington, D.C.: 7
4/04Maximum fine in Baltimore for dancing or not standing during the singing of the national anthem: $100
7/04Seconds it took a Maryland consultant last winter to pick a Diebold voting machine’s lock and remove its memory card: 10
4/07Number of vehicles in the motorcade that transports President Bush to his regular bike ride in Maryland: 14