12/84Chance of a white Christmas in New York: 23%

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    In Minneapolis: 73%

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12/92Number of Japanese tour groups scheduled to visit the new Mall of America, in Bloomington, Minnesota, this year: 50

Mall of America (Bloomington, Minnesota)

7/94Price of one week at the Klingon Language Camp in Red Lake Falls, Minnesota: $350

Klingon Language School (Red Lake Falls, Minn.)

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

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (St. Paul)

5/97Hourly rate charged by Mighty Moms, a Minnesota group that confronts rowdy mall teens with “verbal judo”: $20

Mall of America (Bloomington, Minn.)

1/98Ratio of miles of groomed snowmobile trails in Minnesota to miles of state highway: 3:2

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (St. Paul)/Minnesota Department of Transportation (St. Paul)

6/03Percentage “improvement” that Minnesota senator Norm Coleman claims to be over the late Paul Wellstone: 99

Office of Senator Norm Coleman (Washington)

7/04Percentage of his salary Minnesota senator Mark Dayton spends on bus trips for seniors buying drugs in Canada: 100

Minnesota Senior Federation (St. Paul)

4/06Price for which companies can purchase the personal data of all Minnesota drivers’-license holders from the state: $1,500

Minnesota Department of Public Safety (St. Paul)

    Estimated number that have bought the data so far: 800

Minnesota Department of Public Safety (St. Paul)

9/08Minutes that Minneapolis drivers can legally idle while not in traffic, per a new city ordinance: 3

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