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Number of people in [NorthCarolina|North] Carolina [Death|killed] by [Transportation|automobiles] since [1990s|1998] after lying in the middle of the road

: 66

Estimated amount the [Television|BBC] paid for noise-producing [Technology|software] last year after workers complained of the quiet

: $1,600

Percentage change since [1990s|1997] in the number of [Britain|Britons] waiting to get on the [HealthCare|National Health Service’s] waiting list

: +100

Number of [Paris|Parisians] who break bones or are [Medicine|hospitalized] each year after slipping on [Dog|dog] feces

: 650

Percentage of the residents of [NorthernIreland|Northern Ireland] who report being happy

: 92

Percentage of the residents of the rest of [Ireland|Ireland] who do

: 90

Fine levied on a [California|California] [Men|man] last [Fall|fall] for shooting an [Bird|owl] with a [Weapons|slingshot], then [Crime|beating] it

: $10,000

Percentage of [Hawaii|Hawaiian] [Bird|bird] [LivingOrganism|species] that have become extinct since 1778

: 49

Percentage change since the [1970s|1970s] in the number of [Fish|salmon] in the [AtlanticOcean|Atlantic Ocean]

: ???90

Number of U.S. states that introduced legislation forbidding [CivilRights|discrimination] against [Transportation|motorcylists] last year

: 8

Percentage of major [Democracy|party] delegates to be chosen by [March|March] 21 this year

: 70

[California|] Number of rented 40-foot [Refrigerator|refrigerator] trailers the LAPD uses to house [Policing|biological evidence]

: 4

Percentage change since [1990s|1993] in the number of [Crime|criminal] cases dismissed each year in [NewYorkCity|New York City]

: +132

Percentage of “born again‚” [NewYork|New Yorkers] who have said they will [Democracy|vote] for [HillaryClinton|Hillary Clinton] for senator

: 44

Number of times Elizabeth Dole [Men|mentioned] [RonaldReagan|Ronald Reagan] in her endorsement of [GeorgeWBush|George W. Bush] last [Winter|winter]

: 5

Number of federal [Crime|fraud] charges of which former [Disney|Mouseketeer] Darlene Gillespie was found guilty in [1990s|1998]

: 9

Percentage of major U.S. [Music|recording] labels that use the [Censorship|parental warning stickers] advocated by Tipper Gore in [1980s|1985]

: 100

Years after Frank Zappa called Gore’s [Censorship|campaign] “extortion‚” that his daughter recorded a single featuring her on drums

: 14

Rank of [Entertainment|Adam Sandler] and [BillGates|Bill Gates] among the most popular role models with [Men|male] [College|college] freshmen

: 1,2

Estimated percentage change since [1970s|1979] in the number of [Bird|birds] [Death|killed] annually by U.S. communications towers

: +186

Ratio of major party [Democracy|presidential] primaries to be held before [April|April] this year to those held before April in [1980s|1984]

: 3:1

Factor by which online campaign contributions to [AlGore|Al Gore] last year exceeded online contributions to [GeorgeWBush|George W. Bush]

: 5

Ratio of the combined value of [Media|AOL and Time Warner] last [January|January] 11 to the annual budget of [France|France]

: 4:3

Number of companies that controlled over half of all U.S. [Media|media] outlets in [1980s|1983]

: 50

Number that controlled over half of all U.S. [Media|media] outlets last year

: 6

Percentage of committee members advising the U.S. on [WTO|WTO] forest-issues negotiations who are lumber executives

: 100

Percentage of the [WTO|WTO] [Democracy|protesters] [Justice|arrested] in [Seattle|Seattle] last year whose charges were dropped due to a lack of evidence

: 92

Damages awarded this year to [Prison|prisoners] who “suffered reprisals‚” after the [1970s|1971] Attica prison uprising, per prisoner

: $6,250

Damages awarded [PizzaHut|Pizza Hut] last [Winter|winter] after it sued a competitor whose ads claimed it made “better” [Pizza|pizza]

: $467,620

Ratio of Kmart’s U.S. sales in [1990s|1998] to the estimated budget of the [Russia|Russian] military

: 1:1

Ratio of the average size of a [Tokyo|Tokyo] residence to that of a U.S. two-[Driving|car] garage

: 4:3

Factor by which average air-[Pollution|pollution] levels inside a moving [Driving|car] on an L.A. highway exceed those outside the car

: 10

Average percentage change in East Coast air [Pollution|pollution] between [Monday |Mondays] and [Thursday|Thursdays]

: +24

Average percentage by which the amount of East Coast rainfall on a [Saturday|Saturday] exceeds the amount on a [Monday |Monday]

: 22

Minimum number of miles of [WestVirginia|West Virginia] streams buried by mining waste since [1980s|1986]

: 470

Chance that a U.S. [Energy|nuclear power] plant’s indoor waste-storage facility is full

: 1 in 5

Percentage of the senior [Media|editorial] staff of Talk [Magazine|magazine] that has resigned since the magazine’s debut last [Summer|summer]

: 26

Number of [Pornography|Playboy] centerfold models since [1950s|1959] whose bios claimed their favorite [Literature|book] was by [Torture|Ayn Rand]

: 12

Number of [Britain|British] [Women|women] [Death|killed] last [Fall|fall] by [Disaster|lightning] conducted through their [Fashion|underwire bras]

: 2
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