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Percentage change in the size of [Colombia|Colombia’s] [Drugs|coca] [Agriculture|crop] since its “Plan Colombia” coca-eradication campaign began in [1990s|1999]

: +11

Chance that a case of [Cancer|cancer] diagnosed in the U.S. last year was a skin cancer

: 1 in 2

Chance that an American will develop [Cancer|skin cancer] in his or her lifetime

: 1 in 5

Number of [Nudism|nudist] clubs, resorts, and campgrounds in the U.S.

: 233

Number of [Russia|Russian] news organizations that were sent a press release in [February|February] touting a [Mendacity|fake] company

: 21

Number that offered to run an article about a [Mendacity|fake] company for a fee

: 13

Estimated percentage of [Mexico|Mexico’s] thirty major [Media|newspapers] that would fold without government subsidies

: 90

Chances that a [BodyofWater|body of water] in [Mexico|Mexico] is too [Pollution|contaminated] to [Sport|swim] in

: 3 in 4

Factor by which [Radiation|radiation]-dose levels found in the Library of [Congress|Congress] exceed typical levels outside a [Nuclear|nuclear] plant

: 260

Number of [CocaCola|Coca-Cola] commercials that the [Business|company] contributed to the Library of [Congress|Congress] last [November|November]

: 20,000

Rank of [Cancer|cancer] and [Suicide|suicide], respectively, among the top causes of [Death|death] of [Japan|Japanese] bureaucrats last year

: 1,2

Ratio of the total amount the U.S. spent on the [GulfWar|Gulf War] to the amount it spent last year on the [Drugs|drug war]

: 2:5

Percentage of [GeorgeWBush|George W. Bush’s] first 189 appointees who also served in his [Fatherhood|father’s] administration

: 42

Number of the sixteen previous [RepublicanParty|Republican] presidents who experienced a [Recession|recession] during their first term in office

: 15

[Days|Days] after [DowJones|Dow Jones] laid off 202 workers that its [CEO|CEO] published a scathing review of his Caribbean vacation

: 1

Number of General Electric [Corporation|employees] who have the title “[CEO|chief executive officer]”

: 51

Average amount that workers in one [ElSalvador|El Salvador] factory are paid for each $12.99 Gap T-[Fashion|shirt] they sew

: 11.6?

Percentage of Americans living below the [Poverty|poverty] line who believe that “poor people today have it easy”

: 31

Percentage change, since [January|January], in the [Finance|stock price] of 99? Only Stores

: +65

Percentage who would allow “[Islam|Muslim] mosques” to do so

: 38

Amount by which the combined profits of the world’s top ten [Oil|oil] companies in 2000 exceeded those in [1990s|1999]

: $29,000,000,000

Signing bonus that two [Oil|oil] companies paid [Chad|Chad] in [April|April] 2000 in order to join an oil-exploration project

: $25,000,000

Amount of this bonus that [Chad|Chad] spent on [Weapons|weapons], violating an [IMF|International Monetary Fund] agreement

: $4,500,000

Minimum number of people who have been trampled to [Death|death] at [Soccer|soccer] matches in [Africa|Africa] since [April|April]

: 177

Number of U.S. major-league [Baseball|baseball] players this year who are natives of the [DominicanRepublic|Dominican Republic]

: 79

Ratio of their combined salaries to the [DominicanRepublic|Dominican Republic’s] military expenditures last year

: 2:3

Factor by which the number of [CatholicFaith|Catholics] in [LatinAmerica|Latin America] exceeds the number in [Italy|Italy]

: 8

Number of [CatholicFaith|Catholic] cardinals from [LatinAmerica|Latin America] and [Italy|Italy], respectively

: 32, 40

Percentage of Americans who would allow “[Religion|churches] and other houses of worship” to seek [FederalGovernment|federal funds] for [Charity|charitable] work

: 75

Estimated cost of [Energy|fuel] consumed in [1990s|1999] by U.S. [Driving|drivers] caught in [Transportation|traffic] delays

: $8,600,000,000

Chances that an episode of [Entertainment|The Simpsons] contains at least one [Religion|religious] reference

: 7 in 10

Percentage of [Medicine|CPR] attempts depicted on [Television|television] that save the patient’s life

: 67

Percentage of Americans who believe they have never [Diet|eaten] genetically modified [Food|food]

: 70

Chance that a processed [Food|food] in a U.S. grocery store contains genetically modified ingredients

: 1 in 2

Chance that a commercial [Vitamin|multivitamin] does not contain the vitamin levels [Mendacity|promised] on its packaging

: 1 in 3

Estimated percentage of [Tibet|Tibetan] [Child|children] whose growth has been stunted by malnutrition

: 50

Change, in inches, in the average height of a [Japan|Japanese] eleven-year-old since [1950s|1950]

: +6
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