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Number of northern [Nigeria|Nigerian] states in which being [Divorce|divorced] and [Parenting|pregnant] is enough evidence for an [Adultery|adultery] conviction

: 12

Number of [Student|students] at [Illinois|Illinois’s] Aurora University who have earned academic credit for a course in “[Business|business] [Golf|golf]”

: 29

Amount an [Ohio|Ohio] [Energy|power] company agreed to pay in [April|April] to purchase a town affected by its plant’s [Pollution|pollution]

: $20,000,000

Amount the [GeorgeWBush|Bush Administration] paid this year to buy back [Oil|oil] and gas drilling leases off [Florida|Florida’s] coast

: $115,000,000

Factor by which this exceeds the price that the [RonaldReagan|Reagan Administration] received for selling them

: 7

Months before the [Florida|Florida] gubernatorial [Democracy|election] this year that [GeorgeWBush|President] Bush announced the buyback

: 5

[Days|Days] that a [Army|U.S. soldier] was investigated in [May|May] for calling [GeorgeWBush|Bush]”a [Comedy|joke]” in a letter to a [Media|newspaper]

: 10

Number of months in [Prison|jail] to which one can be [Justice|sentenced] for discussing politics without a permit in [Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe]

: 6

Number of [Days|days] in advance that the permit must be obtained

: 4

Number of U.S. residents in [1950s|1954] that the [HomelandSecurity|FBI] had slated for roundup in the event of a national emergency

: 26,000

Years that a [Nigeria|Nigerian] [Women|woman] appealing a sentence of [DeathPenalty|death by stoning] in [March|March] will be allowed to live to wean her [Child|baby]

: 1.5

Percentage of [Afghanistan|Afghans] who will “soon” get [AIDS|AIDS] if [Adultery|adulterous] [Women|women] are not [Prison|jailed], according to a government deputy

: 50

Number of nations besides [Somalia|Somalia] and the [UnitedStates|United States] that have yet to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the [Child|Child]

: 0

Chance an American knows that more [Palestine|Palestinians] than [Israel|Israelis] have died in political [Violence|violence] since 2000

: 1 in 3

Number of fatalities sustained by the [UnitedNations|U.N.] peacekeeping force in [Lebanon|Lebanon] during its 24 years there

: 239

Number of countries in which at least one [Army|U.S. soldier] was stationed last year and in [1950s|1950], respectively

: 148, 95

Estimated number of survivors of the [1940s|1945] U.S. [Nuclear|atomic bomb] attacks in [Japan|Japan] now living in the [UnitedStates|United States]

: 1,000

Ratio of [Language|words] the [NewYorkTimes|New York Times] devoted to Stephen Jay Gould’s obituary to those it spent on John Gotti’s

: 4:7

Number of copies he claims to have [Business|sold] so far

: 275,000

Number of names of U.S. [War|peace] and [CivilRights|civil-rights] activists in the [CIA|CIA’s] Operation CHAOS database in [1970s|1973]

: 300,000

Maximum number of words in the longest phrase searchable in the [HomelandSecurity|FBI’s] case database today

: 1

Percentage of [WashingtonDC|Washington, D.C.], [Murder|murder] cases opened last year that remained unsolved by year’s end

: 66

Change since [1980s|1988] in the number of emergency rooms in the United States

: ???1,235

Chance that an American filing for [Bankruptcy|bankruptcy] last year did so because of [Medicine|medical] expenses

: 1 in 2

Percentage change last year in the total profits of [Business|Fortune 500] pharmaceutical companies

: +35

Percentage change in the total profits of all [Business|Fortune 500] companies

: ???54

Chance, worldwide, that a [Child|child] performs [Labor|work] that endangers his or her health

: 1 in 9

Year in which the prom of [Georgia|Georgia’s] Taylor County [Education|public high school] was first integrated

: 2002

Average amount by which the price a [AfricanAmerican|black] American pays for a new [Transportation|car] exceeds that paid by a [Caucasian|white] for the same model

: $420

Extra amount [Oregon|Oregon] charges per year to register a [Science|hybrid] [Gasoline|gas]/electric [Driving|car] in compensation for [Economics|lost] gasoline [Taxes|taxes]

: $15

Number of round-trips to the [Sun|sun] represented by the world’s outstanding [Transportation|frequent-flyer] miles

: 42,500

Projected percentage by which [GlobalWarming|melting Arctic ice] will shorten shipping routes between [Europe|Europe] and [Asia|East Asia] by 2020

: 33

Ratio of the amount of water Americans use in the shower each year to the amount wasted in leaks nationwide

: 6:5

Amount a [Spain|Spanish] inventor charges per month to lease a front-loading 37-nozzle [Pets|pet]-washing machine

: $600

Price a [LasVegas|Las Vegas] [Cinema|filmmaker] charges through his [Internet|website] for a film of [Homelessness|homeless] [Men|men] [Violence|fighting] each other

: $19.95

Minimum spending on refreshments required per luxury box at this year’s U.S. Open [Sport|tennis] tournament

: $24,000

Years before the [Death|death] of Britain’s [RoyalFamily|Queen Mother] in [March|March] that the Times of [London|London] first wrote her obituary

: 64

Last year in which [SouthAfrica|South Africa’s] average life expectancy was as low as it is today

: 1955

Number of [Argentina|Argentines] who belong to at least one of their country’s 5,000 bartering clubs

: 2,500,000

Number of calves a pair of matching sweatsuits bought there in [June|June]

: 1
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