Number of the six formerly inert elements whose inertia [Finland|Finnish] [Science|scientists] have managed to disrupt
: 4Percentage change since [1970s|1979] in the number of [Drugs|cocaine] users in the [UnitedStates|United States]
: ???62Chances that a [Florida|Florida] [Tobacco|smoker] lives in a household where smoking is prohibited
: 2 in 5Amount Anheuser-Busch contributed as a sponsor of the [StLouis|St. Louis] [Democracy|presidential debate] this year
: $550,000Minimum number of [Science|chromosomal regions] proposed as sites for the tendency toward schizophrenia
: 6Year in which anxiety eclipsed [Depression|depression] among the most common [Disease|mental-health problems] in the [UnitedStates|United States]
: 1984Percentage change in per capita U.S. [Diet|sugar consumption] since [1980s|1982]
: +28Percentage change since [1990s|1990] in the number of adult Americans with [Disease|diabetes]
: +33Amount the Centers for [Disease|Disease] Control has spent redecorating a stairwell to encourage [Obesity|obese] [Jobs|employees] to walk
: $14,900Chance that a U.S. [Teenager|teenage] [Boy|boy] has clogged [HealthCare|coronary] arteries
: 1 in 31Number of Los Alamos documents Lee was accused of downloading that were classified at the time he did so
: 0Percentage of Americans who report being “regularly bored out of my mind‚”
: 21Number of words for [Ennui|boredom] in the Mohegan language, according to an ad for the Mohegan Sun Resort and [Gambling|Casino]
: 0Number of Mohegan words that are a variant of “wampum,‚” meaning “ [Religion|spiritual] reparation‚”
: 3Estimated number of [Hours|hours] of [Labor|labor] performed by [AfricanAmerican|African-American] [Slavery|slaves] between [1600s|1619] and 1865
: 222,505,049Estimated value of that [Labor|labor], compounded at 6 percent interest through [1990s|1993]
: $97,100,000,000,000Number of [Crime|felons] enlisted from an [Ohio|Ohio] halfway house last [July|July] as extras in the Cincinnati Opera’s [Entertainment|production] of Aida
: 21Number of [NativeAmerican|Native Americans] sought by a Pilgrim descendants’ group this year to re-create the first [Thanksgiving|Thanksgiving]
: 90Price of a [Sex|copulating] [TurkeyBird|turkey] [Hunting|decoy], designed to flush fowl inflamed with territorial jealousy
: $49.99Percentage change in the per capita [GDP|GDP] of [LatinAmerica|Latin America] between [1960s|1960] and [1980s|1980]
: +73Number of Americans, aside from Wen Ho Lee, who have ever been prosecuted under the [1940s|1948] Atomic Energy Act
: 0[Days|Days] by which a [Texas|Texan’s] [Prison|prison] sentence for [Sweets|candy-bar] theft this year exceeded his sentence for [Drugs|marijuana] possession
: 550Number of families in a [Texas|Texas] town who have sued the [Education|school] district over its adoption of random [Drugs|drug] testing
: 1Points by which the average SAT score of a [Education|home-schooled student] exceeds that of other U.S. [Student|students]
: 81Percentage of [PublicSchools|U.S. public school teachers] who hold a second [Jobs|job]
: 59Factor by which the [DowJones|Dow Jones Industrial Average] increased between [1990s|1992] and 1998
: 2.9Factor by which the annual number of [Fashion|cosmetic surgeries] performed in the [UnitedStates|United States] increased during that time
: 2.5Percentage change since last [May|May] in the number of injuries caused by [Transportation|foot-powered scooters] in the [UnitedStates|United States]
: +700Percentage of Americans [Death|killed] by faulty auto parts in the [1990s|1990s] who were killed by [Transportation|Firestone tires]
: 0.1Average annual number of [Transportation|traffic] accidents in [Iowa|Iowa] caused by low visibility due to [Corn|corn stalks]
: 65Inches by which [Iowa|Iowa’s] tallest [Corn|corn stalks] exceed the average height of an adult [Elephant|Asian elephant’s] eye
: 17Number of people [Death|killed] by captive [Animal|elephants] in the [UnitedStates|United States] since [1980s|1983]
: 17Number of [Bear|bears] bred for their bile at [China|China’s] 247 licensed bear [Agriculture|farms] in [1990s|1998]
: 6,764Rank of the [China|China] National Petroleum [Business|Corporation] among companies with the largest stake in the [Sudan|Sudanese] [Oil|oil] industry
: 1Ratio of the average cost of a gallon of [Gasoline|gas] in [Britain|Britain] last [September|September] to that of a gallon of [Diet|Starbucks] [Coffee|coffee]
: 1:4Number of [Russia|Russians] electrocuted last year while trying to [Crime|steal] [Energy|power] lines and cable
: 544Number of [Russia|former Soviet republics] whose [Economics|per capita GDP] was higher in [1990s|1997] than in 1990
: 0Percentage change since then
: +6[Hours|Hours] after an [Australia|Australian] [Fishing|fisherman] fell overboard in [August|August] that [Diet|his head was found in the belly of a 98-pound cod]
: 21