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Number of the six formerly inert elements whose inertia [Finland|Finnish] [Science|scientists] have managed to disrupt

: 4

Percentage change since [1970s|1979] in the number of [Drugs|cocaine] users in the [UnitedStates|United States]

: ???62

Chances that a [Florida|Florida] [Tobacco|smoker] lives in a household where smoking is prohibited

: 2 in 5

Amount Anheuser-Busch contributed as a sponsor of the [StLouis|St. Louis] [Democracy|presidential debate] this year

: $550,000

Minimum number of [Science|chromosomal regions] proposed as sites for the tendency toward schizophrenia

: 6

Year in which anxiety eclipsed [Depression|depression] among the most common [Disease|mental-health problems] in the [UnitedStates|United States]

: 1984

Percentage change in per capita U.S. [Diet|sugar consumption] since [1980s|1982]

: +28

Percentage change since [1990s|1990] in the number of adult Americans with [Disease|diabetes]

: +33

Amount the Centers for [Disease|Disease] Control has spent redecorating a stairwell to encourage [Obesity|obese] [Jobs|employees] to walk

: $14,900

Chance that a U.S. [Teenager|teenage] [Boy|boy] has clogged [HealthCare|coronary] arteries

: 1 in 31

Number of Los Alamos documents Lee was accused of downloading that were classified at the time he did so

: 0

Percentage of Americans who report being “regularly bored out of my mind‚”

: 21

Number of words for [Ennui|boredom] in the Mohegan language, according to an ad for the Mohegan Sun Resort and [Gambling|Casino]

: 0

Number of Mohegan words that are a variant of “wampum,‚” meaning “ [Religion|spiritual] reparation‚”

: 3

Estimated number of [Hours|hours] of [Labor|labor] performed by [AfricanAmerican|African-American] [Slavery|slaves] between [1600s|1619] and 1865

: 222,505,049

Estimated value of that [Labor|labor], compounded at 6 percent interest through [1990s|1993]

: $97,100,000,000,000

Number of [Crime|felons] enlisted from an [Ohio|Ohio] halfway house last [July|July] as extras in the Cincinnati Opera’s [Entertainment|production] of Aida

: 21

Number of [NativeAmerican|Native Americans] sought by a Pilgrim descendants’ group this year to re-create the first [Thanksgiving|Thanksgiving]

: 90

Price of a [Sex|copulating] [TurkeyBird|turkey] [Hunting|decoy], designed to flush fowl inflamed with territorial jealousy

: $49.99

Percentage change in the per capita [GDP|GDP] of [LatinAmerica|Latin America] between [1960s|1960] and [1980s|1980]

: +73

Number 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

: 550

Number of families in a [Texas|Texas] town who have sued the [Education|school] district over its adoption of random [Drugs|drug] testing

: 1

Points by which the average SAT score of a [Education|home-schooled student] exceeds that of other U.S. [Student|students]

: 81

Percentage of [PublicSchools|U.S. public school teachers] who hold a second [Jobs|job]

: 59

Factor by which the [DowJones|Dow Jones Industrial Average] increased between [1990s|1992] and 1998

: 2.9

Factor by which the annual number of [Fashion|cosmetic surgeries] performed in the [UnitedStates|United States] increased during that time

: 2.5

Percentage change since last [May|May] in the number of injuries caused by [Transportation|foot-powered scooters] in the [UnitedStates|United States]

: +700

Percentage of Americans [Death|killed] by faulty auto parts in the [1990s|1990s] who were killed by [Transportation|Firestone tires]

: 0.1

Average annual number of [Transportation|traffic] accidents in [Iowa|Iowa] caused by low visibility due to [Corn|corn stalks]

: 65

Inches by which [Iowa|Iowa’s] tallest [Corn|corn stalks] exceed the average height of an adult [Elephant|Asian elephant’s] eye

: 17

Number of people [Death|killed] by captive [Animal|elephants] in the [UnitedStates|United States] since [1980s|1983]

: 17

Number of [Bear|bears] bred for their bile at [China|China’s] 247 licensed bear [Agriculture|farms] in [1990s|1998]

: 6,764

Rank of the [China|China] National Petroleum [Business|Corporation] among companies with the largest stake in the [Sudan|Sudanese] [Oil|oil] industry

: 1

Ratio 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]

: 1:4

Number of [Russia|Russians] electrocuted last year while trying to [Crime|steal] [Energy|power] lines and cable

: 544

Number of [Russia|former Soviet republics] whose [Economics|per capita GDP] was higher in [1990s|1997] than in 1990

: 0

Percentage 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
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