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Number of [Sweets|fruitcakes] that [Alcohol|drunken] [Santa|Santas] catapulted into the air at the event in [Portland|Portland], [Oregon|Oregon]

: 6
December 2006 • Source: Portland Cacophony Society (Portland, Oreg.)

Age, in years, of a piece of [Marriage|wedding] [Sweets|fruitcake] on display at the Grover Cleveland Birthplace, in Caldwell, [NewJersey|New Jersey]

: 106
June 1994 • Source: Grover Cleveland Birthplace (Caldwell, N.J.)

Ratio of the density of the average [Sweets|fruitcake] to the density of mahogany

: 1:1
December 1991 • Source: Collin Street Bakery (Corsicana, Texas)/CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla.)
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