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STATISTIC
of the DAY Saturday, January 28
Record for most text messages exhanged by two people in one month:
217,000 From March 7 to April 6, 2009, Nick Andes, 29, and Doug Klinger, 30, of Pennsylvania exchanged 217,000 text messages. Source: Los Angeles Times, 4/22/2009
PLAY
THE GAME! Department of Thoughtful Economic Analysis
"If money isn't loosened up this sucker could go down." President George W. Bush
Top Players of the Week
1
dayanax
695
2
coinster
680
3
wildstacylee
660
4
Gcbelfast1
470
5
ninajb
394
HEALTH: Doctors
Percent of U.S. doctors providing charity care to uninsured patients in 2005:
68% Down from 76% in 1996, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change. Source: The Wall Street Journal, 3/23/2006
ARTS: Art
Artist whose works generated the fourth highest auction revenue in 2005 :
Canaletto According to Artprice, 18 works by Canaletto generated $55.5 million in auction revenue in 2005. Source: International Herald Tribune
, 3/15/2006
