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of the DAY Thursday, May 17
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
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THE GAME! Department of Thoughtful Economic Analysis
"If money isn't loosened up this sucker could go down." President George W. Bush
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HISTORY: Blacks
Number of slaves which were used as collateral for loans given by banks which later became part of Wachovia Corp. :
529 In June 2005, the bank announced that two of its predecessor companies either owned slaves or accepted them as collateral for loans.
"On behalf of Wachovia Corp., I apologize to all Americans, and especially to African-Americans and people of African descent," said Ken Thompson, Wachovia's chief executive. "We are deeply saddened by these findings."
Source: Charleston Post & Courier, 6/2/2005
FOOD: Meat Consumption
Amount of beef the average American ate per day in 2000-2002 (in calories):
