STATISTIC of the DAY
Tuesday, February 9
 
  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!
Signs of the Times Department
 
 
PEOPLE: Toilets
  Number of sheets of toilet paper used daily by the average American: 

57

Source: The Big Necessity, Rose George,

 
   
CLOTHING: Men's
  Amount spent on women's apparel in the U.S. in 2005: 

$101 billion

Source: Washington Post, 7/10/2006