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STATISTIC
of the DAY Sunday, February 5
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
First regular season major league baseball game outside of the U.S. or Canada:
August 16, 1996 On August 16, 1996, the San Diego Padres and the New York Mets played the first regular season baseball game outside of the U.S. and Canada. Behind Mexican pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, the Padres won by a score of 15-10. Source: Chicago Tribune, 8/18/1996
TRANSPORTATION: Cars
Top selling automaker in Europe in 2005 :
Volkswagen Volkswagen sold 1,554,540 cars in Europe in 2005, followed by Renault (1,464,424 cars);
Opel/Vauxhall (1,366,412); Ford (1,256,890); Peugeot (1,129,897) and Citroen (931,367).
7. Toyota: 818,101*
8. Fiat: 736,338
Source: Automotive News Europe, 3/20/2006
