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STATISTIC
of the DAY Sunday, May 19
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
Top Players of the Week
ENTERTAINMENT: Fireworks
Number of workers killed in accidents at Chinese fireworks factories from 1985-2005 :
9,349 Statistics released by the Chinese State Administration for Work Safety show that from 1985 to November 2005, there were 8,532 fireworks accidents in China, which left 9,349 people dead.
Source: Xinhua General News Service
, 6/2/2006
HEALTH: Obesity
Percentage of children in the U.S. who are overweight:
15.8% According to Katherine Flegal of the National Center for Health Statistics. From 1976 to 1980, that number was only 5 percent. Source: New York Times, 2/12/2006
