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STATISTIC
of the DAY Thursday, September 2
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
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wildstacylee
835
2
coinster
720
GEOGRAPHY: Russia
Amount the average Russian made monthly at the end of 2005:
8,530 rubles ($315) per month Source: Moscow Times, 6/27/2006
FOOD: Alcohol
Average number of drinks per day consumed by a male on a Spring Break holiday:
18 According to the Journal of American College Health, the average female had 10 drinks per day on Spring Break as of 2003. Fifty percent of males and 40% of females vomit or pass out at least once due to excess drinking. Source: American Medical News, 3/3/2003
