STATISTIC of the DAY
Thursday, August 7
 
  Albino rate in the United States: 

1 in 20,000
1 in 20,000 Americans are albino.
Source: New York Times, 6/8/2008

 
   
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HEALTH: Diets
  Percentage of American men who were obese as of 2003-04: 

31%
Up from 27.5% in 1999-2000.
Source: Miami Herald, 4/5/2006

 
   
SPORTS: Baseball
  Current longest consecutive game hitting streak in major league baseball: 

36 games
Jimmy Rollins of the Philadelphia Phillies brings his 36 game consecutive hitting streak into the 2006 season, the ninth-longest over one season in big league history.
Source: Wilkes Barre Times Leader, 2/21/2006