----Some Unrelated Statistics----
Chances that a resident of Anchorage, Alaska, has been in a car that has hit a moose: 1 in 10
Source: Alaska Department of Transportation/Alaska Department of Fish and Game S. Dyer, Calgary, Alberta
Number of radio stations in the Philippines that broadcast "radio pornography": 13
Source: Wireless Communications Yearbook 1999 Dr. A.J. Roflson, Leicester, England
Chances that a female executive in a Fortune 500 company says she was "competitive" or a "tomboy" when she was young: 4 in 5
Source: Gender Equality Report Card Anne Johnson, Brooklyn, NY
Number of years America's public libraries could be funded with the amount Americans spent annually on legalized gambling: 75
Source: American Library Association Chuck Cody, Columbus, OH
Portion of orders to NBA.com that originate from outside North America: 1/3
Source: Infoworld, August 14, 2000, p. 38 Steven Cherry, Wayne, NJ
Fine for swearing on a bus in Calgary, Canada: $200
Source: Calgary City Bylaw T-908 Bill MacKay, Calgary, Alberta
Rank of Corel Linux on Amazon.com's list of most popular products purchased by Microsoft employees: 10
Source: Amazon.com's Microsoft purchase circle Richard Marinos, Tuscaloosa, AL
Number of consecutive streets whose name contain the word "Bernardo" in the 1.1-mile stretch between the Radisson Hotel and the Bank of America in Racho San Bernardo, California: 5
Source: Mapquest.com query Robert J. Bennett, Cypress, CA
Number of times India or Pakistan has threatened the use of nuclear weapons: 13
Source: BBC World Service Stacy Richardson, Tulsa, OK
Amount Americans say they would pay to learn how to avoid paying taxes: $9,194
Amount they say they would pay to know what Jesus would do: $3,451
Source: Infomarkets survey Frank Goldberg, Short Hills, NJ
Number of liposuctions performed in the United States in 1999: 400,000
Ratio of the number of obese people to the number of underfed people in the word: 1:1
Source: Lester Brown of the Worldwatch Institute Louis B. Massano, Jersey City, NJ
Ratio of the length of toilet paper used annually in the US to the distance between Earth to Uranus : 1:1
Source: Bert's World of Little Known Facts, by Bert Wilson Rob Wilson, Tully, Queensland
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