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Old 10-24-2006, 11:38 PM   #1
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I read TIME magazine (subscribe for a couple of years but have been to busy lately to read all of them). One of my favorite parts was the section "By The Numbers" here are some:

20 lbs. Average amount of weight gained during internment by Guantánamo Bay detainees, who receive a daily diet of 4,200 calories--1,200 more than the U.S. government recommends for a man to maintain his weight

410 lbs. Current weight of the heaviest prisoner--195 lbs. more than when he arrived in 2002

52% Proportion of Americans polled who admitted regifting presents or would do so in the future

4% Regifters who did so because they disliked the recipient

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...543921,00.html

2 million Number of tires Florida officials dumped into the Atlantic in 1972 to seed an artificial reef, which never formed. The loose tires are now damaging real coral reefs

$5 million Estimated cost of removing the tires, which is expected to begin in 2008

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...538660,00.html
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