345,000 Number of people worldwide who died of measles in 2005, down 60% from 1999, beating a goal set by the United Nations
16¢ Cost of a measles vaccine, which is often unaffordable in the Third World without underwriting from charities and foreign governments
$2.14 Price of a bottle of Kwispelbier, a beef-flavored beer created for dogs by a Dutch pet-shop owner who wanted to have drinks with her Weimaraners after a hunt
4 Number of Heinekens she could buy for the same price
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