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April 20, 2004

5

Percentage of all fish caught in U.S. waters in the past two decades that were taken by recreational anglers.

23

Percentage of caught fish belonging to species dwindling because of overfishing that were taken by recreational anglers.

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April 19, 2004

$78,460

Average tax cut this year for U.S. citizens whose annual household income ranks in the top 1%, according to the Congressional Budget report.

$1,090

Average tax cut this year for households with an average annual income of $57,000.

Posted by Mikal at 8:24 PM | Comments (3)

April 18, 2004

72

Average age of a precinct poll worker in the United States.

2,000,000

Number of precinct poll workers needed to staff the November 2004 Presidential election.

Posted by Mikal at 10:32 PM | Comments (0)

April 17, 2004

$999,059,000,000

Amount by which total Social Security contributions since 1983 exceed total benefit payments since then.

Posted by Mikal at 10:40 PM | Comments (5)

April 16, 2004

2

Number of days after McDonald's CEO died of a heart attack in April that the company's ex-CEO for Japan did the same.

Posted by Mikal at 10:34 PM | Comments (1)

April 15, 2004

5 to 4

Ratio of ambient fine-particle emissions from gasoline-powered vehicles to those from cooking meat in Houston during the summer months of July and August.

Posted by Mikal at 10:32 PM | Comments (0)

April 14, 2004

$600,000,000

Amount NBC's parent company, General Electric, stands to earn from Iraq's reconstruction.

Posted by Mikal at 10:27 PM | Comments (8)

April 12, 2004

19

Number of contributors who raised at least $100,000.00 for the Bush-Cheney campaign in the year 2000 and were made U.S. ambassadors by President Bush.

5

Number of those ambassadors who used to be executives with Major League Baseball teams.

Posted by Mikal at 7:22 PM | Comments (2)

April 11, 2004

52

Percentage of men who consider shopping a chore.

63

Percentage of women who consider shopping a leisure activity.

Posted by Mikal at 12:16 AM | Comments (4)

April 10, 2004

$42,000.00

Average amount of money that a Bush Cabinet member will save this year due to cuts in capital-gains and dividend taxes.

$42,409.00

Median household income in the U.S in 2002.

Posted by Mikal at 6:17 AM | Comments (7)

April 9, 2004

$26,000.00

Amount the federal Individual Indian Trust cannot account for, per Native American it serves.

Posted by Mikal at 6:14 AM | Comments (0)

April 8, 2004

49

Percent of male German Porsche drivers who, according to the magazine Men's Car, admit to regularly cheating on their wives or girlfriends.

41

Percent of female Audi drivers in Germany who admit to having affairs.

Posted by Mikal at 9:50 PM | Comments (0)

April 7, 2004

30,000

Number of entries in the 2004 Amican Life 500 Festival Mini-Marathon.

24,545

Number of runners the Indianapolis Star newspaper says finished the race.

4,968

Number of runners, myself included, who did not receive times because race officials stopped the clock after medical personnel grew concerned about the heated conditions out on the course.

Posted by Mikal at 6:35 AM | Comments (4)

April 6, 2004

$137,000

Amount of reward purportedly offered from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to anyone who kills Coalition Provisional Authority head Paul Bremer or other top U.S. military officers.

$25,000,000

Amount of reward offered by the U.S. Department of State for information leading directly to the apprehension or conviction of bin Laden.

Posted by Mikal at 10:41 PM | Comments (0)