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STATISTIC
of the DAY Wednesday, March 10
Record for most text messages exhanged by two people in one month:
217,000 From March 7 to April 6, 2009, Nick Andes, 29, and Doug Klinger, 30, of Pennsylvania exchanged 217,000 text messages. Source: Los Angeles Times, 4/22/2009
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THE GAME! Department of Thoughtful Economic Analysis
"If money isn't loosened up this sucker could go down." President George W. Bush
Top Players of the Week
1
coinster
745
2
jowalker
575
3
wildstacylee
530
PEOPLE: Houses
Most expensive single-family residential property on the US market as of July 2007:
Hala Ranch, northwest of Aspen, CO The Hala Ranch, built in 1991 for the family of Saudi ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan, was on the market for $135 million as of July, 2007. Source: New York Times, 7/2/2007 Website: www.nytimes.com
ENVIRONMENT: Natural Disasters
Magnitude of the earthquake which struck San Francisco on April 18, 1906:
7.8 At 5:12 A.M. on April 18, 1906, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco, the largest ever recorded in an American city. Source: U.S. News & World Report, 4/17/2006 Website: www.nytimes.com
