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STATISTIC of the DAY
Tuesday, February 9
 
  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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Signs of the Times Department
 

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BUSINESS: Executives
  First recorded use of the term 'white collar': 

1919
The first usage recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary is attributed to Upton Sinclair.
Source: "20th Century Words" by John Ayoto (Oxford), 1/1/1999

  
   
ENVIRONMENT: Natural Disasters
  Furthest distance from the epicentre of the earthquake which led to Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami: 

5,000 miles
The furthest recorded death connected to the tsunami was at Port Elizabeth in South Africa, 5000 miles away.
Source: Daily Mail (London), 12/27/2005

  
   
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