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

 
   
PLAY THE GAME!
Department of Thoughtful Economic Analysis
 
 
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