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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
BUSINESS: Stores
Number of weekly customers worldwide at Wal-Mart stores :
138 million Source: Boston Herald, 1/29/2005
HISTORY: War (Submarines)
Total number of U.S. submarines lost in World War II :
52 Some 3,500 U.S. submariners went down with these vessels. Source: San Diego Union Tribune, 5/27/2006
