War on Terrorism-Related
- Estimated percentage change since 2000 in the U.S. defense budget, not including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: +80
- Number of American civilians who died worldwide in terrorist attacks last year: 8
- Minimum number who died after being struck by lightning: 29
- Estimated spending by Afghans on bribes last year: $2,500,000,000
- Portion of the country's GDP to which this figure is equivalent: 1/4
- Percentage of Americans who say they believe the war in Afghanistan has been worth fighting: 34
- Number of companies in which Senate Armed Service Committee staffers are prohibited from owning stock: 48,096
- The senators themselves: 0
- Chance that a female West Point cadet was a victim of "unwanted sexual contact" last year: 1 in 10
- Percentage of victims who reported such incidents: 14
- Percentage who said they "took care of it" themselves: 65
Cultural Trends
- Percentage of U.S. high school seniors who have smoked a cigarette in the past month: 19
- Who have smoked marijuana: 21
- Date on which student loans first passed credit cards among the largest sources of private debt in the United States: 6/30/10
- Pounds of antibiotics produced in the U.S. in 2009 that were consumed by humans: 7,275,254
- Pounds consumed by animals raised for human consumption: 28,808,023
Editorial Observation: You gotta be shitting me about the third bullet, right?
Potpourri
- Number of people caned in Malaysia every year: 10,000
- Minimum number of people living the flood tunnels beneath Las Vegas: 300
- Estimated percentage of New Hampshire's bat population that died in 2010: 65
When do we get to the good news?
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