The Page That Counts

Facts that tell a story

The Page That Counts :: Winter 2001
Oct 27, 2000
Decrease in the average working vocabulary of a 14-year-old over the last 50 years, and more...
The Page That Counts :: Fall 2000
Sep 30, 2000
Number of mosquitoes a pipistrelle bat eats on a warm summer night . . ., and more...
The Page That Counts :: Summer 2000
Jun 30, 2000
Percentage of Americans who would be comfortable buying a used car from George W. Bush, and more...
The Page That Counts :: Spring 2000
Mar 31, 2000
Percent of books on the Modern Library’s list of the 100 greatest books in English that have been targets of censors, and more...
The Page That Counts :: Winter 2000
Oct 29, 1999
Number of people in the world who have never made a telephone call: . . .
The Page That Counts :: Fall 1999
Sep 30, 1999
Amount a London-based insurance company pays on a policy if the insured party becomes impregnated by aliens, and more...
The Page That Counts :: Summer 1999
Jun 30, 1999
Number of times all slinkys ever made could wrap around the earth...
The Page That Counts :: Spring 1999
Mar 31, 1999
Pounds of beef the average American consumes per year, and more...
The Page That Counts :: Summer 1998
Jun 30, 1998
Percentage increase of lawyers in Washington, DC, in the past seven years, and more...
Page That Counts :: Spring 1998
Mar 31, 1998
Page that Counts: how many calories burned while kissing vs calories in candy hearts, percentage of US consumers more likely to buy form a socially responsible company
The Page That Counts :: Fall 1997
Sep 30, 1997
Percentage increase since 1995 in the average tooth-fairy payment, per tooth, and more...
The Page That Counts :: Spring 1997
Jun 30, 1997
Approximate number of square miles of grass lawns in the US, more than any other crop, and more...