Thursday, May 27, 2004
Factoid Friday
Risk Management
The number of people killed in car crashes each month exceeds all of the fatalities in airline crashes over the last 40 years.
Traditional Values
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
Would you like fries with that?
In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2001, they spent more than $110 billion.
Fiscal Responsibility
Every month since September 2003 that National Debt has increased by $1,700,000,000 per day or $19,670 per second.
Amount by which federal subsidies to U.S. cotton farmers last crop-year exceeded 2001’s U.S. cotton sales: $300,000,000*
D'ooh!
Estimated acres of forest Henry David Thoreau burned down in 1844 trying to cook fish he had caught for dinner: 300
*Haper's Index
The number of people killed in car crashes each month exceeds all of the fatalities in airline crashes over the last 40 years.
Traditional Values
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
Would you like fries with that?
In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2001, they spent more than $110 billion.
Fiscal Responsibility
Every month since September 2003 that National Debt has increased by $1,700,000,000 per day or $19,670 per second.
Amount by which federal subsidies to U.S. cotton farmers last crop-year exceeded 2001’s U.S. cotton sales: $300,000,000*
D'ooh!
Estimated acres of forest Henry David Thoreau burned down in 1844 trying to cook fish he had caught for dinner: 300
*Haper's Index
