Tuesday, August 30, 2005

From Harper's Index (July):
Number of America’s nine “Founding Fathers” who denied the divinity of Jesus: 7

Number of U.S. public-school districts that have adopted a class in which the Bible is the primary textbook: 301

Tons of CO2 emissions that would be replaced each year by a proposed windmill project on Long Island: 235,000

Tons produced each year by a single jumbo jet making a round-trip trans-Atlantic flight daily: 210,000

Average percentage of the U.K. population that Britons believe to be immigrants: 21

Actual percentage: 8

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