In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
82
Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
259
The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
100
In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
7
A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
72
In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
5