In February RealtyTrac reported on metro regions with the highest foreclosure rates. Detroit came in the highest followed by Stockton, with Sacramento in fifth place.
~ Fox Business, Feb. 13, 2008
Kirkwood total snowfall as of March 4, 2008: An outstanding 394 to 445 inches.
Butch Brady invented a two-person snowboard and holds the record for most consecutive turns on said snowboard. He has also manufactured a three-person board.
~ US News & World Report
The federal government now spends $952 billion a year on Social Security, Medicare, and other benefits for the elderly, which comes to a record $27,289 per senior citizen – up 25 percent since 2000. About 35 percent of the federal budget is now spent on seniors.
~ U.S.A. Today
The mean Northern Hemisphere snow coverage in January 2008 was the greatest in the 42-year historical record.
~ The US National Climatic Data Center
Starbucks spends more on health insurance for its employees than it does on the beans for its coffee.
~ MSNBC
Red Bull sold 2.5 billion cans worldwide in 2006. One can contains 80 mg of caffeine and 1,000 mg of tuarine. Taurine, from the Latin word Taurus or bull, was first isolated from ox bile in 1827.
~ wikipedia.com
The first third party in America was the Anti-Masonic party. In 1832 a presidential Anti-Mason candidate ran for office but the highest elected office Anti-Masons held was that of governor. The Anti-Masonic party held the first national convention and issued the first written party platform – the Democrats and Republicans later adopted these ideas.
~ wikipedia.com
