Okay, I'm a geek. I love the World Almanac. This past Thursday, each graduate of LATI (Library Associate Training Institute) received a copy of the almanac, which made me as happy as a greyhound chasing a slobber-soaked tennis ball. I mean I am in complete nerd mode.
Where else can you find great stuff like this?:
Americans paid an average of 24.5% of their total income in Social Security and income tax payments in 2007; Germans paid 42.8%.
Mozart beat out Beethoven as the most performed composer in 2006-2007, 425 to 391.
The population of New Orleans in 2000 was 484,674. In 2007? 239,124.
The best-selling magazine for 2007? Take a guess. Go ahead.
Answer: AARP The Magazine with a paid circulation of 24,444,293
(Second place - AARP Bulletin - 23,815,128. Oprah lagged woefully behind at a mere 2,405,177.)
Good stuff, man. Geek out!
2 comments:
Does it still have the full-color section in the middle with the flags of all the nations? I spent hours poring over that as a kid.
It does! One of my favorite sections.
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