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THE CHOATE NEWS: Friday, November 16, 2007

This Week By The Numbers

By The News Staff

The News Staff




$100 Million

Amount of Money given by a donor known only as “Anonymous Friend” to the Erie Community Foundation in Erie, Pennsylvania.

400,000

Gallons of water used per month by a single mansion in Atlanta. The water could fill 1,000 hot tubs each month.

58,000

Gallons of oil spilt in the San Francisco Bay when a container ship collided with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge last week. The oil seeped into the bay through the 212 by 12 foot hole caused by the collision.

5,000

Number of turkey living on a poultry farm in eastern England where an The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs found an outbreak of bird flu. The farm also has over 1,000 ducks and 500 geese.