In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Harper's Index, all 12,058 lines are available and searchable. Some fun pink facts:
Plastic pink flamingos sold in the United States in 1985: 450,000 (1986)
Items in the L.L. Bean Women’s Outdoor catalogue offered in various shades of pink: 57 (1987)
Price of dyeing a dog pink at the Village Dawg Shoppe in Rockville Centre, New York (with shampoo and cut): $87 (1988)
Number of pink Tasers purchased in the past year: 2,560 (2008)
And, a set of bicycle facts:
Energy, in megawatt hours, saved over thirty-five years by a bicycle rider who does not drive a car: 109
Portion of these savings that will be used up over the extra years the biker will live: 9/10
oh my gosh! that harper's site is so cool! i'm excited to look stuff up!
Posted by: lucklys | March 03, 2009 at 09:41 PM
What? No, pink bicycle facts?
Posted by: Pink Chihuahua Princess | March 04, 2009 at 08:58 PM