Talk About a Time Waster!!!

OMG!
As you may or may not know, the only thing that makes Harper's Magazine more savory than a low fat, whole grain biscuit is it's Index section. Every month it lists randomly connected stats, numbers, factoids and what not.
Not enough reason to buy the damn thing, but diverting if you find one in your friend's bathroom.

So what's great??
Harper's just launched a searchable Index, and it's probably the best time waster I've ever found. You just type in a word and hit search and it comes up with every random fact that relates and the date it was published.

Here's a few choice one's for 'fat':--------------------------

1/90Estimated amount of fat surgically removed from Americans in 1988, in pounds: 200,400

American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (Arlington Heights, Ill.)/Gerald Pitman (N.Y.C.)

Estimated amount of silicone and collagen implanted in Americans in 1988, in pounds: 63,250

2/95Average amount of fat consumed by an American adult each week, expressed in sticks of butter: 6

National Center for Health Statistics (Hyattsville, Md.)

6/02Days the University of Georgia heated its campus last winter by burning chicken fat and other leftover food grease: 21

University of Georgia (Athens, Ga.)

11/03Grams by which the amount of fat in McDonald’s fattiest salad exceeds that in its fattiest burger: 3

McDonald’s (Oak Brook, Ill.)

8/05Selling price in June for a bar of soap allegedly made from the liposuctioned fat of Silvio Berlusconi: $18,000
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The Obama one is kind of hysterical, and the fun just doesn't end people! Go forth and time waste friends.

I'm also posting a link in Time Suck so you don't have to search it out later!