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66%

PERCENTAGE of students ages 13 to 17 who say they've received texts from parents during class.

SOURCE: TEXTPLUS

400,000

NUMBER of Haitians expected to get cholera in the next year. More than 2,000 Haitians have died since the epidemic began in November. (See p. 120

SOURCE: PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION

0.90%

PERCENTAGE of Division I college football players who admitted to accepting money or other inducements for "playing poorly" in games.

SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES

33 pounds

AMOUNT of cheese the average American consumes per year, triple the 1970 rate.

SOURCE THE NEW YORK...