[Ssf] Merry Xmas stats

Dan dan at aktivix.org
Fri Dec 24 09:25:04 GMT 2004


Baa!  Humbug!  Some stats from the Independent -

£4.2bn: The amount Britons spent on cosmetics this Christmas

£4.14bn: Britain's aid budget for the developing world in 2004

£813: Average spending per adult on celebrating Christmas (£55 less than 
last year)

£50: The per capita annual income in Ethiopia

£20m: Amount made by Mark Tilden, British robot expert who invented 
Robosapien, this year's hit toy

£20m: Amount nations of sub-Saharan Africa are paying in debt to 
developed world every 16 hour

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