Trivia

• Number of U.S. states in which laws exist that require children to pay for the medical care for indigent parents: 30

Minimum number of states where nursing homes have used these provisions to sue children of non-paying residents: 2 (Pennsylvania and South Dakota)

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=8074570&page=1 

• Amount that one House Democrat on the Banking Committee lost in a stock scam between 2000 and 2005: $3,000,000

(Office of Congressman Alan Grayson (Orlando, Florida))

http://www.businessinsider.com/rep-alan-grayson-ponzi-scheme-victim-2009-7

• Number of times Bush and Obama, respectively, used the word "evil" during their first six months as President: 18, 14

• Minimum number of Americans named either John or Jane Doe: 212

• Estimated number of U.S. adults who believe the media did not adequately cover Michael Jackson's death: 6,500,000  -- or in other words 3% of the U.S. population

http://people-press.org/report/526/coverage-of-jackson-death-seen-excessive