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1,776 ft. Height of the memorial glass towers and soaring spire chosen for the World Trade Center site
1,368 ft. Height of Tower One in the old World Trade Center
1,482 ft. Height of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, today's tallest office building
400 Number of Saddam Hussein T shirts sold each month in Indonesia
100,000 Number of Osama bin Laden T shirts sold in Indonesia since last year
$36 billion Estimated total value of plastic gift cards sold by U.S. merchants in 2002
$2 billion Projected amount of money on the cards that will go unspent
13% Percentage of American workers who belong to a union
20% Percentage of workers who belonged to a union in 1983
Sources: AP, AOL.com, Guinness World Records, National Journal (2), Wall Street Journal (2), U.S. Dept. of Labor (2)
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