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$7.5 million Amount of money raised in the second quarter by former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, more than any other Democratic presidential candidate
$34.2 million Amount of money raised in the second quarter by George W. Bush, more than the nine Democratic candidates combined
10.2 Average number of vacation days U.S. workers take each year
20 Vacation days British workers are guaranteed by law
10,000 Number of new words added to the latest edition of the Merriam-Webster dictionary
5 Number of years it took for the word dot-commer to gain admission after it was first used
500 Number of copies in the first printing of the Braille version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
13 Number of volumes each Braille copy contains
Source: New York Times; ABC News; AP; Christian Science Monitor
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