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Mixx698 Percentage rise in the first-day stock price of VA Linux Systems, a computer-server company
112 Number of 1999 IPOs that at least doubled in price their first day on the market
25 to 1 Odds fixed on a John McCain presidency by British bookmaker Ladbrokes last June
6 to 1 Current Ladbrokes odds of a McCain presidency
5 Minutes it took Michigan's Chris Young to foul out of a basketball game against Georgia Tech
0 Number of times Wilt Chamberlain fouled out in his 1,045 game pro career
775 Number of dormant Swiss bank accounts, according to a 1995 Swiss investigation
53,886 Number of dormant Swiss accounts held by Holocaust victims, according to a recently released independent-panel investigation
Sources: Wall Street Journal, CommScan, AP, ESPN, Washington Post
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