13 — Number of feet an adult male elephant can reach in height
80 — Pounds of poop produced by an elephant each day
21 — Number of websites visited by Mary Helen trying to find out the same poop info for donkeys, without success
3 — Number of those 21 sites that should probably be illegal
1792 — First observance of Columbus Day in America
$0 — Sales of candy handed out during Columbus Day
$2.1 billion — Sales of candy handed out during Halloween
20 million — Pounds of candy corn handed out during Halloween
$4.6 billion — Amount spent on Halloween costumes in 2007 (latest figures available from EverythingHalloween.com)
30,000 — Approximate population of Transylvania, NC
1,500 — Approximate population of Tombstone, AZ
299 million — Pounds of pumpkin production in Illinois in 2002 — tops in the country
2 —Former Memphis Redbirds named MVP of the American League Championship Series (Adam Kennedy and Placido Polanco)
