Cigarettes

990 billion cigarettes sold globally last year by the Philip Morris divisions of Altria (No. 20), making it the secon-largest cigarette manufacturer worldwide, after China National Tobacco, which most recently reported 2004 sales of 1.9 trillion cigarettes. (SOURCE: Fortune Magazine)

Powerful Women

10 female CEOs in the FORTUNE 500 – a small number, but up from just one a decade ago. Together  these women oversee $101 billion, or 1% of FORTUNE 500 sales. The woman in command of the biggest company this year is CEO Brenda Barnes of Sara Lee (No. 111), which has $19.7 billion in sales. (SOURCE: Fortune Magazine)

Game Consoles Sold in the U.S.

Through March 2006:

•  Sony Playstation 2: 33.3 million
• Microsoft XBox: 14 million
• Nintendo GameCube: 11 million
• Microsoft XBox 360: 1.2 million

(SOURCE: the NPD Group)

Where is Iraq?

63% Americans ages 18 to 24 could not locate Iraq on a world map. (SOURCE: Time Magazine)

Commuting to Work

Average travel time to work for workers 16 years and over:

• Kansas City: 19.4 minutes
• Dallas: 25.3 minutes
• Los Angeles: 28.5 minutes
• Chicago: 28.5 minutes
• New York City: 38.4 minutes

(SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau)

Giants of the law

170% growth in the number of attorneys at the 100 top-grossing U.S. law firms over the past 19 years. The average headcount at these firms jumped from 260 in 1986 to 702 in 2005, and their share of all working lawyers nearly doubled, to 6.4%. In 2005 these giants generated an average profit per partner of $1.1 million. (SOURCE: Fortune Magazine)

Pay Phones

25 million estimated cellphone subscribers who in 2011 might swipe their phones instead of using credit cards to make payments. Phone-based mobile wallets may also replace membership cards and other forms of ID. (SOURCE: Fortune Magazine)

See America Last

35% drop between 1992 and 2005 of the U.S. share of the global travel market, partly due to post 9/11 issues. The shift toward other countries has cost the U.S. economy $286 billion in revenue. (SOURCE: Fortune Magazine)

Microsoft Farms

1,400,000 is the size in square feet of data senters Microsoft is building on farmland near Quincy, Wash. Equivalent to ten Costcos, the "server farms" are a part of Microsoft's strategy to exploit the booming market of web-based software and services – but the heavy spending has spooked investors and sent Microsoft shares tumbling. (SOURCE: Fortune Magazine)

Elvis Presley’s House

$905,100 was the sale price on eBay of a house owned and occupied by Elvis PResley for 13 months before he moved to Graceland. The buyer: psychic Uri Geller, who wants to turn it into a museum. (SOURCE: Time Magazine)