By The Numbers (Sept. 7)

    **16 feet**
    The deepest part of Lake Matoaka. The average depth of the lake is over six feet.

    p. **1,032**
    The number of calories that are in a bacon cheeseburger with onion rings from the Marketplace.

    p. **6 feet**
    The average height of young Dutch males, which is the tallest country in the world. American men are the ninth tallest in the world.

    p. **22.5**
    The number of black-and-white pages that the fastest commercial printer can print each second. That equals 1,350 pages per minute.

    p. **65**
    The factor by which flying is safer than driving over an equal distance, according to researchers Michael Sivak and Michael Flannagan in The American Scientist.

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