| | June 20, 2000
ESPN2 recently reached 70 million households faster than any other network in cable television history (80 months). Based on one Internet search, it's clear that you can cross the number 70 million in many different industries. In fact, the following list contains a sampling of the random facts generated by a search for "70 million" on GO.com.
70 million - Did you know?
Moroccan shark teeth for sale from three different extinct mackerel sharks - the cretolamna biauriculata maroccana ($10 each), the cretolamna appendiculata ($5 each) and the cretolamna biauriculata lata ($3 each) -- were estimated to be 70 million years old.
More than 70 million pounds of chemical pesticides are applied to lawns in the U.S. each year and more than 70 million tons of fertilizers are applied to residential lawns and gardens annually.
State Farm Insurance estimated 70 million lines of internal software code were involved in the company's year 2000 assessment.
Romania's soft drinks market grew from $70 million in 1992 to $207 million in 1996, an average annual increase of 31%.
There are 24 million deaf or hard of hearing people in the U.S. (11% of the population). Therefore, (according to a video captioning service) along with their family and friends, 70 million customers can be impacted by the presence or absence of captions on videos.
In 1997, Chicago's O'Hare Airport served more than 70 million passengers.
In October 1995, Menlo Logistics was selected by the Dow Chemical Company to manage a $70 million freight transportation operation encompassing 45 facilities, warehouses and shipping locations in the U.S.
Chronic pain costs business and industry approximately 70 million workdays in North America per year.
The system software developed and distributed by Phoenix Technologies Ltd. is used in more than 70 million PCs sold each year.
In October, CME International and Caterpillar Power Ventures announced they were investing $70 million to build a natural gas heat and power generation plant in the western Latvian town of Liepaja.
In September, Embratel, a Brazilian long distance operator, signed two contracts worth $70 million with Alcatel to expand its network and support the increased demand for voice, data and video traffic.
| |
ALSO SEE
ESPN2 in 70 million homes
|
