Numbers: Jun. 17, 2002

$20,000 Price fetched for the front car of a Walt Disney World monorail--Disney auctioned it off last week as part of its "100 Years of Magic" celebration

943,976 miles Distance logged by the car, which ferried amusement parkgoers for more than 30 years

$162,000 Average cost of a second home in 2001, a 27% increase from 1999. Analysts attribute the rising prices to the usual suspects: stressed-out baby boomers searching for weekend getaways

359,000 Second homes bought last year, the second highest number since 1989

24.4% Percentage of U.S. babies delivered via caesarean section last year

17% Percentage of U.S. first-time...

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