Curmudgeonly & Skeptical

2.3: Length, in inches, of ass cleavage visible on diminutive Canadian songbird Avril "Cleft" Lavigne during a recent concert.

1: Number of bra cups necessary to devise a makeshift face mask, as demonstrated by SARS-fearing Taiwanese farmers.

168,224,229: number of B cups it would take to cover all of mainland Taiwan.

2: Number of wombs present in a Brazilian woman who gave birth to healthy twins.

1: Number of babies in each womb.

0: Number of times the double-womb phenomenon had been recorded in Brazil before Wednesday's birth.

11,000: approximate number of Brazilian bikini waxes administered in 2002 at the Elizabeth Arden Red Door Salon in New York City. – Sarah Harrison