5/95Boxes of cookies the Washington, D.C., Girl Scouts must sell each year to cover their liability premiums: 87,000

Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital (Washington)

11/86Portion of ice cream sold in 1976 that was vanilla: 1/2

International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers (Washington, D.C)

    Today: 1/3

International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers (Washington, D.C)

8/98Acres of blue netting with which the Washington Monument will be draped for renovation this summer: 1.3

Target Stores (Minneapolis, Minn.)

12/99Square miles of errant Antarctic icebergs being tracked by the National Ice Center in Washington, D.C.: 10,000

National Ice Center (Suitland, Md.)

6/85Quarts of ice cream the average Southerner eats each year: 12

International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers (Washington, D.C.)

    The average New Englander: 23

International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers (Washington, D.C.)