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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

NUMBERS on GIFTS

213 : height in feet of the Taj Mahal's cebtral dome. The Taj Mahal is a monument built by the emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, and is considered one of the greatest gifts of love of all time.

1924 : year tha the Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States, was declared a National Monument.

32 : memory capacity in gigabytes of the 3rd generation Apple iPod Touch. It was included in CNET's 2009 Editor's top holiday gift ideas.

$300,000 : cost of the toy 3-D Motion Simulator from FAO Schwarz, listed as the most expensive toy by Forbes in 2005

33.19 : number of carats in the Krupp Diamond, an Asscher-cut diamond by Harry Winston, which was given as a gift by actor Richard Burton to Elizabeth Taylor.

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