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| Age at which Mozart composed his first symphony | 9 years |
| Cumulative time the average American will have spent watching TV, by the age of 65 | 9 years |
| Percentage of Americans who can name three Supreme Court Justices | 17 |
| Percentage of Americans who can name The Three Stooges | 59 |
| Hours per year the average American youth spends in school | 900 |
| Hours per year the average American youth watches TV | 1,500 |
| Number of people in the world who had a conventional telephone line in 2002 | 1.10 billion |
| Number who had a cell phone by then | 1.14 billion |
| Percentage of his or her “media time” spent on TV or radio by the average American, age 12 to 64 | 77 |
| Percentage of his media time spent on TV or radio by the average American boy, age 12 to 17 | 62 |
| Percentage of his or her media time the average American (age 12 to 64) spends on electronic media (TV, radio, Internet, and video games) | 93 |
| Percentage he or she spends on print media (newspapers and magazines) | 7 |
Statistics reported by the Worldwatch Institute
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