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By Melissa August, Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Daniel Levy, Ellin Martens, Michele Orecklin, Julie Rawe, Owen Thomas and Josh Tyrangiel

35 inches Legroom American Airlines will offer its coach passengers following last week's announcement of a 3-in. increase

70 inches Legroom provided to American's first-class passengers

$6.15 Minimum wage approved by the Senate last week, to be phased in over three years

$12,792 Estimated pretax annual income of an employee earning the new minimum wage

66% Poll respondents who correctly identified Regis Philbin as the host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

6% Respondents who correctly identified Dennis Hastert as Speaker of the House of Representatives

25,000 Number of words in the vocabulary of the average 14-year-old in the U.S. in 1950

10,000 Number of words in the vocabulary of the average 14-year-old in the U.S. in 1999

Sources: Miami Herald, Wall Street Journal, Gallup, Conservation Biology/World Watch