July it figures

Number of towns and cities in the U.S. with “liberty” in their name:

30

Number with “independence”:

11

Record-breaking number of camping reservations Reserve America took for the 4,000 nationwide campgrounds it represents during one 24-hour period in February 2009:

20,000

Percent of KOA campers last year who were first timers, the highest rate in 18 years:

21

Gallons of liquid a 100-pound human would have to drink in one sitting to mimic a single blood meal of a hungry female mosquito:

36

Approximate number of mosquito bites needed to drain all the blood from an average adult:

1,120,000

Estimated number of bug zappers needed to kill every bug in the world:

1,104,120,000,000

Percent of people who apply sunscreen only after they’re in the sun, when it’s often too late:

70

Number of hotel rooms in the cities of Moscow, Stockholm and Toronto:

34,000

Number of hotel rooms in Walt Disney World:

34,000

Number of children who go to camp every summer in the U.S.:

More than 6 million

Percent of children away at camp who experience some homesickness:

95

Percent who experience moderate to severe homesickness:

20

Sources: Census.gov, Prevention, Time, Four-H, Harper’s Magazine, Marketing Week, Summercamp.org, Scouting