In a typical workplace, percentage of employees who are actively motivated and engaged in their jobs, according to the Gallup Management Journal's Employee Engagement Index: 29

Percentage who are not engaged at all: 54

Percentage who are actively disengaged: 17

SPAM — A LOT

In 2009, estimated percentage of all e-mail traffic that is spam, according to a study from the Radicati Group: 81

Amount of money a typical 1,000-user organization can spend a year to manage spam: $1.8 million

GENDER DIVIDE

Percentage more money that men need than women to be happy, according to research by smile.co.uk: 27

COUPON NEWBIES

Percentage of parents who say their children are couponing, according to a study from CoolSavings.com: 60

Percentage of adults who said they began using coupons "within the past year": 28

RATING YOUR RIDE

When asked to describe what they thought about their car, percentage of respondents who said it gets them from point A to point B, according to a survey conducted for CarMax: 71

Percentage who said their car defines who they are: 20

Percentage who said their car is a taxi service for their kids: 14

GROWING WISER

Percentage of all baby boomers who believe they look approximately 10 years younger than their actual age, according to a survey conducted by American Laser Centers: 31

Percentage who said they think the reason that they've stayed or become better-looking as they've aged has less to do with their physical body and more to do with maturity and mindset, and cite a healthier self-image: 66

IDLE THOUGHT

"Power is only important as an instrument for service to the powerless."

— Lech Walesa, human rights activist, former president of Poland, Nobel laureate