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Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is “Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.”

Random Facts.

History of the SAT

First SAT was developed in 1901 as a means of determining intelligence without systematic bias much like an IQ test

SAT originally stood for: “Scholastic Achievement Test”

In 1941, College Board changed the name to “Scholastic Aptitude Test”

In the years between 1941 and 1994, the scores steadily decreased as more and more unqualified students began to take the test

In 1994, the test mean was re-centered and the test re-named to simply SAT no abbreviation

So, SAT doesn’t really stand for anything

In 2005, the SAT was modified and a new “Writing” section, complete with an essay, was added

Before the re-centering in 1994, only about one student in every

Fun SAT Quick Facts – Proprofs.

Recently published Market Share statistics show the browser down almost 7% from the beginning of last year, continuing to slide down as time goes on. On the other hand, open source browsers such as Firefox and Google Chrome are constantly increasing. Firefox’s market share increased by about 4% in 2008, and Chrome reached over 1% in the first few months of its availability. Opera’s share remained steady around 0.71 percent.

Though web surfers’ usage of Windows decreased to about 89% in November, desktop Linux users remained steady at around 0.85%, up 0.02% from the previous month. The survey also showed that Mac users were least likely to make the switch, being more loyal to their preinstalled browser, Safari, than those using Windows were to Internet Explorer.

IE continues losing market share to open source browsers.

1162 people said that they make under $10 a month. This is a total of 29% of those who make money blogging. This category was 26% in 2007 and 30% in 2006.

477 people made between $10-$29 in the month 12%

505 people made between $30-$99 12%

686 made $100 – $499 over the month 17%

So to this point we can say 70% of those who make money from their blogs make less than $500 a month and 30% make $500 or more.

262 made $500 – $999 6%

150 made $1,000 – $1,499 4%

128 made $1,500 – $2,499 3%

130 made $2,500 – $4,999 3%

95 made $5,000 – $9,999 2%

45 made $10,000 – $14,999 1%

35 made $15,000 – $19,999 1

373 made $20,000 or more 9%.

How Much Money Do Bloggers Make Blogging?