In 1971 I bought a ten cent book at a Salvation Army -- Henry Hazlitt's "Economics in One Lesson" -- that sparked my interest in free market economics.
I've been writing an economics newsletter as one of my hobbies since 1977.
Fast forward to 2017.
Last Wednesday it was a surprise "ten cents day" at local Salvation Army media rooms, where used DVDs, CDs and books were only 10 cents each.
I found a 2012 "Schoolastic" book of records with some weather facts that I found interesting (data as of May 2011 -- the best I could do for ten cents):
US Greatest Annual Snowfall
(#1) Mount Rainier Washington
1,224 inches in February 1971 through February 1972
(3,109 centimeters)
Enough snow to cover a ten-story building!
Coldest Inhabited Place
(#1) Resolute, Canada
-11.6 degrees F. average temperature
(-24.2 degrees C.)
Hottest Inhabited Place
(#1) Dallol, Ethiopia
93.2 degrees F. average temperature
(34.0 degrees C.)
Wettest Inhabited Place
(#1) Lloro, Columbia
523 inches average annual rainfall
(1,328 centimeters)
Driest Inhabited Place
(#1) Aswan, Egypt
0.02 inches average annual rainfall
(0.5 millimeters)
Place With Fastest Winds
(#1) Barrow Island, Australia
253 miles per hour wind gust
during Cyclone Olivia (hurricane)
on April 12, 1996
(407 kilometers per hour)