The Prayer of One Hundred Thousand:

(In the Senate of the United States, Tuesday, February 9, 1864)

Mr. SUMNER.-"Mr. President: I offer a petition which is now lying on the desk before me. It is too bulky for me to take up. I need not add that it is too bulky for any of the pages of this body to carry. This petition marks a stage of public opinion in the history of slavery, and also in the suppression of the rebellion. As it is short I will read it:

'The undersigned, women of the United States above the age of eighteen years, earnestly pray that your honorable body will pass at the earliest practicable day an act emancipating all persons of African descent held to involuntary service or labor in the United States.'"

One Hundred Thousand Calorie Bars:

INGREDIENTS:

1 (18.25 ounce) package German chocolate cake mix

3/4 cup butter, melted

2/3 cup evaporated milk

6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

1 cup chopped walnuts

50 individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 9x13 inch baking pan.

2. Combine the cake mix, butter and 1/3 cup of the evaporated milk. Spread 1/2 of this mixture into the prepared pan.

3. Melt the caramels with the remaining 1/3 cup evaporated milk.

4. Bake for 3 minutes at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

5. Sprinkle the chocolate chips and chopped nuts over the baked mixture. Drizzle the caramel over the top then pat the remaining 1/2 of the batter on top. Bake an additional 20 minutes.

A new study points to 100,000 civilian deaths in Iraq as a direct result of the current war. Most of the deaths are attributed to air strikes.

Tim Werder has reached the 100,000 mile mark on his 1999 V92C Victory motorcycle. He is believed to be the first Victory owner to reach the 100K mile mark on the brand. In his 25 years of riding, he has ridden over 466,000 miles. He has gone through seven rear tires and five front tires riding throughout New England, across the plains, through the mountains, and even into Manhattan rush-hour traffic.

One-hundred thousand is "one ten wan4" (where wan4 is the Chinese word for ten-thousand that English lacks). This happens every four decimal places, unlike American English where it happens every three decimal places (thousand, million, billion, trillion, etc. are all separated by three decimal places).

During his final years, Nobel developed the idea of creating a prize that would encourage scientific progress, thereby improving the human condition. In his last will and testament, dated November 27, 1895, Nobel specified how the portion of his estate to be used for such prizes would be distributed.

"I, the undersigned, Alfred Bernhard Nobel, do hereby, after mature deliberation, declare the following to be my last Will and Testament with respect to such property as may be left by me at the time of my death:

To my niece Mina Nobel, One Hundred Thousand Crowns; to my brother Robert Nobel's daughters, Ingeborg and Tyra, the sum of One Hundred Thousand Crowns each; Miss Olga Boettger, at present staying with Mrs Brand, 10 Rue St Florentin, Paris, will receive One Hundred Thousand Francs."

'Plan for Saving One Hundred Thousand Pounds', by Benjamin Franklin, 1756:

"1. When you incline to have new clothes, look first well over the old ones, and see if you cannot shift with them another year, either by scouring, mending, or even patching if necessary.

2. If you are now a drinker of punch, wine, or tea twice a day, for the ensuing year drink them but once a day. If you now drink them but once a day, do it but every other day. If you do it now but once a week, reduce the practice to once a fortnight.

3. When you incline to drink rum, fill the glass half with water.

Thus at the year's end there will be a hundred thousand pounds more money in your country."

On November 25th, 2004, a community website called "The Hawk Road" records its 100,000th visitor. When members faced off in neutral surroundings and with limited knowledge of their terrain, it was predicted that humans would, in this order:

1. Mark their territory, yet cautiously invite others into it.

2. Seek out a measure of order, governing, and freedom rather than reckless chaos.

3. Display an obvious preference toward good rather than bad.

Researchers insist, despite contrary Hollywood scripts (ie. Lord of the Flies), that humans will adapt according to these guidelines 9 out of 10 times.

"That mule had a label attached to his neck on which it was stated that its breeding cost was a hundred thousand zouzim."

Bechoroth, fol. 8, c