Here's this morning's challenge question: According to Bloomberg news, one government agency finds itself swamped with a surplus of THESE - they produced about 2.1 billion too many in 2009 & 2010. What are they?
It's STAMPS!
Specifically, commemorative stamps. For example, consider their run of SIMPSONS commemorative stamps back in 2009. Somehow someone thought it was a good idea to print a BILLION of them (that's 300 for every single one of the 3.5 people who say they watch the show regularly.) In hindsight, that may have been, um, a little overboard. They have 682 million left, if anyone's interested...
Todd was lucky enough to nab our final $30 gift card on the Steamship Authority with his correct answer - next week, we clean out the prize closet!
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