Some interesting facts from this year's holiday shopping season over at Amazon.com where 72.9 items per second were ordered for a total of 6.3 million items.
- One of our most remote shipments was Take Along Thomas & Friends toys, delivered to Unalaska, Alaska.
- Amazon.com sold enough "Breaking Dawn" books that stacked end to end they would reach the summit of Mt. Everest eight times.
- The weight of all GPS devices sold from Black Friday through December equals the combined weight of 151 Mini Coopers.
- Amazon sold enough Casio G-Shock watches to outfit every Kanye West fan attending the 2008 Glow in the Dark Tour concert at Madison Square Garden, N.Y.
- The last One-Day Prime order placed on Dec. 23 in time for Christmas delivery contained a "Dora the Explorer" micro-shell helmet, and was delivered to Sherman Oaks, California on Dec. 24.
- The last Same-Day Prime order placed at 7:25 a.m. on Dec. 24 in time for Christmas delivery contained a Pinzon 400-thread-count, 100 percent Egyptian Cotton Hemstitch full sheet set, and was delivered at 6:12 p.m. to Las Vegas, Nevada on Dec. 24.
Now whether Amazon turned a profit during this period is another question.
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