The University buys 344,795 rolls of toilet paper a year. If unrolled, the sheets would circle Michigan Stadium 110,937 times. How many new trees do we plant? About 100 a year. How many visitors strolled through the galleries of the Museum of Art last year? 102,227.

Did you know that of the University's 11,988 out-of-state students on the Ann Arbor campus, 2,038 are from New York. The next 9 spots are held by Illinois (1,229), Ohio (1,147), California (1,074), New Jersey (812), Pennsylvania (585), Maryland (540), Massachusetts (517), Florida (411) and Connecticut (331). There are 22,217 students from Michigan.

Michigan is a global university: around 106 nations sent 2,587 students to the campus last year.

These are a few of the many facts supplied by Facts About Michigan, the new 155-page factbook compiled by Ryan Solomon of the Office of News and Information Services. The book is a convenient reference source that may surprise and astonish even the most knowledgeable U-M trivia expert. It contains information about the University in nine categories: Budget, Dimensions, Firsts, Gifts, Media, Rankings, Research Advances, Students, and 1817.

The book is designed to help students, journalists and the more than 372,083 living alumni place into perspective the enormous mission and scope of University history and operations. Or in the very least to generate a comment like, "Gee, I didn't know that."

You may order Facts About Michigan at $8 each by calling (734) 764-7260 or writing News and Information Services, University of Michigan, 412 Maynard, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1399, Attention: Factbook. Make checks payable to the University of Michigan.