Here's another obscure factoid from the first 100 days of the Obama administration:  as of this moment the White House press office has sent out 1,222 emails to reporters over the first hundred days. (That number is bound to go up at least a couple more with President Obama's prime time news conference tonight).

Obviously, that's an average of more than 12 emails a day, which include everything from statements and transcripts of speeches to daily schedules and travel advisories. Still, the sheer volume of digital information flowing out of the White House press office is enormous.

The very first email from the Obama White House, which arrived at 9:45am on the morning of January 21st, read as follows:

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary

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For Immediate Release                                                          January 21, 2009

Below is a statement from White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

At 8:35 AM, the President arrived in the Oval Office and spent 10 minutes alone in the office.  He read the note left to him by President Bush that was in an envelope marked “To: #44, From: #43”.  At 8:45 AM, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel came in to discuss the schedule of today's events.  The First Lady came into the Oval Office at 9:10 AM.  We will release a picture shortly.

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