135,000 funpacks were given out during the National Education Shows, preview and parade itself. Funpacks first made their debut in 1994.

20 sampan balloons, each half the size of a double-decker bus, appeared at the show's start and end. Each one had 55 cubic metres of helium.

19 commands in Malay and cues were memorised by parade commander Lieutenant-Colonel Yeong Chee Meng for the 34- minute ceremonial parade.

200 men from the 2nd Battalion Singapore Infantry Regiment ushered 4,000 performers through 13 entrances.

70 hours of rehearsals were clocked by more than 4,000 performers from May for the Aug 9 show.

700 heart-shaped balloons were released in the Chapter 8 segment featuring singers Chen Weilian and Gayle Nerva.

40,800 red balls were sewn onto the dresses of the Soka Association participants who performed in the segment titled Little Red Dot.

3.2 is the distance in kilometres that 25 military, uniformed group and civilian contingents marched after the ceremonial parade on the floating platform. The route wound past City Hall and the Esplanade.

40 songs from the 1960s till today were featured in the five-minute segment called 'Fast Forward'. The remix featured songs by Tears for Fears, Madonna and the Spice Girls.

3 people were needed to haul on part of a pulley system, to get each grid-walker up to the top of the nine-storey grid.

9 hours was the average length of time marching contingents practised in each session over the weekends.

5,000 barricades were erected to ensure smooth traffic flow for vehicles and spectators.

800 rounds of fireworks lit the sky at 15 key moments of the show. The light display featured gold and red starbursts and heart-shaped fireworks.

133 portable toilets were used by NDP participants on and around the floating platform. These included four portable toilets for the disabled.

400 motivators from the Touch Community Services got the crowd into a party mood.

300 pugilists from Martial House and army personnel sparred against a backdrop of news headlines depicting the crises faced by Singapore during the segment Against All Odds.

4 is the age of Simone Tan, the parade's youngest performer, who was in the item by the Main Wayang Company. Titled The First Wave, it featured 100 Peranakans and members of other races.

5 NDP hosts - Michelle Chong, Mark Lee, Vernetta Lopez, Suhaimi Yusof and Gurmit Singh - worked up the 27,000-strong crowd in the spectator stands.

16,000 metres of fabric such as satin and nylon were used to create the costumes of 4,000 performers in the show.

377,493 hot meals were served to the more than 13,000 people involved in the NDP between May and this month. These included pizza, chicken wings and hot dogs.

200 planes, made of paper-like Kapline boards, appeared in Chapter 9 of the show. Each of them, measuring 1.2m, took up to three weeks to make.

1,000 sketches for more than 30 costumes for the NDP were drawn by its costume director, Mr Frederick Lee.