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More Funny SELECTs

What does this code return? 

SELECT
  ( SELECT COUNT (*), MAX(soh.OrderDate) AS latestorder
    FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
    WHERE
      soh.OrderDate     > '01/01/2011'
      AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2012') AS OrdersIn2000
, ( SELECT COUNT (*), MAX(soh.OrderDate) AS latestorder
    FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
    WHERE
      soh.OrderDate     > '01/01/2012'
      AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2013') AS OrdersIn2001
, ( SELECT COUNT (*), MAX(soh.OrderDate) AS latestorder
    FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
    WHERE
      soh.OrderDate     > '01/01/2013'
      AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2014') AS OrdersIn2002;
GO

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