This Week In Numbers: Jesse Williams Speech, Taylor Swift’s Party, July 4th Spending, Mega Millions + More!
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A sneak peek of the week in numbers, featuring The Triumphant Scoop’s numerical review on cities, celebrities, consumers, and commerce.
As of the week of July 4th, 2016:
20 Billion
….the number of hot dogs consumed on July 4th.
285.3 Million Pounds
…..the total weight of fireworks used in the US on 4th of July.
24,616
…..as of 1:17pm, July 7th, 2016: the # of signatures on the change.org petition to fire Jesse Williams from Grey’s Anatomy, claiming he should be punished for a “white-hating” acceptance speech for the humanitarian award at last week’s BET awards.
240
America’s age, the number of years ago America was stolen from its indigenous people.
12
= the number of girls at Taylor Swift’s 4th of July party, and no you were not one of them.
0
…..the number of winners of the mega million’s, causing the pot to soar to $540 million.
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