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8
That is how many Olympic medals Simone Biles now has after the women’s gymnastics team took home the gold, making her the most decorated U.S. Olympic gymnast in history. Five of those medals are gold medals.
14 seconds
That was how much Alex Yee was behind in the men’s triathlon but he made it up with a sprint at the end to win gold.
25%
That is how much ratings for CBS Evening News have dropped in the last five years since Norah O’Donnell took the anchor chair. The network announced that she would be ousted from that spot after the 2024 Presidential election.
$35 trillion
That is the U.S. national debt, a record reached on Monday. According to the House Budget Committee, that debt equates to $104,497 per person, $266,275 per household and $483,889 per American child. The debt increased by $2.35 trillion in the last year alone.
100
That is how many children Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram, claims that he has fathered through sperm donations.
€1.5 billion
That is how much Paris spent to try to clean up the Seine river to host the Olympic triathlon but it didn’t really work. The triathlon had to be delayed due to high levels of E. coli contamination but officials say that they may be able to hold it on Wednesday. If you were a competitor, would you find that comforting?
$205 million
That is how much “Deadpool & Wolverine” made at the box office this weekend in the U.S. It made $438.3 million overseas making it the eighth biggest opening of all time among any film and, according to the Hollywood Reporter, it was also “by far the biggest launch for an R-rated film, not adjusted for inflation.”
207,000
That is how many pounds of Boar’s Head liverwurst were recalled due to Listeria concerns.
60 tons
That is how much steel disappeared in Russia from a bridge that was disassembled and sold for scrap metal.
$2 million
That is how much Celine Dion is reportedly being paid to sing for the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics.
4 years
That is the jail sentence that was given to four Just Stop Oil protestors for blocking traffic in London for over four days in 2022. One of the perpetrator’s mother said that this means that her daughter will miss her brother’s wedding. I guess she shouldn’t have disrupted an entire city for her ideology, huh? A policeman was hurt and the police chief warned that more could have been killed.
116
That is how many times the f-word is said in the new “Deadpool & Wolverine” film, released on Friday.
$376 million
That is how much a group of lenders paid to buy the Red Lobster restaurant chains.
$30 million
That is the annual salary for Prince William this year, according to new reports.
250
That is how many labradoodles need homes after a breeder in Australia was shut down out of concerns for animal welfare.
$81 million
That is how much Kamala Harris raised in the first 24 hours since being endorsed by President Biden for President. According to her campaign spokesperson, that is “the largest 24-hour raise in presidential history” and 60% of donors were first-time political donors.
Two
That is how many European football (soccer) leagues have filed a complaint to the European Commission against FIFA for anti-competitive practices such as prioritizing their own matches and expand the teams from 32 to 48.
2 cm
That is the size of former President Trump’s wound on his ear from the gunshot, according to a statement from his doctor.
$332.4 million
That is how much President Biden raised for his election campaign in the second quarter of 2024. President Trump raised $98.9 million more than that at $431.2 million. We wonder now where all that Biden money will go?
1,700
That is how many flights were canceled on Sunday due to the CrowdStrike outage. That is in addition to 5,500 that were called off Friday and Saturday.
1,600 acres
That is how much land the federal government must return to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, according to legislation signed recently by President Biden.
2%
That was the inflation rate in the U.K. in June, unchanged from May.
12,000,000
That is how many shares of Truth Social were shorted by a company called Austin Private Wealth LLC on the day before he was shot. That’s weird, right?
49
That is how many home runs Teoscar Hernández hit at the Home Run Derby on Monday to win the all-star event.
$45 Million
That is how much Elon Musk says that he will donate per month to a new super political-action committee backing Donald Trump, according to the Wall Street Journal.
580 points
That is how much the Dow Jones jumped on Tuesday due to enthusiasm for small cap stocks, according to CNBC.
50 feet
That is the depth of a cave that one lucky dog was rescued from in Colorado. A caver rescued the dog by offering it a piece of salami.
$10.65 trillion
That is the value of assets owned by BlackRock, according to second quarter reportings. Reuters reports that it has to do with a bull stock market and the “soft landing for the U.S. economy.” Soft for who exactly?
$23 billion
That is how much Google is reportedly offering to pay to buy the cybersecurity firm Wiz.