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$700
That is the price tag on the new PlayStation 5 Pro, available for pre-order on September 26. You have to buy the disc drive separately!
59
That is how old Kamala Harris is. People were Google’ing that a lot during the debate last night.
Five
That is how many prisoners escaped a high-security prison in Portugal this week. They appeared to have help scaling the 6-meter wall from the outside and are thought to have escaped by the sea.
47
That is how many inmates escaped from a maximum-security prison in Liberia on Monday. What is going on!?
1,500
That is how many times the BBC “breached its own editorial guidelines… during the height of the Israel-Hamas war,” according to a new report.
$110 million
That is how much the Beetlejuice sequel made in its opening weekend at the box office. The original film only made $8 million in its opening weekend in 1988 but it gained steam as it became a pop culture staple of the 1980s.
4 in 10
That is how many pet cats can play fetch if they choose to, according to a new study. The problematic part is “if they choose to.” They have to be in the mood.
721
That is how many cases are under investigation from an orthopedic surgeon in the UK who allegedly harmed children with his alleged malpractice. Some children had limbs amputated because of his alleged incompetence.
217%
That is how much the use of labiaplasty surgery was up between 2012 and 2017. It was up a further 20% between 2017 to 2021. This is what is known as a “designer vagina.” It is a plastic surgery to reshape the vulva and women who do it report that it has helped their mental health. If your mental health is dependent on the shape of your genitals, there may be other issues at play.
76%
That is how many Americans say that they feel guilty when they procrastinate but 71% of Americans do it, according to a recent survey.
3,695
That is how much contraband was collected at New York City public schools last year. This included not only guns but also items such as pepper spray and box cutters, according to the New York Post.
September 28
That is when Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift will break up, according to a leaked document from a public relations firm in Los Angeles. It outlines the plan to handle the public breakup in minute detail. Kelce has denied the authenticity of the document and reportedly called in his lawyers.
22.4 million
That is how many times this podcast by Lex Fridman with former President Trump as his guest has been viewed.
4.25%
That is the new interest rate in Canada after the Bank of Canada cut interest rates for the third time in a row on Wednesday.
Four years
That is how long a woman in Poland was held captive in a barn by a rapist that she met on a dating app. He now faces up to 25 years in prison and eternity in hell.
Three hours
That is how long a man in the U.K. sat in a hospital cafe before he was found to have died after being discharged.
60%
That is how much U.S. baby food does not meet nutritional guidelines, according to a recent study.
25 hours
That is how long two NASA astronauts expected to be in space. NASA announced that they will instead be there for at least 8 months because the Boeing craft that they went on is not safe to use for a return. NASA will instead use a SpaceX mission to bring them home. We hope!
$7.95 million
That is how much the city of Denver claims is being spent on homelessness services from the money they make on taxing marijuana. They also claim that they are spending that weed money on affordable housing, the Herman Malone Fund for “diverse-owned business” and youth education programs.
3 months
That is how long an around-the-world cruise has been stuck in Belfast due to a series of delays.
2,492-carat
That is the size of a diamond that was found in Botswana, which experts say is the largest diamond to be mined since 1905.
Four
That is how many people will go up in a SpaceX mission to try to “soar to altitudes higher than any human has traveled since NASA’s Apollo program ended in the 1970s.” They will also “plunge the vehicle and crew into a radiation belt, adding another element of peril to the already treacherous experience of spaceflight.” And then they will “open the hatch of their spacecraft and expose themselves to the vacuum of space, marking the first time such a feat has been attempted by non-government astronauts.”
365,000
That is how many people have been without power in Michigan after severe storms on Tuesday.
$100 million
That is how much Amazon will pay the Kelce brothers for their podcast called “New Heights.”
93%
That’s the percentage of Democrats that have a favorable opinion of Kamala Harris, up from 77% in June. So they didn’t think much of her before she was the candidate but now they love her?
1
That is how many area codes New Hampshire has but they are running low on 603 numbers. State residents are trying to stop the state from adding a new area code because they have 603 pride.
1
That is how many seasons the Star Wars spinoff show called The Acolyte had and will ever have because it has been canceled. People hated it and called it woke.
25 pence
That is how much Scotland wants to charge for every takeaway cup sold. They are calling it the “latte levy.”
$500 million
That is the approximate value of all of Oprah Winfrey’s homes and yet she says she has been the victim of racism and sexism in her life. Imagine what she’d have if she hadn’t been such a victim to all of that!