VSLover From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 1886 posts, RR: 24 Posted (8 years 11 months 6 hours ago) and read 1027 times:
44.5-Hot dogs (with bun) eaten last year by Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi in TWELVE MINUTES during the Nathan's Hot Dog eating contest.
293 million - Projected number of U.S. residents on this July 4th. In July 1776, there were about 2.5 million people living in the colonies (clearly not including Native Americans).
150 million - Hot dogs expected to be consumed. There's about a 1-in-4 chance the hot dogs originated in Iowa, which has 15.5 million hogs and pigs - about a quarter of U.S. total.
$157.2 million - The value of fireworks imported from China in 2003. Total imports were $163.1 million.
11 - Places with "Independence" in their name. The most populous of these is in Missouri, with 113,027 residents.
Cadet985 From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 1408 posts, RR: 5 Reply 2, posted (8 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 929 times:
And you can add to that:
1 - The number of US Presidents born on that date (Calvin Coolidge - 7/4/1872).
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