U.S. manufacturers have a backlog of unfilled orders worth $1.2 trillion. Axios Markets, September 15, 2021
Apple has enough cash in its coffers ($204 billion) to give $600 to every person in the United States. The Week, August 6, 2021
“Success is a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.” Jim Rohn
Bidding started at $2 million for the Los Angeles cemetery crypt directly adjacent to Hugh Hefner’s and Marilyn Monroe’s. The seller of the empty family crypt says the price “goes back to the old adage “location, location, location.” The Week, September 3, 2021
66% of Republicans in the South support seceding from the U.S. to form their own country. 50% of independents and 20% of Democrats in the South are also in favor of secession. Newsweek, July 14, 2021
During the 1990s, more than ten million dogs were euthanized in America every year. Euthanizations have fallen dramatically, to about 670,000 dogs per year. The overwhelming majority of shelter dogs are now adopted rather than put down. Planet Money
“When it comes down to it, comedy is just rehearsed moaning.” Sean Locke