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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

NEWS IN NUMBERS

419.9

The new text for the sign marking mile 420 on U.S. Highway 95. Idaho, like Colorado and Washington, replaced the sign's number, which is associated with marijuana, because people kept stealing it.

$350

Average price of one ounce of marijuana in Washington, D.C., which is one of the nation's most expensive rates. The district legalized possession and cultivation of the drug but not retail pot stores, partially explaining the high price.

10

Average number of annual severe weather events that caused more than $1 billion in damage in the U.S. since 2010. In the 1980s, the country averaged two such weather events a year.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

419.9. I'm sure that these will be stolen, too, as part of collections of the series that's bound to follow.