Every Baseball Team’s Best Season
The baseball season — a 162 game marathon over six months — can be a grind. But all that hard work pays off when teams put together winning seasons and reach the playoffs, earning…
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25 Countries Where Measles Is a Serious Problem
A recent measles outbreak across Europe and higher than usual reported cases in the United States have gotten people on edge. There have been 137 cases so far in 2018, compared to 120 in…
States Spending the Most on Sweets
For candy makers, there are certain red-letter days during the year, like Easter and Valentine’s Day, that they hope will produce a cascade of revenue. Another such day is just around the corner —…
America’s 50 Best Cities to Live
There are nearly 20,000 villages, towns, and cities, across the nearly 3.8 million square miles that comprise the United States. More than 1-in-10 Americans move each year, and suffice it to say, when it…
Cost of Going to the Movies Over the Years
Despite declining movie theater attendance – 2017 ticket sales were the lowest in over two decades – this year’s domestic box office is set to rake in more than $12 billion for the first…
25 Surprising Facts About the War of the Worlds Broadcast
Oct. 30 marks the 80th anniversary of “The War of the Worlds” broadcast, the most famous, or infamous, program in radio history. Listeners who tuned in to the program late and did not hear…
Global Wealth Soars to $317 Trillion, US Largest at $98 Trillion
Global wealth reached $317 trillion this year, a figure that is 18 times the size of the U.S. gross domestic product. The number rose 4.6% from last year. The nation with the most wealth…
America’s Richest Cities
The U.S. Census Bureau released its annual report on income and poverty in the United States earlier this week. The report revealed that median household income climbed 4.7% nationwide, from $57,617 in 2016 to…
America’s Poorest Cities
The U.S. Census Bureau released its annual report on income and poverty in the United States earlier this week. Encouragingly, income of the typical American household climbed in 2017. The latest Census release also…
Poorest Town in Every State
Income inequality is a growing problem in the United States. Perhaps more evident now than in any time in recent memory, conspicuous consumption is juxtaposed with abject poverty in cities and towns across the…
10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Buy With a Credit Card
We love our credit cards. These little rectangles of plastic (or, increasingly, metal) were originally used mostly for travel and entertainment. We still use them for those purposes, of course, and certainly for shopping,…
What It Actually Costs to Live in America’s Least Expensive Cities
With unemployment at over a decade low, wages at all-time highs, and poverty on the decline, the U.S. economy is flourishing — or so it would seem. For Americans struggling financially it can be…
States Obsessed With Halloween
Halloween has become big business in recent years. Americans will spend $9 billion to celebrate the holiday this year, according to the National Retail Federation estimates. Even though this is a slight pullback from…
25 Cities Spending the Most on Halloween
Halloween has become a billion-dollar industry in the United States. Americans are projected to spend $9 billion this year on Halloween-related items and activities, down from $9.1 billion last year, according to the National…
Crazy Legends and Superstitions People Believe in Every State
Tell the truth. Do you knock on wood when you say or hope for something positive — knowing full well this is nothing but a superstition? We’ve put a man on the moon, cured…