Around the world, the 4th of July may be just another day on the calendar, but around these parts, it’s kind of a big deal. You know, celebrating the independence of a nation, and all.
But what’s interesting about being able to be in a place where information can be preserved to be analyzed at a later date is that we can look at how things were back in 1776 and how they compare today. It’s like when you hear the “old timers” start a sentence off with “back in my day…”
There are some interesting stats here courtesy of our friends at CheapOair, including travel times & distances, origins of potatoes (for potato chips, of course) and my favorite – the number of American flags that were imported last year.
Why do American flags have to be imported anyway? Talk about irony.
Check out the rest of the data points below.
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