Post Date:
September 13, 2018 Issue Date:
September 29, 2018

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7,000

The number of lizards and insects, including bumblebee millipedes and giant African mantises, stolen from the Philadelphia Insectarium and Butterfly Pavilion in late August. The creatures are worth more than $40,000.

$2.1 billion

Pop singer Michael Jackson’s inflation-adjusted earnings, according to Forbes, since his death in 2009.

52%

The share of American employees who left vacation days unused in 2017.

17.5 million

The number of plastic surgeries and minimally invasive cosmetic procedures in the United States last year, costing roughly $16.7 billion.

2,049

The number of for-hire electric scooters on the streets and sidewalks of Portland, Ore., according to the city’s Bureau of Transportation.