Post Date:
August 19, 2016 Issue Date:
September 3, 2016

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$575,000

The price tag of self-avowed socialist and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ new vacation home on Lake Champlain in Vermont.

$674

The amount of money spent on back-to-school shopping by the average American family according to the National Retail Federation.

15

The number of detainees newly released from the Guantánamo detention facility, reducing the prison’s population to 61. The release, announced Aug. 15, was the largest under Barack Obama’s presidency.

$4,954

The phone bill racked up by Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura while playing Pokémon Go in Rio.

307,247,252

The estimated number of recreational visits to U.S. national parks in 2015.