Here are five stats from this past week that made our team go “whoa.” Hopefully you will, too.

• 🎤😂 Ticket sales for live comedy shows have more than tripled over the past decade, from $278 million/year to $910 million/year. (Read more)
• 🎯 WSJ columnists threw 12 darts at random stocks one year ago, then competed against fund managers’ top picks. The result? Pros earned 48% less than random stock picks. (Read more)
• 🗽 1 in every 24 residents of New York City is now a millionaire (~350K total), a ratio that’s 48% higher compared to a decade ago. (Read more)
• 💊 Over 115 million pills containing illicit fentanyl were seized by US law enforcement last year, up from ~50,000 in 2017. (Read more)
• 🇺🇸 27% of Americans say immigration is the most important problem facing the US right now, topping Gallup’s trend report for the 3rd straight month (its longest such streak since 2000). (Read more)