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

• 🌀 Hurricane Milton is 1 of the 3 most intense hurricanes on record in the Gulf of Mexico based on surface air pressure readings, per Philip Klotzbach of Colorado St. University.
• 😡 Just over 1 in 5 US adults have become estranged from a family member due to disagreements on controversial topics (21%).
• 🏎️ McLaren unveiled a new $2.1 million supercar, the W1, to honor the 50th anniversary of its first Formula One constructor’s championship.
• 📉 40.3% of Americans are obese, down from 41.9% in 2020, per new CDC data – marking the first time in over a decade the US obesity rate has decreased.
• 🏢 In the US, immigrants are ~80% more likely to start businesses than native-born Americans.