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

📅😨 The average American experiences the “Sunday scaries” 36 times/year, with the average time of onset felt at 3:54 pm.

🪙 Each penny cost the US Mint $0.0369 to produce and distribute last year, while each nickel cost $0.1378.

🏀 Roughly 1 in every 6 US men over 7 feet tall are currently playing in the NBA.

🌱 An estimated 83% of all plant life in Gaza was destroyed in the recent Israel-Hamas war (as of June 2024).

🎓💰 Brands spent $338 million on NIL deals with student athletes last year (primarily college students), up from $171 million in 2023, per Opendorse data.