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

• 🤱 First-time US mothers were an average of 27.5 years old in 2023, up from 21.4 in 1970, per new CDC data.
• 🛣️ 45.1 million Americans are projected to travel 50+ miles from home this Memorial Day, which would surpass the all-time record from 2005, per AAA.
• 🏢 Gen Z is 1.7x more likely than previous generations to “avoid management roles to protect their well-being,” per management consulting company Development Dimensions International.
• 🇯🇵 Foreign investors currently own 32% of Japan’s stock market—up from 5% in the 1970s—while locals hold just 17%, per Tokyo Stock Exchange data.
• 🛻 EV startup Slate Auto has received 100,000+ reservations for its low-cost, no-frills electric pickup truck in two weeks.