#451 - 🧨 Happy 4th Of July!

The ASOTU Crew typically loves to imagine you starting your day with our email, eagerly diving in to uncover the good stuff we've found.

Today, however, our wish for you is a little different.

We hope your morning unfolds leisurely, filled with quality time with loved ones, the delicious aroma of grilled food, the feel of warm sun on your skin, and perhaps even a refreshing nap.

Once you've relished in the simple joys of freedom and rest, we welcome you to return to this email and enjoy reading what we enjoyed making.

Keep Pushing Back
-Paul, Kyle, & Chris

4TH OF JULY

Celebration and Facts

You know ASOTU; we love celebrating and data. This 4th of July piece by WalletHub contained enough of both, so we wanted to share it.

Americans will eat about 150M hot dogs this 4th of July.

• Hot dogs were one of the first foods eaten on the Moon.

• "Hot Dog!" were the first words from Mickey Mouse's mouth.

• Hot Dog stand space outside NY's Central Park Zoo costs $300K annually.

• Frankfurt, Germany, claims to be the originator of the hot dog and celebrated the hot dog's 500th birthday in 1987

Americans will spend $2.3B on beer for the 4th.

• In the Middle Ages, beer was considered a normal part of the human diet.

• Mcdonald's in South Korea, Germany, Spain, and Portugal serve beer to their patrons.

• Western Iran has shown the earliest evidence of beer making. Tests found the brew as far back as 3,500 BC.

• There are over 100 varieties of beer.

Independence Day became a paid federal holiday in 1941.

• In 1941 WW2 was in its third year, with about four left. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7th, bringing the US into the war.

• Orsen Wells' "Citizen Cane" was released in 1941.

• "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" by Glenn Miller was the year's most popular song.

• Captain America Comics #1 issues the first Captain America & Bucky comic.

Of course, the star of the show; Fireworks, will bring over $2.7B into the economy for the holiday.

• Current evidence suggests China first used fireworks around 200 BC.

• According to Guinness, a church in the Philipines holds the record for the largest-ever firework display, with 810,904 fireworks.

• Disney spends around $50M a year on fireworks.

• Mineral elements provide the color of fireworks. Barium produces bright greens; strontium yields deep reds; copper produces blues; and sodium yields yellow.