Happy 4th of July!

The Christian Science Monitor has all the numbers on Independence Day. Here is an excerpt:

• 75 percent of America's 110 million households will barbecue on the July 4 holiday.
• $750 million: the amount Americans spent on charcoal briquets in 2005.
• 150 million hot dogs are expected to be eaten on the July 4 holiday (that's one dog for every two Americans).
• 38 million pounds of baked beans are served during a typical Independence Day.
• $5.5 million: the value of American flag imports in 2005; 90 percent of them were from China.
• 61 percent of Americans don't know the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner."
• 2.5 million: the American population in 1776.
• 300 million: the population of the nation today.