I am always amazed by statistics that attempt to measure the excesses of the modern world using collections of objects as yardsticks.

The number of M&M's consumed daily could stretch from New York to Los Angeles. The amount of pizza consumed during the Super Bowl could feed starving children in six impoverished countries.

I made up the specifics of those two examples, but you get the idea.

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