According to the FBI, the number of bank robberies has declined by nearly 85% since peaking in 1992. One reason is:  There’s more risk and less reward.  In the 1960s, the average bank robbery was worth about $5,200, or $46,000 in today’s money.  In recent years, the average take is around $4,200.

FedEx almost went under back in the ’70s in their early years . . . they only had $5,000 in the bank and needed to pay off $24,000.  They’re still around because the founder took the last $5,000 to Vegas, gambled it on blackjack, and won $27,000.

There have been more than 20,000 Major League Baseball players in history . . . and just ONE had a last name that started with the letter X:  Leovigildo Xiqués, who played in the ’40s. There are 56 whose last name started with Q, and 106 with Z.

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