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III. Questions We Should Be Asking

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What is the average distance of a home run?

In Major League Baseball, it’s 398 ft. (121 m)

What’s love got to do with it?

From 1971 to 2011, 80% of Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles included themes of romantic or sexual desire

Which country has the fastest Internet?

At an average end-user speed of 23.6 megabits per second, South Korea’s Internet is the world’s fastest

What’s the healthiest vegetable?

Watercress has the highest density of the 17 most important vitamins and minerals

Which is the best Star Wars of all time?

Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, clearly

That painting cost how much?

Pablo Picasso’s Women of Algiers (Version O) was auctioned for $179 million at Christie’s in May

SOURCES: ESPN HOME RUN TRACKER; SAGE OPEN; AKAMAI; PREVENTING CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRISTIE’S

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