American consumers will spend more than $600 million on fireworks this Fourth, according to H&R Block. And they’d do well to use them with caution: Health officials expect more than 1,400 hand injuries are caused by fireworks on Independence Day. Sparklers, which can reach up to 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit, are the number one cause of injury.
10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Fourth of July
It’ll Cause More Than 1,000 Fireworks Injuries
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July 4
- It’s Significant in Other Countries, Too
- It’s the Anniversary of Three Presidential Deaths
- It Didn’t Become a National Holiday Until 1870
- John Adams Didn’t Want to Celebrate It…
- …But He Still Predicted How Others Would
- It’s the Biggest Hot-Dog Holiday of the Year
- For Drivers, It’s More Dangerous Than New Year’s Eve
- King George III Never Called It ‘Nothing of Importance’
- It’ll Cause More Than 1,000 Fireworks Injuries
- It’ll Generate at Least $190 Million Worth of Beer Sales