00:00President Trump promised a record-breaking fireworks display on July 4th to mark America's
00:05250th birthday. And now we're finding out just what a world record-breaking display might look
00:10like. 851,000. Not dollars. No, that's not the cost. That's the number of fireworks. Just a
00:18mind-boggling amount of fireworks expected to be launched. For New Yorkers, let's compare this to
00:23the traditional Macy's fireworks display. I think we can all agree, even if you're not a New Yorker,
00:27that it's one of the biggest firework shows each year, right? Well, Trump's planned show will be
00:33more than 10 times larger than last year's Macy's launch, which included 80,000 total firework
00:39shells. I know it sounded like a lot when I first said that 851,000 figure, but put into that
00:45context,
00:45we might need sunglasses to enjoy it. The display of American firework power will also topple the
00:52world record. The current record holder goes to the 2016 New Year celebrations in the Philippines,
00:57with 810,904 fireworks. It ran for 1 hour, 1 minute, and 32.24 seconds in the pouring rain,
01:07apparently. I don't know how that would even work, but clearly I have no concept of how fireworks function.
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