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More than 4,250 pounds of fireworks will light the sky in D.C. every minute this weekend during the official fireworks celebration for the nation’s 250th birthday, according to a Post analysis.

washingtonpost.com354 fireworks every second: The Fourth of July show by the numbersMore than 4,250 pounds of fireworks will light the District’s sky every minute this weekend during the official fireworks celebration for the nation’s 250th birthday, a Washington Post analysis finds.

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What a disgusting waste of money and assault on the surrounding environment. Millions of wild animals are negatively affected every year by this stupid display of human ego across the country.