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Claire Yubin Oh & Millie Giles2/9/26

Google searches for “roman numerals” hit a new peak this Super Bowl

Following on from last year’s Super Bowl LIX, and Super Bowl LVIII before that, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the title “Super Bowl LX” might have created less confusion than previous iterations.

But it seems that the archaic notation denoting this year’s Big Game was no exception: monthly search volumes for “roman numerals” in the US were at the highest volume seen in over two decades this February, according to Google Trends data.

Roman numerals super bowl — Sherwood News

If people in shoulder pads throwing around a weirdly shaped ball is your Roman Empire, one thing you have to know is Roman numerals — or join the millions who turn to Google to work out how to read them every Super Bowl season.

Ironically, according to the NFL, the numbering system was adopted for clarity, as the game is played at the start of the year “following a chronologically recorded season.” And so, over its 60-year history, the NFL has labeled almost every Super Bowl with a selection of capital letters like X’s, I’s, and V’s — one of the rare exceptions being Super Bowl 50 in 2016, when the NFL ad designers felt Super Bowl L was too unmarketable.

At least stumped football fans in 2026 will be faring much better than those in the year 12,965 would be, who’d have to refer to the Big Game as Super Bowl (breathes in) MMMMMMMMMMDCCCCLXXXXVIIII.

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Tom Jones7/10/26

The most watched soccer match in US history got less than a third of the views the Super Bowl did

Between a top-spot finish in the group stage, a sweeping performance against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the round of 32, and the president’s controversial intervention, Monday evening’s USMNT game against Belgium had, to put it lightly, shaped up into a box-office clash.

And though the US players’ performance on the pitch might not have lived up to the high drama off it, American soccer fans certainly showed up. According to early estimates, the 4-1 defeat against Belgium was the most watched soccer telecast in US history, hauling some 40 million viewers on average across the coverage on Fox and Telemundo.

That may be a record tally in the US for the sport that much of the world calls some variant of “football” — besting the 36.2 million who tuned in to watch the team’s previous knock-out match — but it’s still peanuts in comparison to the sport that shares the same name in the States.

World cup viewers chart — Sherwood News

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Over 50% of Americans say climate change is a serious threat; only 10% think their compatriots feel the same

That perception gap on the issue is among the highest in the world, per a new Gallup poll.

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Reddit’s advertising business is getting bigger. It’s already booming.

The platform will plow more money into its ad offerings as it cements itself as a “trove of human intelligence.”

Tom Jones6/22/26

45% of Americans say they’re not taking a summer vacation this year, mostly due to costs

Flight comparison site Skyscanner is recommending some cheaper alternatives closer to home.

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Despite slight declines, Japanese tourism figures are still hovering around record highs

Tourism: Still big in Japan.

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