Significant Digits For Wednesday, May 24, 2017

$5 A [FiveThirtyEight]( email [Significant Digits]( Wednesday, May 24, 2017 By [Walt Hickey]( You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. $5 A U.S. court of appeals ruled you don’t have to register your drones with the Federal Aviation Administration because small drones are just model airplanes. Save the $5 on that registration. In other news, drones are about to get way more annoying. [[Quartz](] 60 days Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte declared a 60-day period of martial law for the entirety of Mindanao island because of clashes between armed groups and the government. [[ABS CBN](] 80 More than 80 U.S. Olympians are reporting that their medals won at the Rio Olympics are flaking or otherwise degrading. Officials have observed problems on 6 to 7 percent of medals. [[The Associated Press](] $900 Uber underpaid tens of thousands of New York City drivers by improperly basing their payments on net rather than gross fares. The controversial ride-sharing company has agreed to repay those lost earnings, an average of about $900 per driver. That’s tens of millions of dollars out of the pockets of drivers, finally reclaimed. [[Quartz](] $5 million Reported annual value of a contract between Nike and New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., the most lucrative shoe deal for an NFL player. [[ESPN](] 662 million vacation days Number of available vacation days that Americans collectively did not take in 2016. Hit the beaches, people. [[Fortune](] If you see a significant digit in the wild, send it to [@WaltHickey](. --------------------------------------------------------------- The Morning Story [We Started With 14 Possible Paths For Trump’s Presidency. Which Are Most Likely Now?]( [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Share [Facebook]([Twitter]([Email](mailto:?subject=I%20thought%20you’d%20like%20this%20article%20from%20FiveThirtyEight&body= [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ESPN]( [Unsubscribe]( Our mailing address: FiveThirtyEight, 147 Columbus Avenue, New York, NY 10023.