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$781,000: VALUE of a winning lottery ticket found recently by an Australian man cleaning out his car. He quickly cashed the ticket.
232,000: NUMBER of people who have moved out of the Midwest since 2015. The Northeast also saw a decrease in population, while the South and West grew, continuing a long-term trend.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau
25: NUMBER of glaciers remaining in Glacier National Park in Montana, down from 150 in 1910. Climate change is seen as the major cause of the decline. | SOURCE: National Wildlife Federation
300 million: NUMBER of children worldwide who are exposed to toxic levels of air pollution, according to a recent study.
SOURCE: Unicef