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26 million: NUMBER OF daily users around the world of the Pokémon Go app in August, compared to 45 million in July.
SOURCE: Bloomberg
$100 million: VALUE OF a 75-pound pearl recently made public by a Filipino fisherman. He had kept it under his bed after finding it 10 years ago.
SOURCE: NPR
2.7%: PERCENTAGE OF American adults who meet the criteria for a healthy lifestyle.
SOURCE: The Mayo clinic
10: AVERAGE AGE at which a child in the U.S. gets a smartphone. The average was 12 in 2012.
SOURCE: The New York Times