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AMOUNT social media companies in Germany can be fined if they don’t delete racist, illegal, or slanderous comments and posts within 24 hours, according to a new law.
Source: The New York Times
PERCENTAGE increase in food production that will be needed to feed an expected global population of 9.6 billion in 2050, according to a recent U.N. report.
Source: United Nations
WEIGHT of gold found in Switzerland’s sewage system every year, according to a new study. Researchers believe most of the gold—valued at more than $2 million—flows from the drains of the country’s famous watch-making industry.
Source: CNN Money
PERCENTAGE of the Earth that was in drought in 2016—an area the size of Russia. It was the driest year since the 1980s.
Source: climate.gov
Reported by Carl Stoffers, Lucia De Stefani, and Greg Gottfried.