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2,400
ESTIMATED AGE of the world’s oldest intact shipwreck, recently discovered in the Black Sea. The Greek vessel was built around 400 b.c.
Source: The Washington Post
93%
PERCENTAGE of children under age 15 around the world who breathe polluted air each day.
Source: World Health Organization
$3,300
APPROXIMATE AMOUNT (in U.S. dollars) travelers can now be fined if they refuse to surrender digital-device passwords to New Zealand border agents.
10,618
Courtesy Pizza to the Polls
NUMBER of pizzas donated—through the nonpartisan nonprofit Pizza to the Polls—to feed voters waiting in line to cast a ballot in the 2018 midterm elections.
Source: Pizza to the Polls