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552
WEIGHT IN CARATS of a yellow diamond recently unearthed in Canada. At roughly the size of a chicken egg, it’s the largest ever discovered in North America.
Source: The Washington post
$1,500
PRICE per month a man in San Jose, California, is paying in rent for an apartment just for his daughter’s two cats. (They didn’t get along with the family dog, so they needed their own place.)
Source: Newsweek
4
RANKING of 2018 on the list of warmest years on record globally. In 140 years of record-keeping by scientists, the five warmest years have been the last five.
Source: NASA
59
Emojipedia.org
NUMBER of new emojis announced in February. Many of the additions encourage inclusivity, such as a guide dog, a hearing aid, and interracial couples.
Source: The New York Times