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74%
PERCENTAGE of players on the France national soccer team that won the 2018 World Cup who are immigrants or the sons of first-generation immigrants.
Source: The Washington Post
113
AGE of Masazo Nonaka of Japan, the world’s oldest man. Nonaka was born in 1905 and celebrated his birthday in August. He says the secret to his long life is soaking in mineral-rich springs and eating a lot of sweets.
Source: Chicago Tribune
2,000
NUMBER of words of sign language Koko the gorilla understood. The famous ape died this summer at age 46 at a preserve in Northern California.
Source: The Gorilla Foundation
3,072
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SIZE in square inches of a pizza that was made by Moontower Pizza Bar in Texas in June. The 8-foot-long, 32-inch-wide pie set the world record for the largest commercially available pizza.
Source: Guinness World Records