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33,000 lbs.

ESTIMATED WEIGHT of the largest T. rex, according to new research from Canadian paleontologists. That’s more than twice as heavy as an African elephant and 70 percent bigger than previously thought.

Source: Live Science

100 million

NUMBER of people worldwide who have been displaced while fleeing conflict, violence, human rights violations, and persecution as of May 2022. That’s one in every 78 people on earth.

Source: The U.N. Refugee Agency

$1.2 million

Courtesy of Sotheby’s

PRICE at auction in December for an emerald ring that was discovered on a ship that sank near the Florida Keys in 1622. Proceeds from the sale will be used to help women and children in Ukraine.

Source: Forbes

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