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800,000
NUMBER of pennies a family recently found in the basement of a deceased relative’s home in Los Angeles. Because most of the pennies were minted mainly of copper, they’re considered more valuable to collectors than today’s mostly zinc pennies.
Source: The Washington Post
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3.13
SECONDS it took 21-year-old Max Park, from California, to solve a 3x3x3 Rubik’s cube at a competition in June—breaking the world record by about a third of a second.
Source: NPR
63
NUMBER of moons astronomers recently discovered orbiting Saturn, bringing the planet’s total number of moons to 146—eclipsing Jupiter’s total of 95.
Source: NASA