Numbers in the News

AMOUNT that musician Post Malone recently paid a fan for a one-of-a-kind Magic: The Gathering card. It was the most expensive Magic card purchase ever; Malone broke the record he set last year when he purchased a different Magic card for $800,000.

^{Source: NPR}

FINE that the Federal Communications Commission charged Dish Network in October for failing to move an old orbiting satellite far enough away from others in use. It’s the first fine ever issued for space junk.

^{Source: BBC}

PERCENTAGE of decline in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in August compared with the same month last year. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has promised to end deforestation in the region by 2030.

^{Source: Reuters}