Number in the news

7,000,000 pounds of trash were removed from waterways last year during the Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup.

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51,200 gallons of frozen water keep the air inside the Metropolitan Life building in New York City cool without air conditioning.

16,215 is the average number of words girls speak a day. At 15,669 words a day, boys are only slightly less chatty.

1,000 toilets housed in a four-story building in China could set the record as the world's largest public bathroom.

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100 liters or more of methane gas are burped by a cow each day. Scientists are working to find a diet that will help cows be less gassy.

2.93 carats, Thirteen-year-old Nicole Ruhter found a diamond that size while visiting Arkansas's Crater of Diamonds State Park.

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