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| Each square kilometer of ocean contains about 74 000 pieces of plastic. | |||||
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| There are an estimated 1 million dogs in Shanghai (human population of 23 million, 3,271.2 person/km2 in 2010) | |||||
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| In 1995 illegal drugs represented 8% of world trade ($400 billion), roughly the same as gas and oil | |||||
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| January 2011 survey of the Internet has counted 273,301,445 web sites. | |||||
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| A state prisoner costs the US taxpayer 60,000 a year (65% of them return to jail) - this is more than sending a person to be educated at Harvard. | |||||
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| An outbreak is called an epidemic when the number of people visiting their doctor with symptoms exceeds 200 per 100,000 people in a given week (UK). | |||||
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| In 2009, eight Eastern Europeans were indicted in connection with the 8 November 2008 hacking of Lynk Systems, Inc, which had recently been rebranded as RBS WorldPay (US), which led to them stealing US$9 million. | |||||
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| The average lifespan has more than doubled since 1840 and is increasing by about 5 hours every day, currently. | |||||
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| Estimated number of the Internet users in 2009 1,7 billion, growth of 380% since the year 2000. | |||||
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| A quarter of America's total income (23.5% in 2007) is earned by the top 1% | |||||
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