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The number of children doctors in Belgium have euthanized since 2014, citing terminal illness. The victims’ ages: 17, 11, and 9.
$120 billion
The one-day drop in Facebook’s stock market value by the end of trading on July 26. The 19 percent decline in stock value came after a disappointing earnings report from the social media giant.
56
The number of Republican incumbents in the U.S. House of Representatives who were outraised by their Democratic opponents during second-quarter campaign fundraising this year.
127 degrees
The temperature (Fahrenheit) in California’s Death Valley this year on July 24, a record high for that date. The all-time high remains 134 degrees, set in 1913.
79
The number of moons orbiting the planet Jupiter, according to a survey led by a researcher at the Carnegie Institution for Science.
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