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64%
The share of American teenagers who rarely or never talk with their friends about religion, according to the Pew Research Center.
1 in 31
The rate of twin births among U.S. women last year. The twin delivery rate has decreased from a 2014 high of 1 in 29 births, likely due to changing in vitro fertilization practices. (In 1980, the rate was 1 in 53.)
110
The number of people killed (with over 6,000 injured) in violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Iraq in early October.
77,242
The number of unaccompanied minors U.S. Border Patrol agents caught crossing the U.S. border in the 12 months ending in August, up 58 percent from the previous year.
2.63
The number of people living in an average American household. That’s up from 2.58 in 2010, marking the first time in at least 160 years the number of people per household has increased.
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