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$70 billion

Worth of global baby food industry, which is dominated by a handful of US and European companies. The industry has seen sales flatten in wealthy countries in recent years, as more women embrace breastfeeding.

Last Modified: 09-Jul-2018 5:46 AM

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Source The Sydney Morning Herald

655

Number of days logged in space by Peggy Whitson - the most by an American astronaut, over a career spanning 15 years starting in 2002. Whitson, 58, retired from NASA on 15 Jun 2018.

Last Modified: 07-Jul-2018 2:30 PM

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Source Time Magazine

80,000

Estimated number of farmers in Madagascar that cultivate vanilla spice.

Last Modified: 07-Jul-2018 2:21 PM

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Source Time Magazine

4,044 tonnes

World wide consumption of gold in 2017.

Last Modified: 06-Jul-2018 4:38 AM

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Source Mining.com

202,157

Number of flights tracked by flightradar24 on 29 Jun 2018 - making it the busiest day in the skies in 2018. It was also the first time, the global flight tracking service that provides real-time information about thousands of aircraft around the world, tracked more than 200,000 flights in a single day.

Last Modified: 02-Jul-2018 6:26 AM

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Source flightradar24

70% - 82%

Estimated percentage of India's 355 million menstruating women that do not have access to sanitary items.

Last Modified: 28-May-2018 5:01 AM

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Source The Economist Espresso

€900

($1,100) Price for a leg of Ibérico ham - the beluga caviar of the porcine world. Produced in Spain, the best hams hang in Montesano’s drying rooms on a hilltop outside the town of Jerez de los Caballeros for up to six years.

($1,100) Price for a leg of Ibérico ham - the beluga caviar of the porcine world. Produced in Spain, the best hams hang in Montesano’s drying rooms on a hilltop outside the town of Jerez de los Caballeros for up to six years.

Last Modified: 20-May-2018 7:43 PM

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Source The Economist

125 million

Netflix’s worldwide customer base at the end of 1Q2018. It expects to pass 130 million in 2Q2018. The streaming company’s share price has risen by more than 70% so far this year.

Last Modified: 20-May-2018 10:28 AM

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Source The Economist

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Number of films with revenue collection in excess of $1 billion. 5 of these are from Disney’s Marvel universe, with Black Panther being the latest.

Last Modified: 13-Mar-2018 2:40 AM

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Source The Economist Espresso

$150 trillion

Estimated worth of gold deposits at the bottom of our oceans! The reason the deposits are yet to be extracted is that it is prohibitively expensive and also due to lack of lack of guidelines from the International Seabed Authority.

Last Modified: 08-Mar-2018 4:14 PM

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Source The Economist Espresso