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Sugar sculpture (See "50,000" below)
163 million
Age in years of new fossil remains found in Madagascar from an armored crocodile-like predator with 6-inch teeth.
50,000
Weight in pounds of sugar consumed by kids in the U.S. every 5 minutes—shown by a new sculpture in Times Square in New York City.
302
Length in feet of the gas-filled floating airship Airlander 10—the world’s largest aircraft—which recently completed a successful test flight.
185
Number of reported cases of Zika virus in the U.S. as of September in 2017, down from 5,102 in 2016. Zika can cause severe birth defects in unborn children.
14
Number of newly described features on the surface of Pluto with officially approved names following the New Horizons mission that flew by in 2015. One example: the Sputnik Planitia (or Sputnik Plain).