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#2
Super heroes have topped princesses as the country’s top-selling children’s Halloween costume. Princesses, which had held the top spot for 11 years, are now No. 2. [CNN]
5 liters
A gorilla that escaped its enclosure drank five liters of blackcurrant squash last week before being tranquilized by staff. [The Independent]
49 percent
Percent of new parents in a recent survey who said they had taken a job for less money because their new employer offered better benefits for families. [Quartz]
1,600
The Anti-Defamation League identified 2.6 million tweets containing anti-Semitic language, 19,253 of which were sent to journalists. More than two-thirds of the tweets directed at journalists came from 1,600 Twitter accounts. [Anti-Defamation League]
1.5 million
There were 24,000 cases of syphilis, 400,000 cases of gonorrhea, and 1.5 million cases of chlamydia in the U.S. in 2015. I still cannot remember which one of these is “the clap,” but syphilis is definitely the hardest to spell. [Quartz]
13.8 million
Number of people the Obama administration expects to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act during the next enrollment period. [STAT News]
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