Number of square miles covered by sea ice in the Arctic in August: 2.3 million.
Decrease from 1979: -22 percent.
Number of consecutive years sea ice has declined there: 14.
(NOAA)

Percentage of those purchasing men's grooming products who are women: 60 percent.
Number of Twitter and Facebook followers of Old Spice: 765,000.
Number of takes it took Isaiah Mustafa to film the famous Old Spice commercial: 67.
Number of edits in the finished commercial: 0 (filmed straight from beginning to end).
(AdWeek)

Rank of Kaplan University among all schools for student loan defaults: 1.
Percentage of students that have defaulted: 17 percent.
University of Phoenix: 2.
American Intercontinental: 3.
DeVry: 4.
Average percentage of students who default on college loans: 8 percent.
(US News)

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