?? Office Dogs, Kidnappings, and Coke

THE WEEK IN NUMBERS

sent weekly since 2014

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6,000?-??Number of dogs registered to come to work with employees at Amazon's Seattle?office.?

50%?-??Percentage of Facebook Messenger's total voice traffic that comes from Cambodian users. The Khmer language is difficult to type.

14 years?-??Length of time that Felix Batista has been missing after being kidnapped in Mexico in 2008. He is a former US Army Major and anti-kidnapping expert who was in Mexico to negotiate the release of another hostage.?

3.2 tonnes?-??Weight of cocaine found floating in the Pacific Ocean this week - thought to be on its way to be picked up by smugglers. It's enough to supply the whole of the illegal cocaine trade in Australia for 1 year, or in New Zealand for 30 years.?

￡32.9 billion?-??Annual profits of oil and gas giant Shell. If you earned ￡40,000 a day from when Jesus was born to the present day, you would still not make as much money as they did last year.?

32?-??Number of pods on the London Eye - one for each London borough.

1?-??Number of the top 92 English football clubs whose name, when written in capital letters, contains no curves. It's MILLWALL.

GUESS THE NUMBER

How long did the longest ever bout of hiccups last?

(Answer next time)

Last time:

One World Trade Centre (completed in November 2014) is 541 metres tall for a very specific reason. What is it?

541 metres is 1,776 feet. 1776 was the year that the Declaration of Independence was signed.?

LOGO of the week

This company has been in the business news this week. But who is it?

Last time is was Paperchase

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