This Week’s “Briefing” by the Numbers

1.2 billion tons of food is thrown away worldwide, according to a new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

349 U.S. military personnel committed suicide in 2012 and more than 295 troops were killed in combat in Afghanistan.

800 people signed up for the Python Challenge in Florida, a month long Burmese python-hunting contest.

$6 billion is the estimated amount that Americans paid in airline fees alone – not tickets – in 2012.

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