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$11.2 billion: Amazon’s 2018 profits . . . 0: amount of federal taxes Amazon is expected to pay . . . $171,400: the average 401(k) balance for Americans aged 70 and over; for ages 60–69 it was $182,100, for 50–59 it was $160,000, for 40–49 it was $93,400, for 30–39 it was $38,400, and for 20–29 it was $10,500, according to Fidelity Investments and Bankrate.com . . . 36 feet: length of a mysterious sailboat discovered abandoned on Baker Beach on Feb. 19 . . . own goal: reacting to racist yearbook images that caused controversy for Virginia politicians, USA Today had dozens of reporters go through old yearbooks looking for racist photos; they found one — in a yearbook that had been published by USA Today’s editor in chief . . . 101: number of days after the Paradise wildfire that a dog named Kingston was reuinited with his family.

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