For the Record

‘They can shut me up, but they can’t change the truth.’

Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator, criticizing her Republican colleagues for using a Senate rule to prevent her from speaking during a debate about Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions

200,000,000

Estimated number of years since the “lost” supercontinent Gondwana was formed; scientists recently discovered its remains under the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications

‘If there were 30 slippers, then we knew that 15 people had been executed.’

Former Syrian Prisoner, describing the “execution room” at Saydnaya prison, where up to 13,000 people were secretly hanged by President Bashar Assad’s regime over the past five years, according to a new report from Amnesty International

Apple

The tech company was set to release its much anticipated Beats X wireless earbuds

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Oranges

The U.S. citrus industry is struggling after its trees were struck by an incurable disease

‘You think our country’s so innocent?’

President Trump, pushing back against Fox News host Bill O’Reilly for calling Russian President Vladimir Putin “a killer” during a Feb. 4 interview

‘I don’t think anyone feels bad for the Patriots.’

Tom Brady, quarterback, defending the New England franchise’s dominance after winning the Super Bowl on Feb. 5; it’s Brady’s fifth title as a starting quarterback, an NFL record

‘Immigrants, family members and businesses deserve much better.’

Google, Twitter, Uber and 94 other major tech companies, in an unprecedented joint amicus brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, arguing against the Trump Administration’s Executive Order temporarily prohibiting refugees and citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations from entering the U.S.

161,000

Number of Florida voters who wrote in names like Mickey Mouse on their ballots, according to a recent report from state officials; Trump’s margin of victory over Clinton was nearly 113,000 votes

$3 billion

Valuation that Snap Inc., the company behind Snapchat, is seeking in an initial public offering

SOURCES: ASSOCIATED PRESS; NEW YORK TIMES; QUARTZ