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Numbers: Aug. 8, 2005

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190 million

Age in years of fossilized dinosaur embryos, the oldest yet found, discovered in South Africa

2.4

Length in inches of the egg below. The dino would have walked on four legs before maturing into a 16-ft.-long biped

$500,000

Amount a lawsuit alleges a former Wal-Mart vice chairman siphoned off via bogus expense reports and misuse of company gift cards, charges he denies

6

Number of years he headed employee-theft investigations at Wal-Mart’s Sam’s Club division

37

Inches of rain that fell on Bombay in 24 hours, the heaviest downpour since India began tracking such data in 1846

10

Number of men arrested for spreading postdeluge rumors of a tsunami, landslides and a burst dam; the last scare set off a deadly stampede

$25,000

Amount O.J. Simpson was ordered to pay to DirecTV for stealing the satellite broadcaster’s signals

$20

Amount Dennis Rodman stiffed a gas station on a cross-country road race for charity

Sources: USA Today (2); New York Times (2); AP (3); Glenwood Springs (Colo.) Post Independent

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