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Dog-Days Data

Number of dogs the National Dog Foundation, which designated Aug. 26 National Dog Day, hopes to rescue each year from homelessness and abuse: 10,000

Estimated maximum number of meteors you’ll see per hour during the Perseid meteor shower, Aug. 11 to 13: 50

Number of high-school athletes in the U.S. every year who suffer heat-related illness serious enough to require medical attention and missing a practice or game: 10,000

Percentage who are football players: 80

Back-to-School Bits

Average number of hours per day children ages 5 to 9 read or are read to: 1

Average number of hours per day they’re exposed to television, video games, computers and other electronic media: 8 1/2

Number of states in 2012 that offer tax-free days to encourage back-to-school shopping: 21

Year the Long Beach Unified School District in California became the first district to require uniforms in its public schools: 1994

Percentage drop in suspensions after Long Beach mandated uniforms: 90

Percentage drop in school vandalism: 69

Percentage of their body weight children typically carry in their backpacks: 14

Percentage of parents who have weighed their children’s backpacks: 4

Pounds children typically lift during the school year by carrying a 12-pound backpack to and from school: 21,600

Sources: Holidayinsights.com, Earthsky.org, CNN.com, Authorsadvocate.net, Singleparents.About.com, Educationbug.org, New York Times

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