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“Ideally, the number of people who miss their RMD would be zero percent. It’s an easily avoidable mistake,” said Aaron Goodman, senior investment strategist at Vanguard.

From MarketWatch

The research found that 44 percent of the global population would need to change their eating habits to keep global warming below 2 °C.

From Science Daily

Less than one percent of American adults are active-duty service members in the military, with an even smaller fraction of that percentage seeing combat.

From Salon

"We need a decisive victory. In February, we won 42.3 percent, and this time we want to exceed 50 percent," he said.

From Barron's

In a separate experiment, the same nanodots broke down a blue dye by 90 percent in just 20 minutes, demonstrating how powerful their chemical reactions can be even in complete darkness.

From Science Daily