Numbers

1.1 million -- Increase in the number of Americans living below the poverty line last year, compared with 2003

800,000 -- Increase in the number of Americans without health insurance last year, compared with 2003

96 -- Percent of genomes shared by chimpanzees and humans, according to a new study

300 -- Estimated number of words a chimp can learn to communicate in sign language

$663,363 -- Amount 15-year-old amateur golfer Michelle Wie would have earned on the LPGA tour had she been a professional and thus eligible for the prize money

18 -- Minimum age a golfer must be to play pro on the LPGA tour

50,000 -- Estimated number of virgins who competed last week to marry Swaziland's King Mswati III, the last absolute monarch in sub-Saharan Africa

12 -- Number of wives King Mswati already has

Sources: Washington Post (2); USA Today; Jane Goodall Institute; Los Angeles Times (2); Reuters (2)