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$18,000
AMOUNT an Uber rider was charged for a 21-minute trip in downtown Toronto in December. Uber says the massive overcharge was the result of driver error, not a technical glitch. The rider got a refund.
Source: CBC
6 months
TIME it took a banker in Germany to count 1.2 million pennies last year. A trucker collected the pennies over his 30-year career, and later deposited the 2.5-metric-ton haul of coins.
Source: Northern German Broadcasting
7,400
WEIGHT IN POUNDS of a shipment of groceries that NASA recently sent to the International Space Station. It included care packages from the astronauts’ families, fresh fruits and vegetables, and an E. coli bacteria sample to use in science experiments.
Source: Quartz
$525,000
AMOUNT a movie poster for the 1931 film Dracula sold for in November, the most expensive poster ever sold at auction.
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune