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PRICE of the “Future Destroyed High-Top Sneaker.” The shoes look like they’ve been through a paper shredder. You can get yours at Neiman Marcus.
Source: United Press International
WEIGHT of the world’s longest pizza, baked near Los Angeles in June. At more than 6,300 feet long, it broke the previous record of 6,082 feet set in Italy in 2016. Most of the pizza was donated to charity.
Source: Newsweek
NUMBER of solar panels on Tesla’s new solar farm on the Hawaiian island of Kauai—part of a plan to make the island fossil-fuel-free by 2045.
Source: Bloomberg
PERCENTAGE of all newlyweds in the U.S. married to someone of a different race or ethnicity, the highest proportion in history.
Source: PEW Research Center