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ESTIMATED WEIGHT in pounds of the world’s biggest T. rex, whose fossil was recently unveiled.
Source: National Geographic
$90,227
AMOUNT a rare first edition Harry Potter book sold for at auction in March. It features several typos and is signed by author J. K. Rowling.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
70,000
ESTIMATED NUMBER of posts on the internet about a person by the time they turn 18, according to a British study.
Source: Children’s Commissioner for England
20,139
NUMBER of games in the world’s largest video game collection, owned by Antonio Monteiro in Richmond, Texas. It took eight days for Guinness officials to count them all.
Source: Guinness World Records