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NUMBER of Rhode Island tax refund checks that were accidentally sent out with the signatures of Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney this summer. Officials blamed a technical glitch for the goof.
Source: UPI
$3.93 million
AMOUNT a one-of-a-kind Mike Trout baseball card sold for at auction in August, making it the most expensive sports trading card in the world.
Source: Washington Post
4
YEARS that Palmerston the cat acted as “Chief Mouser” at the British Foreign Office in London. He recently announced his retirement on social media.
Source: BBC
101.1 million
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NUMBER of views the video for “Dynamite” by K-pop group BTS racked up in its first 24 hours in August. That’s a YouTube record.
Source: CNN