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24,900
HEIGHT, IN FEET, to which illusionist David Blaine recently raised himself by holding on to 50 balloons over an Arizona desert. That’s the equivalent of about 5 miles up in the air.
Source: UPI
$25
HOURLY MINIMUM WAGE recently approved by voters in Geneva, Switzerland. That’s more than three times the U.S. federal minimum wage.
Source: CNN
$81,250
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WINNING BID at auction for a lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair and a telegram stained with his blood. The items had originally belonged to the family of Lincoln’s widow.
2030
THE YEAR by which Uber says it will be using only electric vehicles for its ride-hailing trips in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. The company plans to be entirely emission-free by 2040.