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AGE of Olivia Moultrie (above) when the soccer phenom signed with the Portland Thorns earlier this year. She’s the youngest player ever in the National Women’s Soccer League.

Source: CNN

$10,000

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AMOUNT a West Virginia program is offering to pay remote workers to move to the state for a year. If participants opt to stay for a second year, they’ll get an additional $2,000.

Source: Ascend West Virginia

2,960 lb

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WEIGHT of a record-breaking ice cream sandwich made by a grocery store in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, this fall. Thirty employees took five hours to make the treat.

Source: UPI

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