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HOURLY WAGE toy company Mattel was willing to pay an experienced Uno player to create social media content in September. Experts say brands are increasingly trying to get creative with TikTok marketing.
Source: CNN
34 million
APPROXIMATE AGE in years of a whale skull recently found by a 16-year-old student and her teacher in Alabama. Experts say it might be a species previously unknown to scientists.
Source: Smithsonian
$15 million
PRICE paid at a recent charity auction in Dubai for a car license plate that reads “7,” making it the most expensive plate ever. In the United Arab Emirates, the ultrarich often use expensive vanity plates to show off their wealth.
Source: Bloomberg
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