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$6.2 million
AMOUNT a Chinese cryptocurrency businessman spent at auction in November on an art piece that consisted solely of a banana duct-taped to a wall. He later posted a video of himself eating the banana online.
Source: NPR
74
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APPROXIMATE AGE of a Laysan albatross named Wisdom, who in December became the world’s oldest known wild bird to lay an egg. Members of this species usually live for only 12 to 40 years.
Source: BBC
4 in 10
NUMBER of Americans ages 18 to 29 who say they regularly get news from social media influencers. When it comes to all U.S. adults, that number drops to 1 in 5.
Source: Pew Research Center