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$525,000
PRICE at auction this June for a rare Boba Fett action figure from 1979 (above). The Star Wars figurine is now the world’s most valuable vintage toy.
Source: Smithsonian
150 million
AGE of Gnatalie, a green-boned dinosaur skeleton that’ll go on display in Los Angeles next month. Scientists say volcanic activity 50 million years ago is responsible for the unusual bone color.
Source: Associated Press
18 hr, 8 min
Courtesy of Guinness World Records Limited
TIME it took a group of British teenagers to ride trains to all 272 London Underground stations in July. That’s a Guinness World Record for the fastest completion ever of “The London Tube Challenge.”
Source: Guinness World Records