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AGE IN YEARS of some well-preserved cheese found in necklaces buried with mummies in a Chinese tomb (right) from the Bronze Age (which began around 2000 B.C.). It’s the oldest cheese scientists have ever discovered.
Source: Popular Science
17.5 ounces
AMOUNT of water that ChatGPT’s servers need to keep cool for every 100-word email the A.I. bot generates. That’s a little more than one plastic bottle of water for each query.
Source: The Washington Post
$24.1 million
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PRICE a New York Yankees jersey worn by Babe Ruth in the 1932 World Series sold for at auction in August. The previous record for sports memorabilia was $12.6 million for a 1952 Mickey Mantle card.
Source: NPR