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Bryce "Bronny" James, son of LeBron James, made his NBA debut last night, making NBA history for first father-son duo to play together. He played three minutes. Interest up 2000%.
E. COLI OUTBREAK: CDC is investigating 49 illnesses in 10 states linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. If you ate a Quarter Pounder hamburger from McDonald’s and have severe symptoms of E. coli, contact your healthcare provider. https://t.co/g87itkupCQ
Luke Durant and the GIMPS (Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search) team has found a new largest known prime number, 2^136,279,841 - 1, which has an astounding 41,024,320 digits, breaking the previous record which was held for over six years.
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Mike Jeffries, former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, and associates, arrested in New York for interstate prostitution and sex trafficking, following 2023 class-action lawsuit alleging trafficking of over 100 young men. Views up > 2000% for both him and @Abercrombie.
The list of "concerns and controversies" at the 2024 Paris Olympics includes serving of raw meat in the Olympic village, a bedbug infestation scare, and Canadian women's soccer team spying on New Zealand with a drone.
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The #Palestine@Olympics team is trending, likely due to the death of "at least 265 sportsmen" in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. Palestine is still sending eight atheletes.
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Wikipedia traffic spikes to the moon for Anna Ayala, convicted felon who fraudulently sued @Wendys restaurant for serving severed human finger chili. She was quoted by @nytimes espousing her loss of support for Biden.
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Honestly happens to the best of us, but this is also quite funny: “I’m a Democrat, but I’ve changed my mind after everything that’s happened with Joe Biden’s administration,” said Anna Ayala...
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7000% spike in traffic for Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. He and Joaquin "El Chapo Jr" Guzman Lopez, co-founders of the Sinaloas Mexican drug cartel, arrested in Texas after being lured onto plane by FBI. They face charges of funneling huge amounts of #fentanyl into the US.
Trinity Rodman (@trinity_rodman), daughter of NBA star Dennis Rodman, scores first goal for US women's soccer team in 2024 @Olympics. Wikipedia views up 3700%. #Paris2024#USWNT
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Skibidi Toilet, the bizarre "machinima" independent animated series wildly popular with kids these days, is rumored to be picked up for movie and TV by Pearl Harbor director Michael Bay. Interest on Wikipedia spikes ~3000%. #SKIBIDITOILET
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38x spike in interest in Rosalind Franklin, British chemist who played a central role in the discovery of the structure of DNA.
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- @SearchlightPics releases teaser for boipic A Complete Unknown, with @RealChalamet as Bob Dylan, sparking great interest in Dylan's life and the film.
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