AVERAGE HOURLY RATE for a babysitter watching one child in the U.S. in 2021. That’s an 11 percent increase from the previous year.
Source: Urbansitter
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$20.57
3,300 miles
DISTANCE a hard hat from the Maine Department of Transportation traveled before ending up in Norway this winter. Officials in Maine were “astonished”
when the helmet was found in a fjord by a Norweigan man collecting trash.
Source: Associated Press
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7 ft 5 in.
HEIGHT of 15-year-old Olivier Rioux of Florida, now recognized as the world’s tallest teenager. He says he’s had his eye on the record ever since he was 10.
Source: Guinness World Records
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