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Dec 2024
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😼 “New car, who dis?” — Jaguar’s rebran...

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Jaguar finally unveiled its epicly rebranded car… but was the publicity worth the price?

The number of male nurses in America has tripled… and they’re coming from the manliest jobs.

Influencer Ryan Serhant just launched a real estate app… he’s pivoted from reality TV to tech founder.

Plus, we got the data on Christmas tree prices… and they’re dropping 2% every single day.


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