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Aug 12
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đŸ„Š “Fight Club” — Paramount’s $7.7B UFC ...

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Paramount is paying $7.7 billion to stream the Ultimate Fighting Championship for 7 years
 because 100 million Americans watch UFC.

Nvidia & AMD will pay the US government 15% of their China sales
 it’s training wheels for an AI tax.

Taylor Swift wore Fazit’s face-glitter and sales surged to $40M
 Because Fazit had a “Viral Emergency Kit.”

The untold origin story of
 Instant Ramen.


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