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  • Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stated that AI is increasing hiring of software engineers rather than reducing jobs.
  • 91-year-old Dale "Grey Beard" Sanders is hiking 2,190 miles of the Appalachian Trail to reclaim the title of oldest person to complete the trail.
  • 22,141 fans wearing bald caps helped Pitbull set a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people with that look.
  • A 1,024-member WhatsApp group aims to collectively drink 1 million beers by 2034 and has already consumed over 100,000.
  • A Dutch museum floor was covered with an amount of peanut butter equivalent to 15,000 sandwiches to honor artist Wim T. Schippers.
  • The average U.S. wedding costs approximately $34,000, with roughly two million couples marrying last year to fuel a $65 billion industry.
  • Guests spend an average of $1,300 on bachelorette parties, an increase of about $600 from 2019, with one in 10 spending over $3,000.
  • Las Vegas, Nashville, Miami, Charleston, and Scottsdale are the top destinations for bachelorette parties, with Nashville hosting over 30,000 annually.
  • Airbnb has remitted more than $425 million in Tennessee tourism taxes since 2018 due to group travel.
  • Retailers including REVOLVE, Etsy, Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, and West Elm are expanding wedding-related offerings.
  • Spain defeated Argentina 1-0 after extra time to win the 2026 World Cup, with Ferran Torres scoring the winning goal.
  • The 2026 World Cup featured the first-ever halftime show with performers including Justin Bieber and Shakira.
  • The annual World Santa Claus Congress is held in Aalborg, Denmark, marking its 70th anniversary next year.
  • NPR warned that AI toys like the "Trojan Teddy Bear" may influence child development.
  • Paramount is proceeding with its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery despite a lawsuit from 12 states, expecting to close by the end of September.
  • Letterboxd is reportedly receiving takeover interest from Sony, Paramount, and Netflix.
  • United Airlines raised its full-year outlook but warned that surging jet fuel could add nearly $6 billion in costs.
  • AT&T will disconnect copper landline service for about 184,000 California households starting in 2027.
  • Coca-Cola suspended U.S. production of fairlife dairy products following a ransomware attack, while Canadian production continues.

Wedding season is pricier than ever. The average U.S. wedding now runs about $34,000 – “I do” comes with a serious invoice. And multiply that across the calendar: roughly two million couples got married in the U.S. last year, fueling a wedding industry worth more than $65 billion.The spending starts long before the big day. Guests now drop an average of $1,300 on a bachelorette party, up roughly $600 from 2019, and about one in 10 spend north of $3,000. That’s a lot of matching pajamas.

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