Mystery bidder buys T. rex nicknamed 'Gus' for a record $50 million
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- Velocity & Diffusion: Coverage escalated across 7 distinct news outlets with 7 published articles, achieving a live velocity of 5.
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"Mystery bidder buys T. rex nicknamed 'Gus' for a record $50 million" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 7 articles from 7 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Live Science, IFLScience, The Conversation and MSN. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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T-Rex fossil becomes most expensive dinosaur after fetching record $50m at auction The Independent · 75d ago broke it first
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