Here's a lookback in numbers.


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182 - The number of days bearded street-style star Justin O’Shea spent in his role as creative director of menswear brand Brioni before departing in October.


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5,600,000 people follow Chiara Ferragni, founder of The Blonde Salad, on Instagram, making her the most popular fashion blogger in the world. She has also appeared on the cover of 25 magazines.


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5'2" - The height singer-songwriter Prince, who died in April, stood. Surprisingly, his diminutive stature didn’t stop him from earning a place on a Michigan State University basketball team in his teens.


HimalayaBirkinDiamond.jpg300,000 - The amount in U.S. dollars an anonymous buyer spent at Christie’s in Hong Kong on a white crocodile skin HermÈs Birkin, making it the most expensive bag ever sold at auction.


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60 - The number of years since the release of High Society. Grace Kelly, who starred with Bing Crosby, had recently become engaged to Prince Rainier of Monaco and wore her engagement ring during filming.


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280,000 specimens, including 8,000 plant and animal fossils are held in the collections of the Shanghai Natural History Museum, which has 10,000 items drawn from all seven continents on display at its new premises in Jingan Sculpture Park.


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3.6 billion people around the world tuned in to watch events during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.


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US$99 billion - The amount lost by the world’s 200 richest people on the day after the Brexit vote. This includes Amancio Ortega, the founder of clothing empire Zara, who saw US$6 billion wiped off his fortune.


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3,200 unpaid volunteers stripped naked at 3am on a chilly day in June in Hull, England, to be painted four shades of blue and photographed by US artist Spencer Tunick.


 

 

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350 artworks from David Bowie’s personal collection went on sale at Sotheby’s in London in November. The most significant lots included pieces by Frank Auerbach, Damien Hirst, Henry Moore and Graham Sutherland.


 CL16Z01X0001_1_rgb.jpg65km/h - The top speed of this child-size replica of a Porsche 356 Speedster—a “toy” that comes complete with a single-cylinder petrol engine, a plush leather seat in your choice of colour and a wooden three-spoke steering wheel.


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US$50 Million - The annual salary of Ferrari Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel. the German is the highest-paid driver in the world and has been the F1 world champion four times.


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58 Million - The price paid in US dollars for the Oppenheimer Blue diamond at Christie’s in Geneva in May. The lucky (and still anonymous) bidder who landed the 14.62-carat stone became the owner of the most expensive jewel ever sold at auction.


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7,500,000 hand-laid tiles are on the floor of the immense Ty Warner Mansion built by Rosewood Hotels & Resorts in Los Cabos, Mexico. The property has been called the most luxurious villa in the world—and at US$35,000 a night, it is also one of the most expensive.


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1,132,000 and counting - The number of people who have viewed theYouTube video of basketball superstar LeBron James and his team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, doing the Mannequin Challenge with US First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House in November. The challenge, which requires a group of people to stand still as a camera pans around the room, has become a viral craze since a group of US school students released the first Mannequin Challenge video in October.