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👆 You're looking at Dev Shah, a 14-year-old with quite the vocabulary.
The Florida resident entered the international Scripps Spelling Bee for the third time this year and claimed first prize, beating out 11 million others who competed worldwide.
His winning word? Psammophile.
🏆 All we do is win... Dev went home with a $50,000 grand prize, along with $2,000 in book money to be donated to the school of his choice, a $2,500 cash and reference book award from Merriam-Webster, and $400 worth of reference materials from the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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🐷 Lars Gradel was driving down the highway in Vegas with her 7-year-old son Colton when they watched a piglet fall out of a truck.
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