Here are five stats from this past week that made our team go “whoa.” Hopefully you will, too.

• ⚾ Toronto Blue Jays 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. signed a 14-year, $500 million deal; it represents the largest contract extension in MLB history (and third-largest deal overall).
• 📲 Any potential TikTok buyer would inherit ~1,500 pending lawsuits, with billions of dollars in potential exposure over issues related to safety, privacy, and more.
• 🇺🇸🇨🇳 Duolingo saw a 216% spike in the number of new American learners of Mandarin over the year-long period ending January 2025.
• 🍿 The ideal movie length for the average American stands at 92 minutes, while the average runtime of this year’s Oscar Best-Picture nominees was 144 minutes.
• 📉 The world’s 500 most affluent people lost $536 billion in wealth due to stock market declines last Thursday and Friday.