💬 Quoted…​​ “Burnt Hair.”

What 10,000+ people may be smelling like soon, after Elon Musk’s latest Twitter stunt. The world’s richest person announced late Tuesday that he’s selling the “finest fragrance on Earth” – literally called ‘Burnt Hair’ – for $100/bottle on the Boring Co.’s website.

• Several hours later, Musk said he’d sold at least $1 million in pre-orders of his musk, which isn’t expected to ship ‘til early next year.

⚖️ Stat of the Day: $965 million = the amount of money Alex Jones has to pay the families of eight victims from the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre for falsely claiming it was a hoax, per a Connecticut jury’s ruling yesterday.

• Jones was previously ordered to pay $49.3 million to another victim’s family by a separate Texas jury in August.

🤯 Did You Know?... Magician David Copperfield was robbed at gunpoint in 2006, but used sleight of hand to convince the would-be robbers that his pockets were empty; they actually contained cell phones, a wallet, and a passport.

📖 Worth a Read: One of the Most Famous Ideas in Economics Is Wrong → (Politico Magazine)

📊 Poll Results: Yesterday, we asked for long-form responses to the question: “How do you think the US gov't should deal with potential financial conflicts of interest among its employees?”

• Click here to read a dozen-plus of the best responses.