💬 Quoted… “Oh my God. Wow.”

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s reaction in a recent interview after learning his interviewer paid ~$50 for a 2.95-mile ride to get to their meeting in NYC (Khosrowshahi estimated it’d be ~$20). To which the interviewer replied: “And that was my second try. Five minutes earlier, the price was $20 higher.”

• As anyone who’s traveled to the airport recently could tell you, this kind of ride-hailing sticker shock is a pretty common occurrence. Data from Rakuten Intelligence indicates the cost of rides from ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft increased by 92% from 2018 to 2021.

🌬️⚡ Stat of the Day: The world’s largest wind turbine recently began operating in China; it features a trio of 400-foot-long blades that weigh a collective 324,000 pounds (aka half of one Perucetus colossus whale).

🤔 Did You Know?... An estimated 20% of all meerkats are killed by other meerkats, making it the world’s most murderous mammal, per a 2016 study; meerkat society is built around reproductive competition between closely-related females, who routinely kill and eat each other’s pups.

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