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      (Read text first and then watch):  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vQzyhkNzaYc MrBeast, the most-followed YouTuber, has earned more than $250,000 from a video he uploaded to X (formerly known as Twitter). The popular YouTuber said the video was to test how much money he could make on X. He wanted to compare his earnings on that platform to what his videos make on YouTube. His video currently has around 157 million views, and that number is rising. The video is called "$1 Car vs $100,000,000 Car". It compares luxury cars. He said advertisers saw the attention it was getting and bought ads on it. MrBeast told his 26.6 million followers on X that he would give the $250,000 away. That means twelve (possibly more) lucky followers will each receive $20,000. MrBeast's real name is James Stephen Donaldson. He was born in 1998 in Kansas in the USA. At high school, he developed an interest in working out why videos on YouTube became so popular. He wanted to know why t...

  Watch:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiXVNnEU7Fo A famous song and a quiz show ask, "Who wants to be a millionaire?" For decades, having a million dollars was the goal of the super-rich. Now, the goal is a billion dollars. The anti-poverty charity Oxfam has just issued a report that says in the next ten years, the world will have its first trillionaire. A trillion is a huge number and an unbelievable amount of money. It is a one, followed by 12 zeros. A trillion is equal to one million million. The charity said the wealth gap between the rich and poor is growing. It said the gap has been "supercharged" since the coronavirus pandemic. It added: "We will have a trillionaire within a decade, whereas to fight poverty, we need more than 200 years." Oxfam spoke about inequality at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. As an example, it said the world's five richest people have seen their wealth increase by 114 per cent since 2020. A charity s...