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Smell-o-marketing: Domino’s is dropping a pepperoni perfume for Valentine’s Day

Domino’s is launching an entirely new way to smell strongly of processed meat. The pizza chain is releasing Eau de Passion, a perfume that’s said to smell like a pepperoni pizza.

The scent, contained in a 30-milliliter pyramid bottle, is being dispersed via a weeklong giveaway contest in the UK.

As traditional advertising has lost relevance, brands have, oddly enough, increasingly turned to smell-o-marketing. Last year, Auntie Anne’s dropped a pretzel scent, Miller High Life launched a dive bar perfume, and Hellman’s announced a mayo fragrance. Sony earlier this year unveiled an IRL immersive gaming concept where players will seemingly be able to smell game scents in an LED screen-covered cube.

As traditional advertising has lost relevance, brands have, oddly enough, increasingly turned to smell-o-marketing. Last year, Auntie Anne’s dropped a pretzel scent, Miller High Life launched a dive bar perfume, and Hellman’s announced a mayo fragrance. Sony earlier this year unveiled an IRL immersive gaming concept where players will seemingly be able to smell game scents in an LED screen-covered cube.

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In less than three weeks, Disney’s “Zootopia 2” becomes the second billion-dollar film of 2025

The global film industry officially has its second billion-dollar film of the year, as Disney’s “Zootopia 2” surged past the $1 billion box office mark in just 17 days. The other billion-dollar film this year, the live-action “Lilo & Stitch,” was also made by Disney.

“Zootopia” was the fastest to reach 10 figures of any animated film. The animated hit, which had the highest-grossing global debut of the year over Thanksgiving weekend, has benefited from massive numbers in China.

Disney also logged two billion-dollar films last year with “Inside Out 2” and “Moana 2.” (The latter also came out over the Thanksgiving holiday.) The only other film to cross the mark in 2024 was “Deadpool and Wolverine,” which featured Disney’s IP.

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Charlie Kirk’s Wikipedia page was the top English-language article on the site in 2025

The day after his assassination in September, Charlie Kirk’s Wikipedia page was viewed over 170 times per second, or almost 15 million times, according to figures from the Wikimedia Foundation.

Like with most other years, the top entries of the year reflected the fact that millions flock to the platform to learn more about political figures, films, and fatalities.

Though there’s been much talk about the impact of AI-generated search summaries and chatbots on Wikipedia — not least from the platform itself — it’s still clearly a major go-to resource for anyone looking to learn a little about a lot online, especially if this week’s year-end figures are anything to go by.

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Though there’s been much talk about the impact of AI-generated search summaries and chatbots on Wikipedia — not least from the platform itself — it’s still clearly a major go-to resource for anyone looking to learn a little about a lot online, especially if this week’s year-end figures are anything to go by.

Top Wikipedia articles 2025 chart
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