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'Disaster Girl,' The Stuff Of Memes, Sells For Nearly $500,000 As NFT

Zoë Roth was just 4 when her dad took a picture of her standing in front a burning house. That photo launched uncounted memes, and now the original copy has sold at auction as a nonfungible token.
A nonfungible token, or NFT, is an increasingly lucrative niche in the fine art market.

Zoë Roth was internet famous before many of us knew what that was.

When she was 4, her dad of her standing in front of a burning house and a firetruck. She's looking back at the camera knowingly, leaving the

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