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Happy Monday! Pitbull—aka Mr. Worldwide—has set the first Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people wearing bald caps, after 22,141 fans donned them at his London show on Friday.

Evan Spear is a Morning Dispatch Reporter, based in Washington D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2026, he graduated from the University of Chicago with degrees in history and political science. He has previously interned at The Dispatch and CNN. When not writing for The Morning Dispatch, he is probably playing golf, reading a book, or trying (and failing) to find a place to swim.