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Copy shortlink: The name Zoë Roth might not ring any bells. But chances are youve seen her photo. One Saturday morning in 2005, when Roth was 4 years old, her family went to look at a house on fire in their neighborhood in Mebane, North Carolina. Firefighters had intentionally set the blaze as a controlled fire, so it was a relaxed affair: Neighbors gathered and firefighters allowed children to take turns holding the hose. Roth remembers watching the flames engulf the h...

How much money is this 16-year-old N.C. home photo worth? A lot The now-viral ‘Disaster Girl’ meme was first taken in January 2005 in Mebane, N.C. The now-viral ‘Disaster Girl’ meme was first taken in January 2005 in Mebane, N.C. (Source: Knowyourmeme) By Maddie Ellis | April 27, 2021 at 4:43 PM EDT - Updated April 27 at 4:46 PM CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina - Zoe Roth couldn’t stop checking her phone.  “What’s it at now, what’s it at now?” her co-workers asked as they pa...

How Much Money Is A 16-year-old Home Photo Worth? A Lot Story by  Zoe Roth couldn’t stop checking her phone. “What’s it at now, what’s it at now?” her co-workers asked as they passed by the hostess stand at the Italian restaurant Il Palio. She gave a live play-by-play, and everyone on staff was invested. As the clock neared 6 p.m. on April 17, she was shaking. Zoe was in the middle of an online auction for a photo, one that years ago had made her 4-year-old self famous. In that phot...

Internet creators cash in on their early 2000s memes by selling non fungible tokens of original files - as Nyan Cat goes for almost $600K and Grumpy Cat owner rakes in $100K Chris Torres, creator of Nyan Cat, sold his iconic meme for roughly $590,000 and finally gained attribution for the artwork  More than $10 million in NFT transactions are now taking place daily  Sales of NFTs are made in Ether, a cryptocurrency that has a fluctuating value. Even though Tartar Sauce the cat died in 2019, t...

@badluckbrian via foundation.app Zoe Roth is 21 and gearing up to graduate from university. Sixteen years ago she was standing in front of a burning building in North Carolina when her dad, an amateur photographer, snapped a picture that would take on a whole life of its own. The pre-schooler’s sinister expression in the face of apparent disaster made for perfect meme material; soon it was appearing on messageboards and forums, and eventually named Disaster Girl by Know Your Meme. It took on ...