Winning $1.22 billion Mega Millions ticket sold in California Someone in Northern California just got a $1.22 billion holiday gift in the form of a winning Mega Millions ticket. A single ticket purchased at Sunshine Food and Gas in Cottonwood — a community of around 6,000 people, south of Redding — matched all numbers in last night’s drawing. The jackpot, the fifth-largest in the history of the game,   has been building since September . The above from MSNBC.   Further, here is a look back at the year's biggest stories through photos and illustrations.   About this graphic, brain rot was selected as Oxford University Press' word of the year. I first began watching  Squid Game  on Netflix a long time ago when it first came out in 2021.  It went on to become the most-watched show of all time on Netflix.  However, after two episodes, I abandoned the series, mostly because I was too busy, and there were better productions, I thought, on Prime and Netf...