Inside wealthy kids' weird, pricey pandemic purchases, from $1,000 Patagonia fleeces to a $31.8 million T. rex

Affluent millennials and Gen Zers have taken up quirky hobbies and investments to stave off boredom and maintain status symbols in quarantine.

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