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10/12/2022
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Numlock News: October 12, 2022 • Jellyfish, Asteroid, Fat Bear Week
By Walt Hickey Jellyfishing Right now 19 countries harvest up to a million tonnes of jellyfish for use in food, a $160 million industry that is likely only going to get larger as palates expand to
10/11/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: October 11, 2022 • Picasso, Bestsellers, Bundles
By Walt Hickey Bundles The bundle is back, as streaming services forge alliances to make their direct-to-consumer offerings a little more palatable to consumers. Disney's got their Disney+, Hulu
10/10/2022
10 : 4
Numlock News: October 10, 2022 • Roller Coasters, Sabotage, Smile
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Smiles All Around The horror flick Smile made $17.6 million in its second week at the box office, which is a decline of only 22 percent compared to its debut last week.
10/7/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: October 7, 2022 • Pawpaw, Bjorka, Feiseanna
By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! Mink At the height of the coronavirus pandemic in late 2020, the virus was detected at some mink farms in Denmark. The fur business is really big there, yet after
10/6/2022
10 : 4
Numlock News: October 6, 2022 • Shrimp, Parrot Crime, Disney
By Walt Hickey Parrot Thefts of parrots are a surprisingly common crime, with thieves stealing the birds from pet stores, collectors and owners for various motivations. You have a parrot crime of
10/5/2022
10 : 4
Numlock News: October 5, 2022 • Barbarian, Pumpkins, Chess
By Walt Hickey Barbarian A sleeper hit of the fall has been Barbarian, the twisty R-rated horror flick directed by one of the guys from the Whitest Kids U'Know comedy group. Independently financed
10/4/2022
10 : 4
Numlock News: October 4, 2022 • Robocalls, Liquid Death, Railways
By Walt Hickey Water Liquid Death, the proactively-branded company that sells canned water, has brought in a $70 million investment round that now values the company at $700 million. The company
10/3/2022
10 : 4
Numlock News: October 3, 2022 • Utah, Lighthouse, Kimchi
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Lighthouse The Hooper Island Lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay, originally listed for $15000, has sold for $192000. The rusty structure can't be used as a home or rental
9/30/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: September 30, 2022 • Hubble, Driftwood, Dolphins
By Walt Hickey Tomatoes While the prices of food and particularly produce have gone consistently up with inflation, tomato prices in the United States are actually down since the start of the year. At
9/29/2022
10 : 4
Numlock News: September 29, 2022 • Rihanna, Archaeopteryx, River Flows
By Walt Hickey Soccer The average Major League Soccer team in the United States is worth $582 million, which is up 5.8 percent year over year. The total market value of the 28 franchises in the league
9/28/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: September 28, 2022 • Coral, MoviePass, New Zealand
By Walt Hickey Lumber It's finally happened: Lumber, which has been on a maniacal roller coaster of pricing over the past several years, has returned back to earth. Lumber futures on Monday
9/27/2022
10 : 4
Numlock News: September 27, 2022 • Kickers, DART, Ringwoodite
By Walt Hickey Knees The NFL uniform policy is a sporadically-enforced set of rules that packs some serious penalties for violation. There are 64 uniform inspectors on the payroll to enforce the rules,
9/26/2022
10 : 4
Numlock News: September 26, 2022 • Volcano, Avatar, Tour Bus
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Island There's a new island, it just came out, it's pretty near and it's near Tonga. An underwater volcano began erupting on the Home Reef seamount on September
9/23/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: September 23, 2022 • Dingers, Kigali, Perseverance
By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! Funeral There are 19000 funeral homes in the United States, a $23 billion industry where 80 percent of the facilities are individually owned and operated. This
9/22/2022
10 : 4
Numlock News: September 22, 2022 • K-Pop, Lorcana, Mexican Beer
By Walt Hickey Lorcana Next year Disney's releasing a new card game called Lorcana, the first seven cards of which were released at the D23 convention two weeks ago. To be clear, the game does not
9/21/2022
10 : 4
Numlock News: September 21, 2022 • Wolves, Indie Music, Vultures
By Walt Hickey Sell-off From 2013 to 2018, Chinese firms were net buyers of $52 billion in US commercial real estate, including office buildings and hotels, with particular attention on Manhattan.
9/20/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: September 20, 2022 • Deorbiting, Ants, Hurricane
By Walt Hickey Lithium The price of lithium carbonate hit a new record on Friday at 500500 yuan ($71315) per ton in China, up more than 1150 percent from the pandemic-era low in July 2020. The price
9/19/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: September 19, 2022 • Duesseldorf, Tetrapod, Phantom
By Walt Hickey The Woman King The new Viola Davis movie The Woman King made $19 million in North America this past weekend on the back of great reviews, beating the studio's $12 million expectation
9/16/2022
10 : 4
Numlock News: September 16, 2022 • Stamps, Scouts, Saturn
By Walt Hickey Today's the last day of the best sale of the year. Thanks so much to all the many folks who have taken advantage of it, you're going to love the bonus Sunday editions and your
9/15/2022
10 : 4
Numlock News: September 15, 2022 • Volcanos, Redshirts, Lies
By Walt Hickey The Beach After 20 years in and out of court, a lawsuit regarding the 2000 Leonardo DiCaprio film The Beach is coming to a conclusion, as Thailand's Supreme Court upheld a ruling in