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8/2/2023
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Numlock News: August 2, 2023 • Champagne, Jellyfish, Lifeguards
By Walt Hickey Plant Meats Sales of plant-based meats are declining precipitously, down 19.8 percent year over year in the five weeks leading up to July 2, 2023, according to Circana, generating $106.8
8/1/2023
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Numlock News: August 1, 2023 • Blink-182, Angels, Crunchwrap Supreme
By Walt Hickey Insufficiently Más Hot off a lawsuit that sought to cancel the trademark for Taco Tuesday, fast food restaurant Taco Bell is the subject of a proposed class-action lawsuit over alleged
7/31/2023
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Numlock News: July 31, 2023 • Voyager 2, Edmonton Elks, Backgammon
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Vegas New data out of Las Vegas found that the city's sportsbooks were absolutely hosed when the Las Vegas Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup, as a bunch of homers
7/28/2023
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Numlock News: July 28, 2023 • Third Pole, Heptagons, Kellanova
By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! Snacks Food giant Kellogg has officially filed forms with the SEC to advance the company's plan to break up into two firms, Kellanova and WK Kellogg Co. Yes, it
7/27/2023
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Numlock News: July 27, 2023 • Elderberries, Monster Hunter, Patek Philippe
By Walt Hickey Cherries Pricey luxury fruit is a big business in Japan, and Yamagata prefecture is out with a new variety, the Benio, that is the result of 20 years of research and breeding to make an
7/26/2023
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Numlock News: July 26, 2023 • Incandescent, Lorcana, Cricket
By Walt Hickey Cricket New York City's mayor wants to close 20 acres of the public Van Cortlandt park in order to construct a temporary 34000-seat cricket stadium in a bid to host six games of the
7/25/2023
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Numlock News: July 25, 2023 • Greek, Theater, Asteroids
By Walt Hickey Line Skipping There are several programs that will accept a decent sum of money from you in exchange for making the indignities of experiencing an American airport modestly more bearable
7/24/2023
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Numlock News: July 24, 2023 • Earthquakes, Movies, Satellite Calibration
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Barbenheimer It was the best weekend for American cinemas since Avengers: Endgame, with Greta Gerwig's Barbie bringing in the best opening of the year with $155 million
7/21/2023
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Numlock News: July 21, 2023 • Meteorite, Osprey, Greenland
By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! Raining Money A $25000 bounty was placed on a meteorite that fell somewhere in the vicinity of the Maine-Canada border, provided that the finder can obtain at least
7/20/2023
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Numlock News: July 20, 2023 • SlamBall, Black Holes, Iceland
By Walt Hickey LFBOTs Scientists are fascinated by a unique type of explosion detected in space that's called a luminous fast blue optical transient (LFBOT), which are distinct from things like
7/19/2023
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Numlock News: July 19, 2023 • Taco Tuesday, Sea Turtles, Sumitomo
By Walt Hickey Taco Taco John's, which holds the trademark for the phrase “Taco Tuesday” in every state but New Jersey, has capitulated to the forces of Taco Bell owner Yum Brands Incorporated and
7/18/2023
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Numlock News: July 18, 2023 • Aptos, Viasat, Mali
By Walt Hickey Satellite A communications satellite owned by Viasat that launched in April has had a problem unfurling its mesh antenna, and it could spell disaster for a mission that originally
7/17/2023
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Numlock News: July 17, 2023 • Dead Reckoning, Teff, BandLab
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Insufficient Money Found Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One won a pyrrhic victory at the box office this weekend, bringing in a muted $56.2 million from Friday
7/16/2023
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Numlock News: July 12, 2023 • Boats, SETI, Milk
By Walt Hickey Shore New Jersey has spent $2.6 billion replenishing the Jersey Shore with sand since 1922, and given the inexorable march of climate change fueling beach erosion, the fear is that not
7/16/2023
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Numlock News: July 13, 2023 • Guacamole, Methanol, Led Zeppelin
By Walt Hickey A bug that made it hard to get your personal referral link has been fixed, now it's a magic link and even easier. Recommend Numlock to a couple of friends to get the exclusive
7/16/2023
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Numlock News: July 14, 2023 • Albania, Beavers, Crunchyroll
By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! Boat Jumping Earlier this week the Today Show broadcast a segment about a so-called boat jumping TikTok challenge which, by all available evidence, does not and
7/11/2023
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Numlock News: July 11, 2023 • Los Angeles, Ancient Rome, Margaritaville
By Walt Hickey Some People Claim There's A Creditor To Blame The owners of the New York City Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Resort Times Square Hotel— home to such iconic amenities as the 5 o
7/10/2023
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7/10/2023
10 : 14
Numlock News: July 10, 2023 • Elemental, Electricity, Mail
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Later today you're going to get an exciting email all about the new referral program I've launched, so you can tell your friends about Numlock and get cool stuff
7/7/2023
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Numlock News: July 7, 2023 • Skate, Elvis, Dinosaurs
By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! And again, a huge thanks so much for all the folks whose subscriptions renewed this week. Five years of a sustainable, growing, indie media project was only