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7/11/2024
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Numlock News: July 11, 2024 • Black Hole, Horizon, Moon
By Walt Hickey Sri Lanka Tourism to Sri Lanka has nosedived over the past several years, largely because of the ramifications of a terror attack in 2019 and the economic and political turmoil that hit
7/11/2024
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Numlock News: July 10, 2024 • Lanternflies, Churn, Faroe Islands
By Walt Hickey Fantasy The romantasy trend is real, as books that blend romantic plots into fantasy genres fuel a banner year so far for the entire book industry. In the second quarter of 2024, unit
7/9/2024
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Numlock News: July 9, 2024 • Napoleon, Reese Witherspoon, Warhammer
By Walt Hickey Napoleon Two pistols owned by Napoleon Bonaparte have sold at auction for €1.69 million to an unnamed buyer, but because this is Napoleon we're talking about here, it's obviously
7/8/2024
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Numlock News: July 8, 2024 • Minions, Gundams, Despicable Me
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Animation Turns out that it's generally a profitable notion to release animated films intended for families, especially during the summer months when kids are off from
7/5/2024
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Numlock News: July 5, 2024 • Floppy Disks, Fireworks, Cave Art
By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! Two bits of business! First up is that last week's Sunday edition was released in podcast format as well. You can check out the Numlock Podcast on Apple and
7/3/2024
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Numlock News: July 3, 2024 • Fervo, Upflation, Wizards of the Coast
By Walt Hickey We're off tomorrow! Americans, have an excellent Independence Day, and everyone else enjoy your Thursday. Trading Cards The market for trading cards is leveling off, after rising
7/2/2024
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Numlock News: July 2, 2024 • Mt. Fuji, Paleotempestology, Arctic Ocean
By Walt Hickey Mt. Fuji Japan continues to ride out what locals consider to be overtourism, and has been implementing new strategies to limit the numbers who can visit certain attractive areas. The
7/1/2024
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Numlock News: July 1, 2024 • Kei, Libraries, K'NEX
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Box Office Inside Out 2 continues its tear at the box office, adding another $57 million to its domestic total and pushing its global gross to $1.01 billion. Behind it was
6/28/2024
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Numlock News: June 28, 2024 • Scribes, Soccer, Webtoon
By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! Scribes The Czech Institute of Egyptology has 221 Old Kingdom skeletons from almost 200 tombs in storage, of which 102 are male. The institute has been studying the
6/27/2024
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Numlock News: June 27, 2024 • GOES, Wool, Mayan
By Walt Hickey Wool Prices for wool have dropped considerably, and it's causing serious problems in Australia, which is responsible for 80 percent of the superfine wool fiber under 18.5 microns in
6/26/2024
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Numlock New: June 26, 2024 • Manga, Oscars, Glauconite
By Walt Hickey SVOD Parks Associates, a market research group, reported a precipitous decline in household spending on streaming video on-demand services, with the average internet household spending
6/25/2024
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Numlock News: June 25, 2024 • Hot Ones, Great Red Spot, Quartz
By Walt Hickey Wings As many restaurants look to hot wings as a way to boost profitability and get an edge, so too does Buzzfeed. The media company has come to own Hot Ones, a rare bona fide internet
6/24/2024
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Numlock News: June 24, 2024 • Wombats, Cornhole, Redbox
By Walt Hickey Debris The Otero family of Naples, Florida, filed claims against NASA after their home was struck by a chunk of space debris in March, a 1.6-pound battery pack from the International
6/21/2024
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Numlock News: June 21, 2024 • MoviePass, Dealerships, Shipwreck
By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! MoviePass I regret to inform you that MoviePass is boring now, as the once swashbuckling and economically maniacal application that subsidized a nation's
6/20/2024
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Numlock News: June 20, 2024 • Pneumatic Tubes, Whiz Comics, Cashews
By Walt Hickey Helicopters The NYPD's usage of helicopters is way up, and it's attracted the attention of both annoyed citizens as well as budget hawks. In 2023, the NYPD used helicopters for
6/19/2024
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Numlock News: June 19, 2024 • Nova, Aces, Ganges
By Walt Hickey WNBA Twenty-eight years in, the WNBA's 12 franchises are now valued at a collective $1.16 billion, and some owners have seen massive returns on their investments. For instance, Mark
6/18/2024
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Numlock News: June 18, 2024 • Akiya, Ivory, Chrome
By Walt Hickey Akiya Urbanization, declining birth rates and the depopulation of the countryside in Japan have led to the phenomenon of akiya, or long-abandoned homes. A new report from an agency
6/17/2024
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Numlock News: June 17, 2024 • Inside Out, Octopus, eVTOL
By Walt Hickey Inside Out Pixar's Inside Out shattered expectations and made $155 million domestically, crushing the $90 million projections and becoming the second-biggest three-day launch for an
6/14/2024
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Numlock News: June 14, 2024 • Galaxy, Edmonton, Przewalski’s Horse
By Walt Hickey Have an excellent weekend! Canadian Dollars The Edmonton Oilers are in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2006. Despite being one of the smallest sports markets in North
6/13/2024
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Numlock News: June 13, 2024 • Honeycreepers, Mycelium, Panama Canal
By Walt Hickey Family Offices An ocean of money is managed through elusive family offices, which are essentially in-house investment groups operated to the benefit of large, intergenerational family