• ☝️ Plebes, aka US Naval Academy freshmen, successfully placed a hat atop the Herndon Monument in Annapolis yesterday to celebrate finishing their first year – a task that took 2+ hours to accomplish, since the 21-foot obelisk was entirely covered in lard.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 📝 Berkshire Hathaway finally revealed its secret stock pick in a new regulatory filing: insurance company Chubb; BH has (on the down-low) purchased 26 million shares of Chubb over the past three quarters, giving it a stake worth $6.7 billion.
• 📺 Netflix's ad-supported tier has 40 million monthly users, up ~2x from January; the streamer now boasts 270 million total subscribers.
• 🍔 McDonald's $5 value meal promotion will begin June 25 and last roughly a month. (Fast food vs. fast casual: a battle is brewing)

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🏜️🛺 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga received a six-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday night; the film debuts in US theaters on May 24. | ⛳ Happy Gilmore 2 has been officially greenlit; the sequel will see Adam Sandler reprise his starring role.
• 🏈 Netflix will stream at least one NFL game on Christmas Day through 2026; the streamer is paying ~$75 million/game this year for the rights.
• 🎩 David Copperfield has been accused of sexual misconduct by 16 women, more than half of whom were minors at the time of the alleged acts; the world-famous magician vehemently denied these claims.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🎶 Randy Travis released a new song that includes an AI-generated re-creation of his voice; the country star suffered a debilitating and near-fatal stroke over a decade ago and hadn't released music since.
• ☀️ The Sun emitted another powerful solar flare Tuesday; it comes nearly one week after separate flares set in motion a severe solar storm that disrupted some technology and produced further-south-than-usual northern lights.
• 🪐 Astronomers identified a planet bigger than Jupiter – yet it’s as fluffy and light as cotton candy.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 📉 US drug overdose deaths numbered 107,543 in 2023, a 3% drop from 2022 and the first annual decline since before Covid. | ⚕️Walgreens will start selling its own cheaper version of opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone.
• 🏛️✈️ The House voted to pass legislation that funds the FAA for the next five years; the bill now heads to President Biden's desk for signature.
• 🚢 A fuel barge ran into a bridge in Galveston, TX, yesterday, causing a partial collapse and oil spill; no one was injured.

CLICKBAIT

• 🧠 Why do people get brain freeze?