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Sep 2024
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🥑 “The Hugest Avocado” — Mission’s guac...

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Mission Avocado just had its best day ever on National Guacamole Day… we’ll explain.

Wall Street is putting limits on banker hours… because of 100-hour weeks.

DisneyWorld’s prices have risen twice as fast as inflation… because Disney is like Dartmouth.

Plus, the great ball debate: Pickleball’s growing faster than tennis, but which burns more calories?


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