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The bets just keep on coming. Prediction markets continue to surge in popularity. On Kalshi and Polymarket, the two most popular prediction markets in America (and America’s news-cycle), total trading volume surpassed $24 billion in April 2026, up from about $1.8 billion a year prior, according to analysis from The Block. The most successful predictors, so-called sharps, are finding edges in unexpected markets, from music charts to Super Bowl broadcasts to Great Plain tornadoes. Meet three of them. ‘It’s a mix of data and vibes’ Joel Holsinger, a 26-year-old Brooklynite, began trading on prediction markets and creating content around them in…
Dollar General roll outs Costco-like layout at all locations to enhance shopping experience
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Here’s which retailers, grocery stores and pharmacies are open and closed on Memorial Day
In case you need to make a last-minute (rainy) run. Although Memorial Day weekend, a…
The real reason why public toilet seats have gaps in them — and it’s not as gross as you might think
This is news for those who skeeve public toilet seats. There are many unspoken, strange…
Researchers recently discovered that a long-misidentified Antarctic “danger zone” was actually an island — and have now…
She said what she said. One NYC mom is being praised for why she won’t…
He’s at it again. Famed biohacking billionaire Bryan Johnson has once again caused a social…
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