<br> <!-- -->• <!-- -->less than 3<!-- --> <!-- -->min read<br>Morning Brew delivers quick and insightful updates about the business world every day of the week from Wall St. to Silicon Valley.<br><em>The wackiest headlines from the week as they would appear in a Classifieds section.</em><br>AGING STAR ISO WORK: The Edinburgh Zoo <a href="https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/pygmy-hippo-haggis-edinburgh-scotland-visit-moo-deng" target="_self" rel="noopener">announced</a> the birth of a new baby pygmy hippo named Haggis who will someday beat Moo Deng for a Golden Globe or a Victoria’s Secret ad.<br>SALMON SLEUTH: In 2013, Washington state passed a law attempting to expose fraudulent labeling of salmon and seafood products. Still, a study that looked at 52 sushi restaurants in Seattle found that <a href="https://gizmodo.com/your-sushi-isnt-what-it-seems-new-study-exposes-rampant-salmon-fraud-2000521127" target="_self" rel="noopener">one-third</a> of salmon samples were actually farmed fish instead of wild salmon, as the labeling promised.<br>PAGING TED SHACKLEFORD: Residents of a South Carolina town were told to lock their doors and windows after 43 rhesus monkeys <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/monkeys-escape-south-carolina-research-facility-police-search/" target="_self" rel="noopener">escaped</a> from a research lab this week. Authorities believe the monkeys’ first order of business will be to secure seats for the <em>Wicked</em> premiere.<br>SIGNATURE MATCH: Ballot counters in Nevada struggled to verify some young voters’ ballots because their electronic signatures from driver’s license applications <a href="https://wapo.st/3CdTh1a" target="_self" rel="noopener">didn’t look like</a> the signatures on their mail-in ballots. Officials said that Gen Z doesn’t have as much practice signing stuff like checks or deals with the devil.<br>GUILT-FREE GAMES: Striking NYT Tech Guild workers <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/6/24289937/nyt-tech-workers-strike-games-wordle" target="_self" rel="noopener">designed</a> five games to play so you don’t have to cross the digital picket line to get your <em>Wordle</em> fix. There’s a <em>Frogger</em> knockoff that will remind you how bad you’ve always been at <em>Frogger</em>.<br>WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE OTTERS: A new National Geographic <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/05/shetland-man-bond-otter-award-winning-film-billy-and-molly" target="_self" rel="noopener">documentary</a> tells the story of a man who became friends with a starving otter pup named Molly. After the death of his parents, Billy helped nurse Molly back to health and learned a lot about love, nature, and we are already crying just talking about it.<br><br>NEW TREASURE: Sometimes the most powerful way to honor a famed explorer who survived an Antarctic nightmare is through 3,011 tiny bricks. Lego is <a href="https://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-icons-the-endurance-10335-officially-announced/" target="_self" rel="noopener">releasing</a> The Endurance set, a model commemorating Ernest Shackleton’s harrowing 1914 expedition. If you buy it on Black Friday, they will throw in his lifeboat.<br>CARVES: They have run out of ideas in fashion and are just combining outerwear now. The “<a href="https://www.wsj.com/style/fashion/coats-with-built-in-scarves-are-here-to-stay-comfortably-dramatic-oraflop-848be80e?st=jczMsA&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink" target="_self" rel="noopener">scoat</a>,” or coat with the scarf attached to it, is all the rage, according to the Wall Street Journal. Call us when they quit messing around and finally sew in the pants. —<em>MM</em><br>Morning Brew delivers quick and insightful updates about the business world every day of the week from Wall St. to Silicon Valley.<br>Brands<br>Search<br>Brew<br><br><a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikgFBVV95cUxORkMtVnF1UDJTUXVmcUFmckhFUHpkZ1otQ3lvYm1mY1gxbWpCc0Q0YXBNRXZGM1dQdklzWDRyLWVvTzBTanRoSkdpOUVMaHdCN0c5UUlxSmNqVHBwTTNYcUh3czgxU1RlbFpYVjNiLWJVQmxOMFRraWJIM0tGNUFTckV6bG44aW9JOHRrb290ZkE3Zw?oc=5">source</a>
