'Morning Quickie': We have a Powerball winner, Mario Lopez on menstruation, & the most used emoji's

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Someone in California is about to find out about a lot of long-lost relatives they’ve never heard of. One ticket purchased at Las Palmitas Mini Market in downtown Los Angeles had the winning numbers of 7, 10, 11, 13, 24, and the Powerball of 24 in last night’s drawing. The jackpot was $1.08 billion at the time of the drawing, and if the winner takes the lump sum payment they’ll get $558.1 million before taxes. California law states that the names of lottery winners have to be publicly disclosed, so the first investment for the winner might be a new phone number.

Mario Lopez’s wife, Courtney, wanted to see how much her husband knows about periods. And she was disappointed to find out how little he knows about them. Courtney later sets Mario straight with the real story. Click here to see the funny exchange.

Monday was the 10th annual World Emoji Day and Emojipedia, a reference site for emoji meanings and news, is sharing what’s new in the world of these popular pictographs. Emojis are part of nearly all digital communication today, with more than 10-billion used around the world daily. That’s close to 7-million emojis every minute! According to Emojipedia, the little sideways rolling on the floor laughing emoji is the winner of the “World Emoji Lifetime Achievement Award.” Keith Broni, Emojipedia editor-in-chief says, “It’s the number two most popular emoji in the world today (behind the more straightforward laugh-crying face) and by far and away the most popular “new” emoji added in the last 10 years.”

These are the top 10 most used emoji in 2023 so far:

Face with Tears of Joy

Rolling on the Floor Laughing

Red Heart

Folded Hands

Loudly Crying Face

Smiling Face with Heart-Eyes

Sparkles

Fire

Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes

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