23,000: Number of nightclub employees estimated to be laid off due to noise ordinances coming into effect in Nairobi
100,000,000: Number of streams a single human-mimicking AI vocal track had gotten on Tencent Music in China as of mid-November 2022
4: Number of syllables (L, R, W, Y) generally missing from curse words in several otherwise seemingly unrelated languages
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¹Footnotes
Key: Nairobi: [nation.africa](https://nation.africa/kenya/news/nairobi-night-clubs-owners-23-000-jobs-sh1-6bn-to-be-lost-over-sakaja-ban-4037726). AI: [musicbusinessworldwide.com](https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/over-1000-songs-human-mimicking-ai-vocals-have-been-released-by-tencent-music-in-china-one-of-them-has-over-100m-streams/). Curses: [nytimes.com](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/science/swear-words-sounds.html).