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Health:

• A widespread practice among athletes harms both performance and health, says study
• Weight loss linked to improved mood and reduced risk-taking in obese individuals
• 'Powerful' 26 spices found to lower blood sugar levels by 40% and 'significantly' reduce cholesterol
• Ultra-Processed Foods Linked To Increased Risks For 32 Health Conditions
• Natural Remedies for Allergies
• Not All Body Fat Is Created Equal

Happiness:

• Grandma Dances All Night at Granddaughter’s Wedding After Being Told She Wouldn’t Live to See it
• Canada Post Worker Saves the Day After Child Forgets Stamp on Postcard to Grandma
• Baby babbles in sign language with deaf grandparents

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Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

Higher Consciousness:

• While Alcohol Might ‘Facilitate’ Sexual Encounters, Marijuana Better Enhances Sexual Satisfaction, Study Finds
• CONGRESS ACCIDENTALLY LEGALIZED WEED SIX YEARS AGO

Back of the Napkin:

• Over 400,000 Life360 user phone numbers leaked via unsecured API
• FCC closes “final loopholes” that keep prison phone prices exorbitantly high
• Security biz KnowBe4 hired fake North Korean techie, who got straight to work ... on evil

The Junk Drawer:

• California hits ‘very high’ COVID levels as virus in wastewater jumps significantly
• Driver’s ruse in carpool lane doesn’t fool trooper pulling her over, WA photo shows
• Researchers dumped tons of coffee waste into a forest. This is what it looks like now

Last Call:

• The Global CrowdStrike Outage Triggered a Surprise Return to Cash
• Microsoft lays off diversity and inclusion team
• Guidance counselor accused of giving middle school student ‘lap dances,’ other sexual acts in office
• ‘A small child’ was reeled in by Louisiana angler, cops say. It wasn’t what it seemed

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Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• Mama T
• Sharky

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