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Health:

• How newborn chicks are helping to settle a centuries-old debate about cognition and our senses
• Zyn Nicotine Pouches Gaining Popularity as TikTok's Latest Weight Loss Trend 'O-Zyn-Pic'
• Ozempic, Wegovy Users More Likely to Develop 'Stomach Paralysis'
• Radio-Frequency Ablation Helped 82% of Patients With AFib, Study Finds
• Fish Oil Supplements May Raise Your Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke If You’re Healthy

Happiness:

• 91-Year-old Surprises Tiny Fire Department With $500,000 For Updating Their Archaic Equipment
• Charges Dropped Against New Jersey Gym Owner Who Defied Strict COVID Lockdown Rules
• Grandson Surprises Grandpa by Restoring 1954 Pickup Sitting Broken for 40 Years

Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

The Pursuit of a Higher Consciousness:

• Quit Meth, Get Paid in Innovative California Recovery Program
• Survey: High-THC Flower Yields Few Serious Side Effects in Patients
• Gifting Parties in Connecticut Can Continue with Limits Under Settlement with Attorney General

Back of the Napkin:

• Why Your Wi-Fi Router Doubles as an Apple AirTag
• Major SS7 Vulnerability In Wireless Networks Oddly Gets A Fraction Of The Hysteria Reserved For TikTok
• ATARI ACQUIRES INTELLIVISION BRAND
• Does One Line Fix Google?

The Junk Drawer

• Buy now, pay later services have to act more like credit card providers now
• Updating California’s grid for EVs may cost up to $20 billion

Dishonorable Mentions:

• Eric Cartman Goes On Ozempic
• TSSAA: CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL MUST FORFEIT ALL 2023 FOOTBALL WINS
• American Airlines backtracks after saying 9-year-old girl 'should have known' flight attendant was filming her in the bathroom

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Credits:

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

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