114 - Nerd MacGuyver

“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix

Health:

• Coronary calcium scores highly effective in identifying heart disease in people without any known risk factors
• Man dies on way home from Panera after having three ''charged'' lemonades
• Study: Why a spritz of water before grinding coffee yields less waste, tastier espresso
• Nutrient From Beef And Milk Found To Potentially Kill Cancer Cells
• Wasabi shows memory-boosting powers in study
• People shocked to discover gross ingredients in grocery bread loaves

Happiness:

• Sculptor Carves Life-sized Willy Wonka Using 220 Lbs of Chocolate in London’s Trafalgar Square
• Learning to Just Say No to Unwanted Holiday Invitations Can Benefit Your Mental Health
• Scientist Photographs Once in a Lifetime Sighting of Bird with Half Male and Half Female Plumage

Toast and Jam:

• The Original Margaritaville?
• Pizza My Heart

The Pursuit of a Higher Consciousness:

• Five Ways To Boost Your Endocannabinoid System
• States That Ban Marijuana May ‘Unintentionally Promote’ Unregulated Delta-8 THC Products, Federally Funded Study Finds
• Majority of Los Angeles Overdose Deaths Caused by Fentanyl

Back of the Napkin:

• Origin Story of the Winchester Hard Drive
• TSA Trialing Self-Service Screening: Will It Work?
• Google Promises Unlimited Cloud Storage; Then Cancels Plan; Then Tells Journalist His Life’s Work Will Be Deleted Without Enough Time To Transfer The Data
• ChatGPT may have become ‘seasonally depressed’ as creators race to fix AI after users moan over bizarre change

The Junk Drawer

• Woman Who Threw Bowl of Food at Chipotle Worker Sentenced to Work 2 Months in Fast Food Job

Dishonorable Mentions:

• CDC Replaces 'Pregnant Women' With 'Pregnant People' In Vaccine Guidance

Images: Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
• Sharky

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