12 Odd News Items and Bad Ideas to Swish Around in Your Stinky Little Brain

His big Make America Healthy Again report, which was, in his words, the “gold standard” of scientific evidence for his current strain of propaganda, was found to include multiple references to scientific studies that don’t exist. I’m sure he was right about vaccines and fluoride though. 

At the beginning of Pride Month, Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename its oil ship, the USNS Harvey Milk, to something less gay.

When the economy gets precarious, people start bargain shopping, and companies like Campbell’s, Dollar General, Costco and Walmart see a boom in business. Dollar General in particular just hit a quarterly sales record, but they’re all thriving right now, which is a troubling sign.

The top five are South Korea (84.4 years), Japan (84.8), Hong Kong (85.6), San Marino (85.8) and Monaco (86.5). The U.S. doesn’t even crack the top 25.

The amount of Americans 65 and older who use weed jumped from 4.8 percent in 2021 to 7 percent in 2023.

A woman was arrested after authorities found 22 pounds of drugs stuffed inside of three plush toys.

There are now 55 female CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, for the first time in the list’s history.

A 28-year-old U.K. man broke the record for the most backflips while on fire: seven flips in 30 seconds.

A German man set the record for the most standing backflips in 30 seconds last year, at 19.

Scottsdale, Arizona, is officially the fastest-growing millionaire hub in the country; meanwhile, Austin, Texas, dropped out of the top five after being the number one spot just last year.

The park has introduced five new sled dogs, and a 24/7 webcam lets you spy on them in their kennel.

Five relatively common pennies could be worth a lot of money over the next couple of decades: the Indian Head Penny, 1943 Steel Penny, 1857 Flying Eagle Penny, 1943 Copper Penny and 1972 Double Die Obverse Penny.