Those fake astroturf fields and yards people are installing are actually quite toxic. In addition to heating plastic to high temperatures and baking it under powerful UV light each summer, the plastics and rubbers used for them are usually from sources like car tires which are full of PFAS to resist fires, wear, UV, etc. Those leach into surrounding areas whenever it rains.

How pineapples grow amazes me. Ofc if you’re from a place where pineapples grow, it probably sounds dumb, but I learnt that late in my life. Look:

“Blue lights on train platforms in Japan have been shown to reduce the chance someone will jump in front of a speeding train. In fact, one study in the Journal of Affective Disorders found blue lighting reduced suicide attempts by 84%. It’s believed blue registers as a calming color, associated with the sky and sea, which may be soothing to people in distress, according to Psychology Today.”

I guess people who keep using blue-light filter glasses at end of work will miss this.

That thing’s been in a butt. Almost certainly. Possibly mine. I can neither confirm nor deny. Good luck.

During the War on Terror, there was a much-publicized fact that your own household furnishings were much more likely to kill you than terrorist.

The chainsaw was first used to saw bone, not trees. This was before anesthesia.