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Health:

• Stevia and Other Non-Sugar Sweeteners May Not Increase Appetite Levels, Study Finds
• Swapping red meat for herring/sardines could save up to 750,000 lives/year in 2050
• High-Seafood Diets May Increase Risk of Exposure to 'Forever Chemicals'
• No, beetroot isn't vegetable Viagra. But here's what else it can do

Happiness:

• I Was Born Without a Uterus but My Gym Buddy Volunteered to Have My Baby
• Got Anger Issues? Researchers Suggest To Pen Down Your Feelings And Discard Paper

Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:

• THC-P

The Pursuit of a Higher Consciousness:

• Record Number Of Truck Drivers Refuse To Take Drug Tests As More States Legalize Marijuana
• Study: More Than 9 in 10 Smokable Hemp Products Test Above Federal THC Limit

Back of the Napkin:

• New Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser
• Critical takeover vulnerabilities in 92,000 D-Link devices under active exploitation
• Tesla settles Autopilot wrongful death suit, avoiding court trial

The Junk Drawer

• Chicago's Lori Lightfoot Lands $400 An Hour Job Investigating 'Worst Mayor In America'

Dishonorable Mentions:

• Vanderbilt Students Expelled Over Violent Protest, Including Activist Recognized By The White House
• I Asked a Would-Be DJ Blasting Music During My Flight to Turn Down Her Music

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Credits:

• RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!

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