11/9/26 - Brain Stacking, Turkey Jerky, Stand

Monday 11/9/26

Celebrate:

British Pudding Day

Carl Sagan Day

Go to an Art Museum Today Day

National Chaos Never Dies Day

National Chicken Sandwich Day

National Greek Yogurt Day

National Scrapple Day

World Freedom Day

World Orphans Day

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Godzilla: Minus Zero has broken the record for the biggest opening day ever for a foreign-language live-action film in North America, grossing $14.5M (domestically), and pulling in $63M (global) for the weekend.

Interesting to note that #2 is an Indian film, Ramayana made $55M (global)

The rest of the US top 5.

2. The Cat in the Hat $13M

3. Drummer Boy $7.9M

4. You Can See Everything $7.8M

5. Ramayana: Rise of the Legend $7.3M

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Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo announced his retirement from international competition yesterday. The 41-year-old is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, having won five Ballon d'Or awards over his 23-year career.

He scored 146 goals across 234 games, both of which are men's soccer records.

And now none of us know any names in soccer.

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Today's alternative to doom scrolling is Brain Stacking. When you feel the call of screens, you just reach for hard copies of intellectually stimulating material instead, which include journals, crosswords, and Sudoku books.

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Bingo, Care Bears, the Pokémon Trading Card Game and the humble playground slide have all made it into the National Toy Hall of Fame, taking their place alongside classics like Mr. Potato Head and G.I. Joe. (sorry Tickle Me Elmo)

The Toy Hall of Fame is located in The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester NY.

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Nathan Fielder documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, You Can See Everything, has a clear winner. Sriracha honey turkey jerky.

Ricky Hirsch founded a startup munchie maker, Think Jerky. Seems that it is Holmes's prized snack at a Texas federal prison. 

Following the cameo, online sales of the sriracha flavor jumped 345% on the company’s website, worth about $25,000 in additional sales. 

He isn’t sure how Think Jerky made its way to the federal prison in Bryan, Texas, where Holmes is serving out her sentence after being found guilty of defrauding investors. “It would have to be through a distributor,” Hirsch said. “I’m trying to figure it out and thank them.” 

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If you want a taste of the outback, you usually go to The Outback for a steak.

Not in the suburbs in Ohio, an unexpected dose of Outback excitement when a pet wallaby named Joey escaped his enclosure and went on a leisurely neighborhood stroll. Local police officers spent nearly forty-five minutes attempting to corner the marsupial, who nonchalantly hopped through front yards and paused to nibble on landscaped bushes while easily outmaneuvering officers on foot before being safely netted by animal control.

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A driver in Texas who thought her heirloom diamond engagement ring was gone forever made a jaw-dropping discovery while replacing an old cabin air filter in her sedan. After dropping the ring five years ago and searching every inch of the carpet, it turned out the ring had slipped directly into a dashboard defrost vent, resting quietly inside the HVAC housing until a mechanic pulled it out completely undamaged.

Nice for her...but....5 years seems like a long time to not change that filter..right?

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Ergonomic health researchers released a simple workspace study showing that standing up and taking a brief two-minute walk every 60 minutes cuts chronic lower back stiffness by over 40% for desk workers. Researchers emphasized that interrupting prolonged sitting is far more effective for spinal health than doing an intense workout at the end of the day.

So in my retail job moving boxes and things...does that mean a 2-minute sit break every hour is what i need?

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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - National Scrapple Day: 

Scrapple was created in the 17th and 18th centuries by German immigrants (the Pennsylvania Dutch) who settled in eastern Pennsylvania. Adapted from traditional German recipes like panhas (a savory pudding made of broth and offal(oh you don't want to know)), it was born out of thrifty agricultural survival: minimizing waste by utilizing every part of the pig after autumn butchering ("everything but the oink").

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