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The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine? Walker explained that, for most people, the “quarter life” of caffeine is usually about 12 hours, meaning that 25% of the caffeine in a cup of coffee consumed at noon is still circulating in your brain when you go to bed at midnight. That could well be enough to completely wreck your deep sleep. [more inside]
posted by mecran01 at 7:45 PM PST - 233 comments

Is it possible to complete Super Mario 64 blindfolded? Not only is it possible, it's a speedrun category, as recently demonstrated by Bubzia at SGDQ 2021.
posted by JHarris at 5:52 PM PST - 17 comments

Apple Bottoms was a fashion brand for callipygian women's jeans launched by the rapper Nelly in 2003. The brand proved to be popular with hip hop artists, who name dropped the brand in songs such as MC Jin, 36-24-36, Twista, Overnight Celebrity, and Flo Rida's Low. The brand stopped advertising in 2010, but Flo Rida's 2007 hit Low has unexpectedly proved to be the most influential in raising the profile of the jeans outside the hip hop community, after YouTuber JoedEcher posted a 25-second video of Apple Bottom Jeans by Louis Armstrong. Since then, covers of Flo Rida's Low (retitled "Apple Bottom Jeans") done in the style of different rock groups have become a new meme, as Nelly teases reviving his jeans once again. [more inside]
posted by jonp72 at 2:01 PM PST - 34 comments

Paul F. Tompkins says: This is the place to let me know if any other food-shaped vehicles that you know of
posted by cortex at 1:55 PM PST - 18 comments

In addition to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites and UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list/data visualization (previously), there's the "world heritage post" Tumblr account which reblogs "the most iconic tumblr posts, new and old." Not yet (as far as I know) affiliated with UNESCO. [more inside]
posted by brainwane at 1:14 PM PST - 22 comments

The obesity epidemic is deeply weird. For example: lab animals are getting fatter, even if they're eating the same diet that animals were fed decades ago. People living at higher altitudes are significantly less prone to becoming overweight than people who reside at lower elevations. [more inside]
posted by alex1965 at 10:01 AM PST - 162 comments

Deer Queer Dancer [15m24s] follows two queer couples as they compete in the World Latin Dance Cup. Queer Joy and Dance Joy Unite! [Possibly region blocked, sorry] [more inside]
posted by hippybear at 9:14 AM PST - 3 comments