Both natural and synthetic chewing gum shed plastics as you chew: https://www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2025/march/chewing-gum-can-shed-microplastics-into-saliva-pilot-study-finds.html

https://archive.ph/TYioP

They could move the winter Olympics indoor… https://www.mallofsaudi.com/leisure-and-entertainment/ski-slope-and-snow-park

For being 15 years old and an April Fool’s joke, that was pretty good.

If you get a message urging you to deposit a check and wire money back, it’s a scam. Every time. No matter the story. And if this were a legitimate car wrap opportunity, wouldn’t the company directly pay the car-wrapping vendor, instead of asking you to do it?

The FTC didnt beat around the bush on that one.

Is this thing really for sale?..

Getting there:

In preclinical trials, participants received a dental lozenge the size of a cough drop, with a core of calcium and phosphate coated in a layer of peptide-infused flavoring.

Not yet:

Further research is needed to investigate the permeability and chemical stability of the mineral layer to achieve an effective, easy-to-apply treatment for dentin hypersensitivity, including implementing the peptide-guided approach under in vivo conditions.

Research article (Feb, 28, 2023): https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c01039

I was already playing around with Lemmy, and after a few weeks I checked back into RIF and saw his post, so I came over to .World.