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Sunisa Lee of Team United States on Balance Beam competes during the women's Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Final on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. (Stefan Matzke - sampics/Getty Images)

What makes the wolf turn so difficult

Gabriella Ferrigine

Flamin' Hot Cheetos are offered for sale at a store on April 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Who invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos?

Stephen Nedoroscik of the United States reacts after performing his pommel horse routine during Artistic Gymnastics, Mens Qualification at the Bercy Arena during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games on July 27th, 2024 in Paris, France. (Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

6 things to know about Pommel Horse Guy

Gabriella Ferrigine

Delegations arrive at the Trocadero as spectators watch French singer Philippe Katerine performing on a giant screen during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Ludovic Marin - Pool/Getty Images)

Olympic "satanism" controversy explained

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U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris stand on stage at the conclusion of a campaign rally at Girard College on May 29, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Kamala Harris' "brat" appeal explained

Before the Summer Olympics, Paris 2024 Olympics, view of a bed in the German accommodation in the Olympic Village for athletes. (Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images)

"Anti-sex" Olympic beds? Think again

Gabriella Ferrigine

Bottles of orange soda in a supermarket (Getty Images/RapidEye)

Why the FDA banned BVO, a soda additive

Ashlie D. Stevens

Caesar Salad (Getty Images/Anna Blazhuk)

The Caesar salad at 100 years old

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Interior view of a commercial passenger plane shows, in the foreground, a couple as they enjoy their meal next to a smiling elderly woman, while behind them, a flight attendant pours a glass of wine for a man who sits next to a couple who toast each other with full glasses, 1950s. (Frederic Lewis/Getty Images)

How airplane food became a punchline

Ashlie D. Stevens

Fans gather around the stadium prior to the concert of American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift as part of her 'Eras Tour', at Estadio da Luz in Lisbon, on May 24, 2024. (ANDRE DIAS NOBRE/AFP via Getty Images)

Swiftie dads are having their best era

Mary Elizabeth Williams

A Pizza Hut box and a gavel (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Pizza Hut's dramatic legal battle

Transgender male patient being examined in hospital (Getty Images/rparobe)

Fighting cancer risks in LGBTQ health

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The cereal aisle in a grocery store (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

General Mills sued over racist workplace

Various refreshing drinks in glasses (Getty Images/Olga Peshkova)

"Sobriety is in flux right now"

Mary Elizabeth Williams

anti-diabetic medication "Ozempic" (JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

Ozempic may improve taste buds

Portrait of a woman with keffiyeh and face masked by a small Palestinian flag during a demonstration to denounce the IDF attacks on the Rafah refugee camps and in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in Toulouse, southwest of France, on May 29, 2024. (PAT BATARD/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Why All Eyes on Rafah image got backlash

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Victoza and Wegovy, injectable prescription weight loss medicines. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Nestlé debuts food line for GLP-1 users

Graceland Elvis Presley mansion sign Memphis USA. (Andrew Woodley/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The mystery around the Graceland sale

Bumble's anti-celibacy ad backlash

Childish Gambino performs onstage during the iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 21, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Rich Fury/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

Childish Gambino's new album and tour

Gabriella Ferrigine

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Chopped Kombu Seaweed (Getty Images/Rodrigo Ruiz Ciancia)

The "brilliance" of kombu on "Top Chef"

Michael La Corte

Working at charitable foundation, packing donation box (Getty Images/Witthaya Prasongsin)

NALC's Stamp Out Hunger food drive

Miss Teen USA 2023, UmaSofia Srivastava and Miss USA 2023, Noelia Voigt attend Supermodels Unlimited Magazine Presents: Billboards Over Broadway - NYFW Celebrity Event at Nebula Nightclub on February 10, 2024 in New York City. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Supermodels Unlimited)

Miss USA pageant world in chaos

Man pointing at reflection in mirror (Getty Images/Orbon Alija)

Can you be a "healthy" narcissist?

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