Airpod Misuse

 

A TikTok user shared how she mistook one of her AirPods for Ibuprofen and
accidentally swallowed it. Saying on TikTok that she was sharing this information "for educational purposes," the Boston-based user named @iamcarliiib, explained that she had the pill in one hand. "I was crawling into bed," she says in her TikTok video, "I had Ibuprofen 800 in my right hand and I had my left AirPod in my left hand." "I like threw something back, took my water bottle and took a sip... then realized it wasn't the Ibuprofen," she said. "I tried puking it up and it won't come out." It did come out through the normal course of events, though @iamcarliiib says that she had an x-ray to confirm it. And also that she won't be trying to use that AirPod again.
Separately, she has also revealed in a separate video that the swallowed AirPod was still connected to her iPhone while she was making a call. Consequently, a voice memo she sent a friend included gurgling sounds recorded in her stomach. 

It's not the first time that an AirPod has been swallowed. A Massachusetts man managed to swallow one in his sleep, and a seven-year- old from Georgia was taken to an emergency room after eating one. [appleinsider.com, 11/21/2021] 

Alien Encounter

 

Religious author Sharon Gilbert has claimed an "alien" visited her in the form of her husband and asked to have sex with her. She discussed the encounter in detail while speaking on the Jim Bakker Show, a self-described Christian "prophetic Bible show."

 A clip from the show of Gilbert's story was posted on Twitter at pic.twitter.com/aBqC2IMSqn by writer and Friendly Atheist contributor Hemant Mehta. He posted the video with the caption: "End Times
preacher Sharon Gilbert says that an alien imitated her husband, and then it tried to have sex with her. "Then it claimed to be Xerxes, and then Jesus got involved, and then the alien turned out to over 2.6 million times, with
many noting their disbelief in the replies.

Speaking on the show, Gilbert said: "After Derek and I got married this other Derek appears in our bed. "The real Derek is lying down next to me, other Derek sits right up out of him. It startled me. "I knew that was not Derek and so I asked this critter, who are you? Because he clearly wanted to have sexual relations. "He said: 'I am your husband.' I said: 'Who are you?' "He had the nerve to claim to be, Xerxes. Other Derek seriously wanted to invite me, to use my free will to do something that was going to pull me away from God." 

She also noted that this "other Derek" was joined by other smaller creatures. She continued: "This last time I knew he was really desperate and I asked him again 'who are you?.' He told me the same answer and I said 'I am not going with you.'

"This was an internal dialogue, finally I said I have had enough, in my mind. "I reached up, I grabbed his face and I said: 'You are a liar and Jesus is real.' I pulled that face off and beneath it was a reptile. "He had little creatures with him this time, he brought these little halfling creatures
and they looked like, gargoyles and they were very reptilian as well. Beneath the face of Derek was a reptilian serpentine creature." 

The hosts then moved the conversation on and it is not clear whether Gilbert meant this story metaphorically or literally. [Oplendia, 11/29/21]

Five More Untruths You Learned in School

Washington Admitted He Chopped Down a Cherry Tree
For generations, teachers have been telling students that George Washington was so virtuous that he couldn't tell a lie. The author of Washington's bestselling original biography was not bound by
such moral hang-ups, and took significant artistic license with the facts. The cherry tree story is among the biggest whoppers.

Chameleons Change Color for Camouflage
Chameleons have the remarkable ability to change color, but it's not to blend in with surroundings while hiding from predators. Some chameleons change with the temperature or amount of stress they're experiencing. Others change colors to warn other lizards of danger. And of course, some
males brighten things up to attract female chameleons.

You Can't End Sentences with Prepositions
The question "Where are you at?" would make any English teacher cringe — and for good reason. It's grammatically incorrect to end sentences with prepositions when the sentence would have the same meaning without it. But otherwise, it's perfectly fine. Not only is there no rule anywhere that says you can't, but sometimes not ending sentences with prepositions makes writing clumsy and unnatural ("On what did you step?" vs. "What did you step on?").

An Apple Fell on Newton's Head
Kids learn in school that scientific pioneer Isaac Newton had his eureka moment about gravity when an apple fell on his head. It never happened. Newton did observe apples falling in his family's orchard, but there's no evidence one bonked him on the head and turned on a light bulb.

The Tongue Map
One part of the tongue senses bitter tastes. Another detects sweetness, and others sense salty and bitter tastes, according to the tongue map. The tongue map drawn back in 1901 is a lie. Scientists now know that the tongue works in concert to detect all tastes and sensations.