Hiya Skeleton Crew,

Next week’s the solstice! Already!! Crazy how this stuff sneaks up on ya.

Anyway, here’s your friendly reminder to go check on your local henge, make sure all the triliths are in good shape for the upcomin’ festivities. Nothin’s worse than when you’ve planned a bangin’ Midsommar party but then someone gets pancaked by a topplin’ lintel.

Answers to Last Time

• SMiLE is the legendary unfinished Beach Boys album that was supposed to be the follow-up to Pet Sounds.
• R.I.P. to Sly Stone (Sylvester Stewart), frontman for Sly and the Family Stone.

Today’s Trivias

Trivia 1

What brand claims to be the first product sold as a six-pack? Accordin’ to their website, its essential ingredients are wintergreen, licorice, ’n’ vanilla.

The product was first made back in the ’30s in Chicago by two fellas, Ely Klapman and Barney Berns. Nowadays, the brand’s owned by a company called Hedinger Brands, which also owns a few other pops, stuff like Dr. Wells ’n’ Bubble Up ’n’ Sun Crest.

Trivia 2

Let’s say for the sake a’ argument that you’re workin’ in a lab—y’know, one a’ those classic chemistry labs, with bubblin’ beakers ’n’ fume hoods ’n’ white-lab-coatted science guys wearin’ goggles ’n’ stuff—an’ ya need to measure out 100mL a’ ... let’s say hydrofluoric acid?1

Now, ya don’t need to be so exact as to use a fancy volumetric pipette or flask, but ya DO wanna do a li’l better than your average run-a’-the-mill flask or beaker. So: what piece a’ lab glassware do ya reach for?

Even if ya don’t work in a fancy lab, there’s a real good chance you used one a’ these devices back in high school chemistry.

OK then

Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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