The Powerball jackpot now sits at $1.5 ba-ba-ba-billion. But that's not even the most epic lottery news we have for you - not even close!

A lottery winner in China collected his $30.6 million winnings in a mascot costume so his wife and kids wouldn't find out he won.

"I'm concerned they might feel superior to other people and will not work or study hard in the future," he told officials. Ethically sound move? Scummy move? Hard to tell...

In any case, check out the winner's costume.

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Just when you thought things were back to normal, signs of a "tridemic" are emerging.

The New York Times reported this week that children's hospitals around the country are completely overwhelmed with cases of RSV, flu, and COVID. RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) is a lung condition that commonly crops up in kids at this time of year.

Most cases are mild - just 1 in 500 are hospitalized. Problem is, far more kids are getting RSV this year, and the wave is coming earlier than expected. The infection count is so huge that even a small hospitalization rate yields more dire cases than can be handled.

“Every children’s hospital that I’m aware of is absolutely swamped,” said Dr. Coleen Cunningham, the pediatrician in chief at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, California.

So what's causing the surge? A lack of recent exposure, according to experts. Years of masking and social distancing have caused our immune systems to atrophy.

"The immune system works by recognition and repetition. We now have a generation of immune-naive children,” laments Dr. Sarah Combs of Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C.

The solution? Not a vaccine (RSV vaccines don't exist). It's the "usual suspects" of immune strength. Proper nutrition, exercise, and sleep!

Imagine you’ve stepped on an elevator with a button-pushing child (or Buddy the Elf). The side panel is lit up like a Christmas tree. Are you doomed to stop at every floor? Nope!

With a few quick moves, you can diffuse the light bomb threatening your precious time. Simply hold down the "door open" button on the bottom right hand side of the controls (see video for example) and press the lit-up floor buttons to disable them.

Depending on the elevator, double clicking each floor button may also work. Or just take the stairs and skip your 5:30 Soul Cycle class (do people still Soul Cycle?...).

1. Self-driving cars won’t require windshield wipers (or windshields, period).
2. Your first birthday is actually your second.
3. You've spoken to yourself in your head more than you'll ever speak to anyone else.
4. You play "got your nose" with people, elephants play "nose got you."
5. Tombstones will probably have QR codes on them in the future that share the life-story of those buried there.

Marilyn Monroe: “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be ridiculous than boring.”

Today I learned that it takes a sloth up to one month to digest a single meal. (more here)

yeuk [ yook ] - verb
to itch
Steer clear of poison ivy when hiking, or you may be yeuking for days!

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