Pumpkin spice season has begun and has spread beyond the Starbucks latte. The Guardian said the “increasingly unlikely and downright gross products now offer pumpkin spice options,” including “bone broth protein, deodorant and poppers” have shown “there’s nothing that can’t be pumpkined”. Although Americans purchased more than $236m in pumpkin-spice-flavoured grocery items in 12 months, this doesn’t include “myriad” pumpkin spice household items like scented candles and dog shampoo.
US spy website pranked
‘Purge’ to start next year
A self-declared time traveller on TikTok claims a worldwide “purge” will begin next year. The user, named @timevoyager, said that on January 1, 2023, the US state of Illinois will pass the first law that will lead to a global purge. However, noted the Daily Star, not everyone in the comments was convinced by that and other claims, such as that dragons will soon be discovered in Mexico. “At least make them believable,” they wrote.
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