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<p><span style="font-weight:400">Welcome to the Bright Side, a weekly roundup of all the good news and ideas you might have missed from the past week.</span></p>
<p><b>TSA regulation comedy: They’re here all week</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">I’m still reeling from being able to leave my shoes on for airport security. But suddenly we’re not allowed to bring </span><a href="https://x.com/TSA/status/2069813285155750342" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">live beavers</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> and jugs of ranch on the plane? How are we supposed to live like this?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">While it’s still gonna be a no on World Cup fans hauling 40-ounce bottles of </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/world-cup-travelers-overwhelm-tsa-with-beloved-american-condiment?author=Trinity+Gentry&;category=News&;elementPosition=undefined&;row=0&;rowType=Vertical+List&;title=World+Cup+Travelers+Overwhelm+TSA+With+Beloved+American+Condiment" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">ranch dressing</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> back to Europe in their carry-ons (stay tuned for TSA-approved </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DZvRQNpRKzd/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">Kraft packets</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">), the TSA’s recent live beaver restriction was a playful rib at the tourist fever around Buc-ee’s. Does Buc-ee’s stock beaver merch? Yes. Live ones? No. But </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Buc-ees-Famous-Beaver-Nuggets-Snacks/dp/B005VS93GI?th=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">Buc-ee’s Beaver Nuggets</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> are real, and they’re cleared for takeoff. I’m more of a Buc-ee’s Milk Chocolate Cashews person myself.</span></p>
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<p>More videos that will make you smile!<br />So many Europeans are finding America to be an amazing place!â¤ï¸ <a href="https://t.co/gAORs1XPnv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/gAORs1XPnv</a></p>
<p>— Americaforever (@onetexgal9) <a href="https://x.com/onetexgal9/status/2068110832592994334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 19, 2026</a></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400">Soccer can be a pretty </span><span style="font-weight:400">boring</span><span style="font-weight:400"> low-scoring game if you’re new to the sport. Maybe that’s why we’re talking about salad dressing and gas station snacks so much. I’ve lived through many scoreless games thinking about how the sport could be made-over for American audiences. How about a time clock to force advancement on the field or shots on goal, or a ban on telenovela drama at a tugged jersey? (Eyeball popping double-take! Arms in the air! Susan was her own evil twin this whole time?) </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Still, even with its international quirks, maybe fútbol is perfect just as it is. As someone posted on </span><a href="https://x.com/OrevaZSN/status/2069430295674192017" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">X</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">, “The World Cup is proof that, if it weren’t for our leaders, the vast majority of people around the world would get along just fine.” I could chug an overpriced stadium beer and honk one of those anti-vuvuzela “</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1631068081286891" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">pleasant horns</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">” in agreement. </span></p>
<p><b>Bill Gates just gave you all his money. Go.</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Wait, wait, wait. You’re not getting his </span><i><span style="font-weight:400">real </span></i><span style="font-weight:400">money. But a game designed by creative programmer Neal Agarwal gives you the sensation of making it rain on Microsoft’s dime. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Starting with $100 billion in your bank, </span><a href="https://neal.fun/spend/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">Spend Bill Gates’ Money</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> lets you throw down on everything from $2 Big Macs to a $3,000 acre of farmland, a $15,000 Rolex, and $780,000,000 for the Mona Lisa. I’m pretty sure a Big Mac costs a little more than $2 these days (Blame Big Shredded Lettuce), but designating billions of fake dollars to specific purchases really shows you how far that kind of cash can — or can’t — go! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">If that kind of game isn’t your speed, Neal also built his Every Second series where you can visualize the </span><a href="https://everysecond.io/animal-heartbeats" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">heartbeats per minute</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> of everything from elephants to hummingbirds, or how many trillions of </span><a href="https://everysecond.io/your-body" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">neurons</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> just fired in your brain while you were reading this sentence. </span></p>
<p><b>It’s official: Meet the world’s loudest talker</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">FYI, it’s not Doug from the company retreat. The loudest person in the world trashed his vocal chords proving his talents, but he holds the Guinness World Record now, so — worth it!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Australia’s Joseph McGrail-Bateup is just a 58-year-old guy who cleans air conditioners for a living and has a voice that cuts through the noise. He also spends his free time LARPing as the town crier. But after competitively “crying” to his heart’s content, he knew he had to level up. “What can I do that’s a little bit different?” he asked himself. He then hit 122.4 decibels with a single shout. “It took me seven attempts just for one word, which was the word ‘now,’ and my voice was shot for the next couple of days as well.” </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Guinness World Records has recognized Joseph McGrail-Bateup, a 58-year-old professional air conditioner cleaner, as the world’s loudest person. He was recorded yelling the word “now” at 122.4 decibels. <a href="https://t.co/D8Gp0YFTm4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/D8Gp0YFTm4</a></p>
<p>— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href="https://x.com/washingtonpost/status/2069748018287399196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 24, 2026</a></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400">Possibly my favorite part of this important history is that the previous record was held by Irish schoolteacher Annalisa Flanagan, who hit </span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/australia-guinness-world-record-loudest-shout-2a5aea90b6ece0ceba6ba56fdff866e5" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">121.7 dBs in 1994</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> by ironically shrieking the word “quiet.” (Then, and probably every afternoon until she retired.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">I was impressed, but also curious about how loud this sound might be. (I also didn’t know the average human ear can actually detect </span><a href="https://rnid.org.uk/information-and-support/protect-your-hearing/how-loud-is-too-loud/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">zero decibels</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">, did you?) Normal conversation hits around 60 to 70 dBs. A motorcycle? 100 dBs. Metallica at Madison Square Garden? 110 to 120 dBs. And at about 130 dBs, you’re gonna feel the pain. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Hailing from a culture that takes pride in its enthusiastic talking volume, my Puerto Rican boyfriend might be able to best 122 dBs. But for now, Joseph’s the guy to beat. Not even the </span><a href="https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-5210-abercrombie-fitch-store-in-clackamas-town-center.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">85-decibel music</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> at Abercrombie &; Fitch can hold a candle to the reigning champ.</span></p>
<p><b>The cutest critter in the Land Down Under</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">While I was giving the algorithm a break from my newfound obsession with meticulously snatched </span><a href="https://youtu.be/nvb-5wMF3cI?t=32" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">corgi butts</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> (they’re groomed like fluffy peaches!), it came to my attention that there’s a creature called a quokka (Thanks, J.K. Rowling.) </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Today I discovered not only that there is such a thing as a quokka but also that my whole life I’ve been missing a quokka. <a href="https://t.co/sR0m9so38H" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://t.co/sR0m9so38H</a></p>
<p>— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/2069848150987231555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 24, 2026</a></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400">Native to Western Australia, and known as the “happiest animal in the world,” quokkas are the cute, cat-sized cousins of kangaroos and wallabies. They constantly look like they’re smiling and want to be your friend. You’re not supposed to touch or feed them, but the </span><a href="https://www.natureaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/our-priorities/wildlife/wildlife-stories/meet-the-quokka/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">Nature Conservancy of Australia</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> offers tips on taking selfies with them. You’ll have to </span><a href="https://people.com/movies/keanu-reeves-praised-respectful-way-taking-photos-women/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">pose like Keanu Reeves</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> does with open hands hovering behind his fans. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">If you’re trying </span><i><span style="font-weight:400">not </span></i><span style="font-weight:400">to book a flight to Australia to get some quality quokka time, don’t watch this video of a pet </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DXxhGemp18k/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">quokka snuggling and licking its owner</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">. Next up, nonstop </span><a href="https://x.com/DudespostingWs/status/2069450408028934602" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">watching dogs watch other dogs eat hot dogs</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> content because this is the content we need right now. </span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight:400">About </span></i><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bright-side-the-global-craze-americans-are-finally-joining" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><span style="font-weight:400">last week’s Bright Side</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight:400"> featuring the “Asian squat” flex, one fabulous reader emailed me a priceless photo of everyone in his family (except him) happily relaxing in deep squats, noting: </span></i><i><span style="font-weight:400">“Last month, my family (including my 64-year-old wife) was making fun of my (white dude with bad knees) inability to execute the Asian squat.” </span></i></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight:400">This kind of self-deprecating humor warms my heart. I sincerely invite you to share your stories and favorite moments in the comments! </span></i><i><span style="font-weight:400">Feel free to </span></i><a href="http://www.dailywire.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#224e40434b506246434b4e5b554b50470c414d4f" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><span style="font-weight:400">email</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight:400"> me too. I’m off to shop for </span></i><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-most-patriotic-fashion-picks-of-americas-250th-year" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><span style="font-weight:400">the perfect July 4th fit</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight:400"> for next weekend! Let’s go, America! — Lauren </span></i></p>
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