BEVERAGE BRAND BACKSTORY
LESSER-KNOWN BREAKFAST CEREALS
AT THE HOSPITAL
HEALTH & MEDICINE
OVERHEARD ON TIKTOK
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Launched in Austria in 1987, this energy drink brand celebrated "37 years of giving wiiings" in 2024

Red Bull

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General Mills once sold cereals inspired by this organization's cookies, including Thin Mints & Caramel Crunch varieties

Girl Scouts

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During an angioplasty, a cardiologist may insert one of these small mesh tubes to keep a narrowed artery open

A stent

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Lithotripsy uses shock waves to break up these, allowing them to pass more easily out of the body (& without surgery)

Kidney stones

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Sort of an extension of GRWM, DITL videos, short for these, go beyond the morning routinE

Day in the Life
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Soon after it was honored at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Pabst Best Select changed its name to this

Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR)
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Buy me some peanuts &... milk? This ballpark snack inspired a cereal that also promised a prize in every box

Cracker Jacks

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This medication is administered to a patient to reverse an overdose of opioids like heroin or fentanyl

Narcan

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The health benefits of this element, at. No. 12, are said to include preventing migraines & improving sleep

Magnesium

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The Oxford Word of the Year in 2024, it's perceived mental decay by overconsumption of trivial info

Brainrot

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Don Vultaggio first named his iced tea brand Santa Fe before changing it to this name, a state that borders New Mexico

AriZona

300

"Doo doo doo doo doo doo" you want a bowl of Kellogg's berry fin-tastic cereal named after this young aquatic creature of song

Baby Shark

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If symptoms are thirst & breath that smells like fruit, the differential diagnosis should include DKA, diabetic this

Ketoacidosis

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The first word in this 3-word cardiac condition refers to the buildup of fluid in the body; the last means the pump isn't keeping up

Congestive Heart Failure

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Sounding a bit like a "Batman" villain, it's a seducer, or the nickname of the eyebrow-raising, chin-stroking kid Christian Joseph

The Rizzler

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The name of the beverage company SoBe, as sunbathers in Miami can tell you, is a shortening of this locale

South Beach

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A favorite breakfast of Tommy Pickles & friends, Reptar cereal was inspired by this classic Nicktoon

Rugrats

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Also called a pancreatico-duodenectomy, this procedure is named for the surgeon who devised the operation

Whipple

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An allergic reaction may cause these, also called urticaria

Hives

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On TikTok a duet is a side-by-side video while this feature allows you to "thread" a video with your own

Stitch

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Knowing how to get a customer's attention, a New Jersey man in the 1920s gave his chocolate drink brand this name

Yoohoo!

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Did I eat that? This nerdy "Family Matters" character inspired a '90s cereal with strawberry & banana loops

Urkel

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A flat line on the EKG indicates the heart has stopped pumping, the meaning of this 8-letter word; start CPR, stat!

Asystole

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Too much cortisol can cause this adrenal syndrome; the same-named disease is caused by secretion of ACTH by a pituitary tumor

Cushing's

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It's a 2-word term for the brief delay before speaking on TikToks made by those in their late 20s to early 40s

Millennial pause