Brie, B.O. & Blackout Fish

Today’s adventure includes cheese used as a building material, an ancient Egyptian deodorant hack, and a fish that literally disappears in plain sight. From camouflaged cuisine to Bronze Age body odor, this issue promises to make you look at your kitchen and your armpits a little differently.

Let’s dive in—before this fish ghost vanishes again.

🧀 The Castle Built with Cheese (Seriously)

• In 2013, an artist named Cosimo Cavallaro decided to construct a small house entirely out of Pepper Jack cheese. Walls, ceiling, roof—everything was cheesy. Built in Wyoming, it was meant as a statement against U.S. food waste policies, especially the government’s strange tendency to stockpile mountains of processed cheese.

  The result? A dairy-drenched installation that slowly melted under the sun like a lactose-intolerant fever dream. You could smell the political metaphor... and probably the bacteria.

  🔹 Punchline: The foundation was solid—unless it got too warm, then it just emotionally collapsed.

🧴 Ancient Egypt: Home of the First Deodorant Hack

• Think your aluminum-free coconut-vanilla roll-on is advanced? The ancient Egyptians were way ahead of the BO curve. Around 1500 BCE, they concocted homemade deodorant from crushed carob, incense, and—you guessed it—citrus oils. Basically, they invented essential oil TikTok before TikTok was a glimmer in the algorithmic void.

  These were the same folks who believed body odor offended the gods. So smelling good was not just self-care—it was spiritual insurance.

  🔹 Punchline: When your armpits are a divine offense, you bring out the holy citrus blend.

🐟 This Fish Turns Invisible—Thanks to Its Skin

• Meet the deep-sea dragonfish. Sounds like a mythical monster, but it’s a real, lipstick-sized predator that’s basically the James Bond of the ocean. Its skin absorbs 99.95% of light—making it one of the blackest animals on Earth. In the inky depths of the sea, this makes it practically invisible to both prey and predators.

  Its stealth game is so elite, scientists had to use lasers to even see it properly. If Batman were a fish, this would be him.

  🔹 Punchline: It’s not shy—it’s just rocking the ultimate blackout aesthetic.

From cheese-based architecture to sacred citrus pits and invisible underwater spies, remember this: the world is full of weird flexes—and we’re here for all of them.

Stay curious (and maybe don’t build a house out of dairy),

— Max Whitt🎩🧀🧴🐟

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