💬 Quoted… “A physical impossibility.”

SharkNinja, a household appliance company best known for its Shark robo-vacuums and Ninja kitchen gadgets, is facing a lawsuit over an ad campaign claiming its line of pots and pans “won’t stick, chip, or flake'' because they’re heated up to 30,000°F during the manufacturing process. The only problem? That temp is ~3x hotter than the surface of the Sun, and the lawsuit notes SharkNinja’s aluminum pans would technically vaporize into gas at 4,478°F. The company also advertises its pans as oven-safe up to just 500°F.

• However – while SharkNinja’s claim sounds outrageous, it could be rooted in truth. A 2002 WaPo article explains how some ceramic-titanium coatings on non-stick pans are heated up to 30,000°F before being applied.

📰📺 Stat of the Day: 32% = the percentage of Americans who trust the mass media either “a great deal” or “a fair amount” to report the news accurately and fairly. That figure is tied with 2016 for the lowest since Gallup first asked that question in 1972 – good news for The DONUT, bad news for America.

🤔 Did You Know?... Forget sniffing for bombs or drugs – dogs can smell the difference between stressed and relaxed humans based on their sweat and breath alone.

📰 Worth a Read: How would we know whether there is life on Earth? This bold experiment found out → (Nature)