💬 Quoted… “It’s not necessarily about me as a person, but it’s about literally anybody else as an idea.”

• Ready for a wild headline? A North Texas schoolteacher has legally changed his name to “Literally Anybody Else” and launched a write-in campaign for the US presidential election in November. Mr. Else, formerly known as Dustin Ebey, said the plan came in response to his deep dissatisfaction with the leading presidential candidates from both parties. And others share that sentiment. Else’s long-shot presidential campaign comes as a record-high 63% of US adults agree the Republican and Democratic parties do “such a poor job” of representing America that “a third major party is needed,” per Gallup polling.

🍌📈 Stat of the Day: For the first time in over two decades, the price of a banana at Trader Joe’s is no longer 19 cents. The grocer this week announced a nationwide price bump to 23 cents per banana, citing an increase in acquisition costs. According to government data, average banana prices have risen by a total of ~3 cents/pound over the past decade.

🤔 Did You Know?... Saturn is the only planet in our Solar System with an average density less than water – meaning it could theoretically float inside a gigantic bathtub, if such a contraption were to exist.

📰 Worth a Read: Behind scientists’ search for mysterious ghost particles → (BBC Science)