💬 Quoted: “[Finding] viable solutions to bursting hot cans is our top priority."

• Flight attendants can add another item to their midair danger checklist: exploding soda cans (right above repetitive safety briefings, and just below unruly passengers). In recent months, at least 20 Southwest flight attendants have been injured by canned beverages that were warped by intense summer heat and ruptured, with one injury requiring stitches. Southwest says it’s implementing measures to address the issue, including at several of its hotter locations like Austin, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Sacramento. Experts say the exploding cans, which appear unique to Southwest, likely stem from it being the only major airline that doesn’t stock perishables onboard (so no air-conditioned catering trucks).

🏘️💪 Stat of the Day: What do houses and gym bros have in common? They’re both getting swole. Between 1980 and 2018, the average US house size rose by 150%, with the median size reaching 2,300 square feet as of 2022, per Census Bureau data. But bigger isn’t always better, according to a growing number of women US towns. In recent months, local officials from Aspen, East Hampton, Martha’s Vineyard, and several other towns have approved or proposed laws that would drastically reduce their maximum-allowed house size, sometimes by as much as 50%.

🤔 Did You Know? Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance is the first major party nominee for president or vice president to have facial hair since Thomas E. Dewey, who unsuccessfully ran for president in 1944 and 1948.

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