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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 19 first published Fri May 9, 2025.

Kissing and Gluten Transmission: A New Smooch Study https://www.popsci.com/health/kissing-gluten-celiac-disease/

Lemonade Flavored Chips? idk you guys https://www.utzsnacks.com/products/utz-lemonade-potato-chips-7-75-oz?srsltid=AfmBOorX1IVgVhb3LS-qKtlY1Rvcne6aTTqHeYI3-CTMe1ZAwUgtCBZU&variant=44273818107948

Politician gives really, really long press conference, breaks records https://www.yahoo.com/news/maldives-president-holds-record-15-051213492.html

You become the music you love https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250506170920.htm

Robot goes berserk, world reacts https://nypost.com/2025/05/05/tech/violent-humanoid-robot-snaps-attacks-factory-workers-video/

Eat this food in the morning to be some kind of super genius later in the day https://studyfinds.org/walnuts-breakfast-brain-boost/

Missing Person Cold Case finally solved: Person has been found safe and sound after 60 years https://apnews.com/article/missing-wisconsin-woman-found-0c428beb785602e0bba14a9ee0d49b19

Cat Makes World Record Jump https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/05/07/Guinness-World-Records-longest-jump-cat/8481746634523/

HM More than five thousand people win a lotto jackpot after the Pick Three Winning Number turns out to be 000 https://ca.news.yahoo.com/unlucky-0s-odd-pick-three-195809426.html#:~:text=In%20North%20Carolina%2C%20there%20were,getting%20rich%20from%20their%20winnings.

Selfie-taker bitten by Croc because, thought it wasn't a real croc https://www.yahoo.com/news/tourist-bitten-crocodile-while-taking-235533944.html

Little Gaffer buys seventy thousand suckers using mom's phone https://apnews.com/article/lollipop-delivery-kentucky-home-71775d424d9f9f3dcae49b1fbecdc216

Ten Fun/ Weird/ Odd/ Interesting/ Neat things from the news #weirdnews #RobotGoesBerserk #Crocs #GlutenKiss #LemonadeChips

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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 18 first published Fri May 2, 2025.   

Terrible news about deep fake videos from our friends, the scientists https://www.popsci.com/technology/deepfakes-undetectable-heartbeats/
Hikers Discover $340,000 Gold Treasure in Czech Republic https://www.popsci.com/science/hikers-discover-gold-coins/

US Navy Loses Fighter Jet in Red Sea/ sharp turn incident https://www.popsci.com/technology/super-hornet-falls-overboard/ 

Plant Screams https://www.sciencealert.com/plants-really-do-scream-we-just-never-heard-them-until-now 

High fashion sandwich bag https://shop.panerabread.com/en-ca/products/croissantclutch 

Tall Pooch and Short Pooch World Record Event https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/30/Guinness-World-Records-tallest-dog-shortest-dog-meet/8381746035488/ 

Rescued climber lost phone, returns to Mount Fuji, gets rescued again https://explorersweb.com/climber-rescued-twice-from-mount-fuji-in-one-week-after-returning-to-retrieve-lost-phone/ 

One step closer to Jurassic Park in real life via T Rex leather Purse?! https://studyfinds.org/dinosaur-skin-purses-real-leather-from-t-rex-dna/   

Eight Million Dimes Spill Onto Texas Highway https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/30/Texas-highway-dimes-Alvord/8391746043732/ 

Snake Falls into Woman's Margarita at Virginia Restaurant https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/28/snake-margarita-Patron-Mexican-Restaurant-Cantina-Sandston-Virginia/8521745850402/ 

David Rush Breaks World Record for One-Handed Toilet Paper Stacking https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/28/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-toilet-paper-stacking-one-hand/7381745851311/

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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 17 first published Fri Apr 25th 2025. 

Mood Stickers. They're real. https://www.popsci.com/health/wearable-sticker-reads-emotions/

Is there a new color or what? *colour here in Canada, but you know what I mean. https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-say-they-found-a-new-color-humans-have-never-seen-before

Man Accidentally Buys Back His Own Stolen Car https://www.ladbible.com/community/weird/man-buys-stolen-car-back-same-price-reveal-909862-20250423

Australian Twin Sisters' Synchronized Interview Goes Viral https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/tv/australian-identical-twins-weirdest-tv-interview-ever-403591-20250422

Woman's Cooking Oil Tanning Hack Sparks Health Warning https://www.ladbible.com/news/health/skin-expert-warning-sunbathing-hack-cooking-oil-tan-accelerator-tiktok-408104-20250422

Sounds and Pounds! https://nypost.com/2025/04/22/health/can-sound-waves-help-weight-loss-method-may-trick-fat-cells/

Smart Pills https://studyfinds.org/psychedelic-cognitive-boost/

Robots Running #terrifying https://apnews.com/article/china-robot-half-marathon-153c6823bd628625106ed26267874d21

Minion Record https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/23/australia-Guinness-World-Records-Minions-Despicable-Me/4391745421372/

Easter Beer Hunt makes headlines https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/21/belgium-Easter-beer-hunt-Lutgarde-Lasne/4441745245220/

Amazing Quicksand Love Story https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/21/Lake-Michigan-Traverse-City-quicksand/8071745257801/

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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 16 first published Fri Apr 18th 2025.

It's our Easter special so we've got some weird news and other interesting Easter stuff for you this week.

If you don't celebrate the holiday, I think you'll still find this stuff to be neato but if you want to skip this ep, we'll be back with the usual format next week.

Churches in a good-natured Easter fireworks battle on island of Chios. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouketopolemos

Enormous Easter omelette tradition in France inspired by Napoleon. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/weirdest-easter-traditions-crucifixion-rabbit-hunting-running-madonna-a7682576.html

Do folks in Papua New Guinea really hide smokes at Easter?! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13256711/The-strangest-Easter-traditions-world-whipping-people-giant-omelettes-large-feed-2-000-people-hiding-cigarettes-near-churches.html

Easter Butter Lamb https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13256711/The-strangest-Easter-traditions-world-whipping-people-giant-omelettes-large-feed-2-000-people-hiding-cigarettes-near-churches.html

Norway's Easter crime drama and crime novel tradition. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13256711/The-strangest-Easter-traditions-world-whipping-people-giant-omelettes-large-feed-2-000-people-hiding-cigarettes-near-churches.html

Marshmallow decorating kits. https://people.com/jet-puffed-marshmallow-dyeing-kit-offers-cheaper-alternative-this-easter-amid-high-egg-prices-11715031

Matt Stonie once ate 255 Peeps in five minutes. *Professional eater/ Do not attempt! https://majorleagueeating.com/contests/732 and video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tbJ2ccROkY

🐰 World Records you could break this Easter Season:

- most Instagram likes of an egg (more than 60 million)

- biggest batch of scrambled eggs (more than 6,800 pounds)

- most people to pass an egg around (390+ people did this, I think with spoons but hard to find more info)

- Most eggs eaten while watching Egg Scene from Cool Hand Luke... it's 49 eggs you guys *personal fave

- Most boiled eggs peeled and eaten in one minute (6)

Here are some Amazing Peeps Facts via https://nationaltoday.com/peeps-day/

🐤 Early 1950s... the company that makes Peeps went from hand-made to marshmallow automation (manufacturing time went from close to 27 hours to six minutes!)

🐤 2017... World Peeps-eating champion... Matt Stonie of California won the second annual World Peeps Eating Championship in 2017 when he ate 255 peeps in five minutes!

🐤 Amazing Peeps Fact Quote: "In 1999, some scientists at Emory University tested the theory that Peeps are indestructible by microwave, tap water, acetone, boiling water, and sulfuric acid. The candies survived them all until they were tested with phenol, in which only the eyes remained!"

🐤 What is the best-selling Peep? Yellow chicks are the original Peeps and still the people’s favorite.

🐤 Peeps are the Best-selling non-chocolate Easter candy... around 700 million Peeps are eaten each Easter season!

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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 15 first published Fri Apr 11th 2025. 

Robot Horse https://newatlas.com/automotive/kawasaki-corleo-robot-horse/

Fried Chicken-Flavored Toothpaste https://nypost.com/2025/04/09/lifestyle/kfc-introduces-fried-chicken-flavored-toothpaste/
 
We have an average of 1000 unread emails https://allaboutcookies.org/digital-clutter

Custom Crocs mystery https://nypost.com/2025/04/05/us-news/man-creates-croc-style-shoes-to-put-on-nyc-sculptures-video/

Who is Horsegirl? https://ca.yahoo.com/news/horsegiirl-half-human-half-horse-132000634.html
 
Mysterious Creature in Colorado #video https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/09/mystery-creature-Pueblo-Colorado-raccoon-mange/7891744214916/

Some of us sincerely believe we can outrun a horse https://nypost.com/2025/04/06/lifestyle/1-in-50-men-believe-they-can-outrun-a-horse-survey-reveals/
 
New lotto strategy: play your Odometer Numbers https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/04/lotto-Maryland-Lottery-odometer-numbers-Pick-5/2831743797104/
 
Urinal Splashback: a scientific deep dive https://studyfinds.org/physics-solves-one-of-mans-biggest-problems-urinal-splashing/
 
Giant Easter Egg https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/food-drink/biggest-easter-eggs-world-worlds-35018296
Peeps Pizza: just in time for Easter https://www.fsrmagazine.com/industry-news/pizza-inn-launches-new-peeps-flavored-dessert-pizza/

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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 14 first published Fri Apr 4th 2025.

Video Game Playing Linked to Increased IQ in Children

https://www.sciencealert.com/playing-video-games-has-an-unexpected-effect-on-kids-iq-study-finds

Three-Year-Old Girl Discovers 3,800-Year-Old Scarab Amulet in Israel

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/3-year-old-picks-up-beautiful-stone-discovers-3-800-year-old-scarab-amulet-in-israel

A $12 Antique Store Drawing Could Be a Renoir Masterpiece Worth $1 Million

https://nypost.com/2025/03/27/lifestyle/12-drawing-bought-at-antique-store-could-be-a-renoir-and-worth-1m/

Cold Water Immersion Improves Cellular Resilience

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250328173516.htm

Pennsylvania Storm Aftermath Yields Possible Bigfoot Sighting

https://www.themirror.com/news/weird-news/bigfoot-sasquatch-sighting-pennsylvania-mountains-1060721

Tonguejenga©

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/31/Guinness-World-Records-longest-tongue-Jenga/2651743431104/

Minnesota Cat Receives Guinness World Record for Longest Tail

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/27/Guinness-World-Records-longest-tail-domestic-cat/2161743104475/

Dreamies Cat Treat Billboard Campaign

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2025/03/28/ad-the-day-cats-climb-billboards-dreamies

Octopus hitches a ride on a shark's back in New Zealand

https://nypost.com/2025/03/22/lifestyle/octopus-hitches-ride-on-sharks-back-in-remarkable-footage/

CIA's Psychic Search for the Ark of the Covenant

https://m.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-847774

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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 13 first published Fri March 28 2025. 

Mysterious Golden Orb Discovered in the Deep Ocean
https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-golden-orb-found-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean
 
Marathon Proposals: A Controversial Trend
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/marathon-proposals-1.7491884
 
Bill Gates-backed company launches butter alternative made from carbon dioxide and hydrogen
https://www.fooddive.com/news/savor-startup-bill-gates-butter-palm-oil/743071/
 
Were the 380-Million-Year-Old Fossils sent to the landfill because of mailroom mixup?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/380-million-year-old-fossils-dumped-landfill-new-jersey-college-didnt-rcna196769
Recordbreaker Rush Sets New Passing Record, Causes Damage
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/24/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-behind-the-back-basketball/9061742846234/
 
Pilot Forgets Passport, Commercial Flight Diverted
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/united-airlines-flight-china-diverted-san-francisco-pilot-forgets-pass-rcna197942
 
Mysterious Skeleton-like Figure Found on UK Beach
https://nypost.com/2025/03/21/lifestyle/beachgoers-baffled-after-finding-skeleton-like-figure-with-fins/
 
Big Ol' Ice Chuk Did Not Come From a Plane!
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/20/Palm-Coast-Florida-ice-chunk-not-from-plane-FAA/4071742492591/
 
Free Energy Breakthrough Disproves that it was Impossible to Start With
https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-disprove-their-own-work-by-producing-power-from-earths-rotation
 
Asteroid 2024 YR4 Check-in: Don't Panic Yet
https://www.sciencealert.com/asteroid-may-not-hit-earth-in-2032-but-it-will-come-back
 
What is Boomerasking: a Deep Dive
https://studyfinds.org/small-talk-selfish-boomerasking/
 
121-Hour Basketball Game for Charity sets World Record
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/21/Guinness-World-Records-longest-basketball-game/2041742584957/
 
What the Hey is Going on Beneath the Giza Pyramids!?
https://m.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-847207

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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 12 first published Fri March 21 2025.

How to win at social media through science

https://studyfinds.org/way-you-use-social-media-how-long-you-scroll/

HEINZ Launches Limited-Edition Chip Dip (spoiler alert: it's ketchup)

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250312754707/en/HEINZ-Launches-Dip-for-Potato-Chips-Same-Unmistakable-Ketchup-New-Way-to-Enjoy

Regular Blood Donation May Improve Blood Health at a Genetic Level

https://www.sciencealert.com/regularly-giving-blood-could-benefit-your-own-health-too

Massive Gold Deposit Discovered in China *citation

https://www.sciencealert.com/supergiant-gold-deposit-may-be-worth-over-us80-billion

Wine Glasses with removable stems are here

https://www.yankodesign.com/2025/03/10/i-thought-wine-glasses-were-perfect-until-this-modular-space-saving-one-proved-me-wrong/

We need First Aid Kits for Mice

https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/mice-administer-first-aid-to-friends-even-trying-to-bring-the-dead-back-to-life

Chewing Wood May Boost Brain Antioxidant Levels and Memory

https://nypost.com/2025/03/14/health/chewing-on-wood-can-boost-your-memory-how-it-works/

wiener dogs on parade #worldrecord

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/17/germany-Guinness-World-Records-dachshund-parade/4571742241820/

Cheboygan Gator!

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/17/Cheboygan-Police-Department-Michigan-motel-room-alligator/7701742220816/

Regular Seafood Consumption in Children Linked to Improved Prosocial Behavior

https://studyfinds.org/children-eating-fish-kinder-more-cooperative/

Gold toilet check in

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/18/man-found-guilty-over-48m-oxfordshire-gold-toilet-heist

Should we stop signing emails to save the world? / The Environmental and Human Cost of Email Signatures

https://studyfinds.org/email-signatures-harm-planet-environment/

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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 11 first published Fri March 14 2025.

Capri Sun's Moon Punch: A Glow-in-the-Dark Lunar Eclipse Experience

https://news.kraftheinzcompany.com/press-releases-details/2025/Capri-Sun-Heads-for-the-Moon-Takes-a-Lunar-Leap-with-Debut-of-First-Ever-Moon-Punch/default.aspx

First Loch Ness Monster Sighting of 2025 Reported

https://nypost.com/2025/03/04/lifestyle/loch-ness-monster-sighting-reported-first-in-2025-fantastic/

Vegetable Orchestra Achieves Guinness World Record #cucumberphones

https://nypost.com/2025/03/08/lifestyle/this-orchestra-only-plays-instruments-made-out-of-vegetables/

Dolphin Crash-Lands into New Zealand Fishing Boat

https://apnews.com/article/dolphin-boat-zealand-fishing-northland-bottlenose-421fbe9a3175eea93159238dfcad61b1

Four-Year-Old Calls 911 Over Stolen Ice Cream, Turns 'states evidence' on Mom.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/11/Mount-Pleasant-Wisconsin-911-ice-cream/7791741710288/

Flamin' Hot Cheeto Resembling Charizard Sells for $87,840 #Cheetozard

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/06/Cheetozard-Pokemon-Cheeto-Charizard-auction/5541741281385/

The Odds of Finding a Lost Bitcoin Hard Drive in a Landfill... not good.

https://studyfinds.org/lost-hard-drive-bitcoin-fortune-landfill-wales/

London Comedy Club Bans Botoxed Audience Members #facebreakercomedy

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/10/Top-Secret-Comedy-Club-Botox/4131741623420/

Canadian Headband Enthusiast Breaks Guinness World Record for Eating Carolina Reaper Peppers

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/06/canada-Guinness-World-Records-chili-peppers/7621741295300/

Red vs. White Wine: which one is worse for you?

https://studyfinds.org/red-wine-white-healthier-cancer/

Butter and Plant-Based Oils: which one is worse for you? *do not pair with wine*

https://studyfinds.org/butter-plant-oils-death-risk-harvard-study/

Woolly Mice: A Step Towards De-Extincting Mammoths

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/04/genetically-modified-woolly-mice-mammoth

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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 10 a March Break rebroadcast of a show from March of 2024.

Thoughts on the Nuclear Reactor on the Moon idea... as a proof of concept, first they should build a doughnut shop on the moon. Prove that you can safely-build a doughnut shop on the moon, and then I'll trust you with the nuclear reactor thing.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2024/03/05/russia-china-planning-for-joint-nuclear-power-plant-on-the-moon-by-2035/?sh=5ecdec160e1c and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lunar_probes

Rare Lego piece makes news... It was found at a thrift store and sold for a lot of money. It ended up getting auctioned off for 18,000 bucks. I love stories like that.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/goodwill-lego-auction-2446077

They've discovered a new sea creature off the coast of England... it's quite Blobby.

https://news.sky.com/story/new-species-of-sea-creature-discovered-by-scientists-in-uk-waters-13084273

Scientists stunned by man who has gotten the Covid vaccine more than 200 times. No side effects is what they're finding. The fellow is healthy.

https://nypost.com/2024/03/05/lifestyle/scientists-study-man-who-received-over-200-covid-19-vaccines/

Something incredibly rare happened the other day... a Grey Whale was spotted in the Atlantic Ocean... They thought Grey Whales were extinct and did not live in the Atlantic Ocean anymore.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/gray-whale-spotted-nantucket-200-years-after-extinct/story?id=107844301

Campbell Soup is in the news for their limited time offer of grilled cheese and tomato soup.

https://www.foodandwine.com/campbells-grilled-cheese-tomato-soup-flavor-8605028?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

The return of Don Gorske! Is he your hero? Does the name not ring a bell? He still might be your hero. We talked about Don Gorske before on this program. He is a fellow who holds the world record for Big Mac consumption. He first got the world record in 1999. He just goes to McDonald's every day and eats Big Macs. He's back in the news because the tally is now over 34,000 Big Macs in his lifetime. Quote in the story from Don is "Many people thought I'd be dead by now." He had his first Big Mac in 1972 you guys. Congratulations, Don.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10329460/big-macs-eating-guinness-world-records-donald-gorske/

This is one from Ben "Hoops" Hooper, weird news guru at United Press International... The rabbit tattoo world record in the news this week. Congratulations Craig Evans of Wales who just got his 69th rabbit tattoo... that's a world record.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/03/01/wales-Guinness-World-Records-bunny-tattoos/9691709328578/

Dave Rush back in the news with another world record attempt. This latest record attempt seems like a world record you could do this weekend... You could get a couple of balloons and keep those balloons in the air over 14 minutes using only your head... the official record is "longest duration to keep 2 balloons in the air with the head." You've been training for this one since childhood. 14 minutes and change the current record... good luck!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbkVhFSQFaQ and https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/428220-longest-duration-to-keep-two-balloons-in-the-air-with-the-head

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Spider Goat, Spider Goat, Does Whatever a Spider Goat can

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/21/spain-window-goat-apartment-building/3901740171768/ and watch video at https://www.facebook.com/BomberosMad/videos/1021071826609510

Really REALLY tiny Lego world record

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/20/Guinness-World-Records-tiny-Lego/5391740080162/

What is Cheetozard and why are people freakin' out?

https://www.dexerto.com/pokemon/pokemon-fans-are-bidding-thousands-on-a-charizard-shaped-flamin-hot-cheeto-3140859/

Science changing it's mind about Mars?

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-have-been-wrong-about-why-mars-is-red

Solved! Why tomatoes aren't more deadly.

https://www.popsci.com/health/why-tomatoes-arent-poisonous/

City-destroyer keeps popping up in the news.

https://studyfinds.org/asteroid-2024-yr4-earth-collision-odds/

Does AI eventually lose its marbles?

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-tested-ai-for-cognitive-decline-the-results-were-a-shock

Enormous Fondue breaks records, and the hearts of people who don't eat dairy.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/02/24/france-Guinness-World-Records-largest-cheese-fondue/6981740418744/

Golden Toilet back in the headlines.

https://apnews.com/article/golden-toilet-stolen-blenheim-palace-trial-bb3cd346713923d59304880ca209dcd4

Mortuusequusphobia/ Fear of Ketchup. What's that like?

https://nypost.com/2025/02/20/lifestyle/fear-of-ketchup-or-mortuusequusphobia-is-real-sufferers-say/

Thieves can't claim lotto jackpot without outing themselves as thieves.

https://apnews.com/article/france-lottery-ticket-stolen-card-thieves-50a0fa5a3fb22baac08899e5100dc1db