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Wed. 02/10 - The Curious Case of the Purple Daisy Photo

Cool Stuff Ride Home

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Tech News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6732 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Do all of these UV light “virus-killing” appliances really work? The mystery of the purple flower photo that has accounted for nearly 20% of all Wikimedia Commons traffic since last summer. And, it’s been ten years since “Friday” by Rebecca Black debuted to collective cringe on YouTube. To celebrate, Rebecca Black is back with a remix. Sponsors: Fitbod, Get 25% off a membership when you sign up now through 2/28 at Fitbod.me/kottke Lightstream, Get a special interest rate discount at lightstream.com/kottke Links: Does Covid-killing UV tech work? (Wired) The mysterious photo of a purple flower that receives 78 million hits each day (Rest of World) Rebecca Black - Friday (Remix) ft Dorian Electra, Big Freedia & 3OH!3 [Official Video] (Rebecca Black, YouTube)  Rebecca Black’s new hyper-pop remix of ‘Friday’ is the serotonin boost you need (NME) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm Jackson Bird.

0:42.3

Do all of these UV light virus-killing appliances really work?

0:48.3

The mystery of the purple flower photo that has accounted for nearly 20% of all Wikimedia Commons traffic since last summer.

0:58.5

And it's been 10 years since Friday by Rebecca Black debuted to collective cringe on YouTube.

1:06.0

To celebrate, Rebecca Black is back with a remix.

1:10.7

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

1:16.6

We're many, many months from the time of sanitizing any groceries or packages that came into the house.

1:23.7

You know, we now know that's not the main way COVID-19 spreads, but I know that period of time

1:29.0

instilled a few habits in myself, you know, matters of cleanliness or sanitizing that I probably

1:34.4

should have been doing more often or more sufficiently anyways, especially regarding devices

1:39.0

like my phone and smartwatch. Fortunately, there are now tons of appliances on the market that claim to

1:45.7

kill viruses and bacteria on the surface of otherwise tough to clean devices using the power

1:52.2

of ultraviolet light. But do they really work? Is it just a gimmick? And if they at least kind of work,

1:58.9

what should you look out for and what are the best

2:01.5

practices? Wired UK recently answered all of these questions and more. So first, some information

2:07.9

on UV light. Quote, like the light we can see, UV light is split into different colors

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