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Hotels We Love: The Hotel Yountville Is A Dreamy, Stylish Napa Valley Splurge

A summer escape to Napa Valley is incredibly decadent. But it might be a necessary decadence for the Year of Our Lord 2022, in which it’s too hot out, the news cycle is relentless, and the days of summer are already dwindling. Besides, expensive trips aren’t an inexcusable indulgence anymore, not if you can file them under “self care.”

If you’re thinking of hiding away in Napa Valley and necking some vino, there’s really only one place to stay for the full Napa experience — Hotel Yountville in Yountville, California.

Hotel Yountville is pure luxury escapism. And that doesn’t come cheap. King rooms are going to set you back around $1,400 per night, with suites hitting well above that. But what you’re getting for that price tag is seclusion and luxury with spot-on food, great wine, and rooms that truly are top-tier. It’s the sort of place where you can spend the morning lounging by the pool while waiting for a spectacular massage and spa experience before walking into town for a wine tasting or two and then a world-class dinner before hitting the hotel for a nightcap under those drooping and twisted Coast Live Oak trees and a blanket of stars.

Let’s dive in and break down why Hotel Yountville is truly one of the great hotels in California.

WHY IT’S AWESOME:

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Hotel Yountville

I mentioned the seclusion and that’s a huge selling point. Chillness envelopes you from the moment you check in to the poolside lounges to the breakfast dining room with an open-format kitchen. It’s a whole mellow vibe.

The details here are so on point. The towels and sheets on the poolside lounges are ultra-soft. The pool is just the right temperature. The hot tub is hot but not too hot. The trees around the pool and outdoor seating areas provide the right shade at the right time of day. The service staff is impeccably attentive but never obviously present.

I don’t know if I’ve encountered a more relaxed staff at such a high-end property. The whole feeling was “take your time, we’ll do the rest.”

Each suite has a small balcony or veranda for outdoor wine sipping. There’s a gas fireplace with over-stuffed furniture for indoor wine sipping. Then there’s the bed, but I’ll get into that a little further down. There’s great privacy between the rooms even though they’re side-by-side and, in some cases, built into the same two-story structures. It kind of never feels like you’re in a resort. Sure, you’ll see some folks walking to and from rooms or around the pool or at breakfast, but seeing other guests never feels like a big deal.

That said, you can easily make friends poolside in the late afternoon when people return from a day of tasting around Napa.

Then there’s Napa itself. The town of Yountville — which is probably one of the most iconic towns for food in the U.S., thanks to Thomas Keller taking the whole place over — is a few steps away. Ad Hoc, Bouchon Bistro and Bakery, and The French Laundry are all just up the road. In between, there are tons of options for wine tastings (Hill Family Estate and Jessup Cellars are good spots for drop-ins). Most places had a walk-in policy in late spring, but you might need a reservation in the summer.

If you get tired of all the wine and Thomas Keller fussiness, you can always hit up places like Ranch Market Too for a slice of pizza and a really well-made Italian sub or La Calenda for some tacos and margaritas.

IN-HOUSE FOOD + DRINK:

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It should come as no surprise that the food is stellar at this place. I mostly had breakfasts while there. I never eat breakfast at home, so when I’m in a place like this, I tend to go all-in.

The first morning, I ordered the eggs benny (the true test of a resort’s kitchen). It was the most audacious and delicious benny I’ve had in a while, it was served with in-house smoked pork belly, fresh avocado, bacon hollandaise, crispy bacon lardons, a big pile of frisee and basil with a light vinaigrette dressing, and asparagus all over some excellent whole-grain bread. I decided to add some local chicken apple sausage on the side because, why not?

Yeah, it was astoundingly good. The pork belly was perfectly unctuous. The hollandaise had the best tang to it. The bread took me back to the health food store bread my mom would buy us in the 1980s in our little seaside hippy town up in Washington state.

Then there were the pancakes (sampled the next morning, I’m not that much of a sicko). They were these airy yet slightly tangy, long-fermented pillows of delightfulness, served with a medley of local strawberries, pistachios, and basil with a perfectly sour creme fraiche and bespoke strawberry syrup that I could have drank on its own. And I don’t even really dig on sweet food that much. If there’s a better pancake in the U.S., I have not had it.

Lastly, there was the poolside dining service. Attendants were more than happy to bring you a lunch menu of beer, wine, cocktails, and even some alcohol-laced popsicles alongside excellently built cheese and meat boards, legit crispy chicken wings served with house-made aioli in a peanut/lime dressing, and some seriously good truffle fries.

Check out all of Hotel Yountville’s menus here.

Hotel Yountville
Hotel Yountville

AMENITIES:

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Hotel Yountville

Based on a Premium King (which is the halfway point between the room types available):

  • 575 Sq. Ft.
  • Four-Poster King Bed
  • Bellora Italian Linens and Down Duvet Comforter
  • Large, Two-Person Spa-Tub
  • Free-Standing Rainfall Shower
  • Private Balcony or Private Garden Patio (Depending on Location)
  • Second Floor Rooms have Ceiling Fans and Vaulted Ceilings
  • Field Stone Fireplace
  • Complimentary Wi-Fi
  • 55-Inch Television
  • Minibar stocked with complimentary organic fruit and nut mix, granola squares, caramel macchiato almonds, and water
  • Coffee and Tea Maker

You can check out individual room amenities here.

ROOM TYPES:

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Hotel Yountville

There are seven room types at Hotel Yountville, but they basically break into two categories: King bed rooms and suites.

The king rooms will come with, you guessed it, a king bed, a great bathroom, a large spa tub and rain shower (except in the standard king), and then patios and fireplaces in the deluxe and premium versions. There’s a two queen bed option at this level as well.

The suites include four-poster king beds and separate “living areas” where you can sit around on big couches and chairs around a gas fire or slip out onto a balcony or veranda from the room.

It should be noted that all the suites have a two-person spa tub in the bathroom.

You can browse Hotel Yountville’s rooms here.

THE BEST THING TO DO WITHIN A 5-MINUTE WALK:

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Wine. I could leave it at that. I already mentioned a couple of spots up above. And look, you can spend the day hitting one side of the street and the next day hitting the tasting rooms on the other side of the street.

Maybe a three minute walk up Washington Street (the main drag through town) is Regiis Ova Caviar & Champagne Lounge. It’s a nice break from the reds and whites of all the tasting bars. Make sure to get the deviled eggs with Royal Caviar. It costs $38 for two but it’s phenomenal. I know, I know… Thomas Keller does it again. Wash it down a little bubbly and then follow it up with raw oysters, and you’re more than set.

THE BEST THING TO DO WITHIN A $10 CAB RIDE:

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The French Laundry. Well, you can take a cab/Uber/Lyft there and walk back under a sky full of Napa Valley stars. This is basically the whole point of staying in Yountville. It’s also a culinary adventure through truly amazing foods (and wines) from the local area or grown across the street in a huge garden. While I could spend the next 5,000 words going over the beauty that is The French Laundry in 2022 (still!), I’ll save that for another day.

Instead, I’ll leave you with this. Even if you’re only remotely interested in food (in any way), you need to eat at The French Laundry at least once in your life. Or as Anthony Bourdain once said after dining there, “the best restaurant in the world, period.”

Reservations for The French Laundry can be made here.

BED GAME:

Hotel Yountville
Hotel Yountville

Okay, this is where Hotel Yountville really shines. The bed game is quite possibly one of the best I’ve ever experienced. Maybe the Hotel Eden in Rome beats it out, but it’s a photo finish.

The beds are Simmons Beautyrest World Class Felicity II Super Pillow Top (I asked), and they’re out of control in comfort. Then the pillows are Down Etc. pillows that had the perfect density and stayed cool throughout the night like some magical pillow from a fairy tale land. It was the best nights of sleep I think I’ve ever had in a hotel room, or anywhere for that matter. I bought these pillows as soon as I got home.

The sheets matched the quality of the bed and pillows thanks to Fili D’Oro linens from Northern Italy. Soft Egyptian cotton and Flanders flax made for a sleeping experience that felt like you were being cradled in the womb. By the second night, I was looking forward to just getting back to the room to get into bed. I didn’t even care about the wine around me anymore.

Rating: 10/10

SEXINESS RATING:

This is pretty high. This is where you take your secret lover for a luxurious romp, hidden away from the wide, mean world. The bed game alone is worth it. Then there’s the spa tub for two, the killer actual spa for deep tissue treatments, and the overall chilled-out vibes of the whole place. It’s the sort of resort and spa experience where you can let the outside world just disappear for a spell and be 100 percent focused on the person you’re there with.

Look at it this way: no one’s taking their kids to a $1,500-a-night resort spa in Yountville. In fact, you rarely see any kids around town (especially compared to St. Helena and Calistoga further north). It’s almost exclusively couples and adult groups getting their wine on or eating through Thomas Keller’s oeuvre of restaurants.

That said, it’s not like the property goes out of its way to be sexy the way some other high end properties do — whether with in room saunas or private plunge pools, etc.

Rating: 7/10

INSTAGRAMABILITY:

I mean, it’s wine country. I feel like that’s self-explanatory. But then there’s the Yountville/Thomas Keller food scene. People line up for a long time to get a pastry from Bouchon Bakery and then the moment they step out of the bakery, they take out their phone and post that shit.

Unique and amazing food that’s Insta-ready, Northern California sun, rolling hills, and endless vineyards … yeah, this is IG heaven. That said, I’m talking about the area and not the hotel. Overall, it’s very photogenic but not quite the South of France on a summer day either. It’s all an American’s idea of that, but not quite that.

As for the thirst trapping… this isn’t quite that. It’s a little more refined. Think of that whatever you will.

Rating: 7/10

BEST SEASON TO VISIT:

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I was there at the end of March. As I’m wont to do, I struck up a convo with the bartender over some Sierra Nevadas (I can’t drink wine all day) about this. At that time, there were plenty of people around Yountville and the hotel but there was plenty of space. He told me two weeks later (around Easter), they’d be smashed basically until October. Not just on the weekends either, once late spring starts leading into summer, it’s going to be hard to get in anywhere (hotels, wineries, and restaurants) on weekdays and weekends.

Based on that, I’d say March and October are probably your best bets with a month on either side working too. Winter tends to be quiet with a lot of the tasting rooms restricting hours and so forth.

IF I HAD TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ONE THING:

Yountville is the set for the Truman Show except instead of a maniacal Ed Harris in charge it’s Thomas Keller.

There’s a character to the town, in theory. But it’s all so … plastic. It’s like a set with amazing food hiding behind the facades. The only place that felt real — or real-world even — was the Ranch Market Too grocery store with a deli and pizza joint on the side. The rest is all this sort of regulated, ultra-clean, eerily quiet “town.”

St. Helena and Calistoga have character, and grit even. Yountville felt like a rich person’s idea of what a “small town” is without any purchase on the real world outside.

That has nothing to do with the hotel, as it’s completely isolated from all of that. Plus, you’re likely going to spend most of your time at one of the gazillion wineries within a five to 20-minute drive, meaning you’re less likely to notice this anyway.

BOOK HERE:

Hotel Yountville
Hotel Yountville

Expect to pay between $1,400 and $2,200 depending on the room.

Book Here.

More Photos of the Hotel:

Around town:

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Uproxx was hosted for this story by Visit Napa Valley. However, they did not review this story. You can learn more about the Uproxx Press Trip policy here.

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‘The View’ Has Reportedly Chosen A Replacement For Meghan McCain (Who Coincidentally Announced A Twitter Break)

After a nearly year-long search, The View has reportedly chosen a permanent co-host to fill Meghan McCain‘s seat. Ever since the fiery conservative exited the show last summer, ABC has struggled to find a conservative replacement as it tested out a series of right-wing guest hosts including former White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah Griffith, who’s been chosen as McCain’s successor for Season 26.

Despite clashing with The View co-hosts, particularly Sunny Hostin called Griffith a “stormtrooper” for working for Donald Trump, the former comms director was offered the permanent position by ABC who will announce the news “imminently,” according to the Daily Mail. The decision is reportedly not going over well behind the scenes:

One source close to the discussions with the former White House aide said: ‘My jaw dropped when I was told that she was the pick. It makes no sense. Part of me wishes they just leaned into MAGA and hired Kimberly Guilfoyle, at least it would better reflect part of the audience and there would be fireworks every day.’

Another insider told DailyMail.com: ‘Her soon to be co-hosts are very upset. They feel she isn’t authentic and changes her opinions based on who her paymaster is.

As for McCain’s reaction, she conveniently announced that she was taking a “Twitter break” on the same day that her current employer broke the news of Griffith being offered her old gig:

“Taking a twitter break for the rest of the summer but will be updating you all on my @DailyMail columns here,” McCain tweeted. “Thanks for following. Go outside and breathe the fresh air while summer lasts if you can!”

Griffith hasn’t even started her new position yet, but she’s already caused a problem with at least one celebrity guest. Comedian Wanda Sykes backed out of an appearance on The View last week after learning that Griffith was going to be on the panel. “She didn’t want to be part of helping a Trumper launder her reputation,” an insider on the show told The Daily Beast.

(Via Daily Mail)

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Barack Obama’s 2022 Summer Playlist Includes Beyoncé, Harry Styles, Wet Leg, And Other Diverse Picks

Now that Barack Obama is no longer occupied with being our country’s president, he has found himself with more time to focus on his true passion: Sharing lists of things he likes a few times a year. The former POTUS’ latest mix was his favorite songs of 2021 and now he’s back with his annual summer playlist.

Sharing it on social media today, he wrote, “Every year, I get excited to share my summer playlist because I learn about so many new artists from your replies — it’s an example of how music really can bring us all together. Here’s what I’ve been listening to this summer. What songs would you add?”

Obama’s playlists are usually an eclectic mix and that’s the case here, too. He has some picks from popular modern artists, like Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul,” Harry Styles’ “Music For A Sushi Restaurant,” Drake and Rihanna’s “Too Good,” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Die Hard.” He also has rock selections old and new, like Wet Leg’s “Angelica,” Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing In The Dark,” and Jack White’s “I’m Shakin’.”

Other artists who made the cut include Tems, Sampa The Great, Rosalía, Lil Yachty, Prince, Maggie Rogers, Al Green, Dr. John, Miles Davis, Burna Boy, Doechii, Aminé, Aretha Franklin, Bad Bunny, Rakim, D’Angelo, Nina Simone, Caamp, Otis Redding, Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill, Fatboy Slim, Omar Apollo, Maren Morris, The Internet, Vince Staples and Mustard, and Kacey Musgraves.

Check out the full playlist above.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

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Drake Explains What All Those 14-Minutes Flights He, Kylie Jenner, And Travis Scott Are Accused Of Are All About

Over the past few weeks, celebrities like Drake, Kylie Jenner, and Travis Scott have come under fire for contributing to climate change thanks to a new Twitter account, @CelebJets, which has been documenting “comically” short flights. However, as with most viral outrages on the internet, it appears there’s more context to be gleaned. While Kylie Jenner isn’t one to spend a lot of time online to address such controversies, Drake, as we all know, is chronically online, and took the time to respond to an Instagram trying to gin up more anger.

Popping in the comments of a post publicizing the “15-minute flights,” Drake clarified, “This is just them moving planes to whatever airport they are being stored at for anyone who was interested in the logistics… nobody takes that flight.”

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Of course, when it comes to celebrities — especially ones who inflame public passions as much as Drake does, a little thing like logic isn’t going to stop people from lobbing indictments. “It’s still using the same amount of fuel regardless of whether it’s carrying people or not,” wrote one commenter. Another took a more direct stance, writing, “Shut up stop polluting our air.”

While there are certainly some criticisms to be made about these short hops, the unfortunate fact remains that they would still be a minuscule fraction of emissions created by the largest CO2 emitters — those would be industry, electricity, and the collective totals for all transport, including cars, trucks, ships, trains, and yes, planes, which only account for 10% of what cars and trucks emit. Meanwhile, electricity and heat are by far the biggest emitters, and the ones that could most easily be fixed using alternate fuel sources like wind and solar.

Phasing those in would also help reduce the emissions from actual oil and gas production as well, since we’d need less of those things. 5 minutes on Google, people. That’s all we’re asking. Since Drake can’t save the world by taking fewer flights (at least, not by himself), maybe that energy would best be spent pushing government representatives to support initiatives like new infrastructure and stricter regulations on industry — two solutions that have been proven to work.

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Najee Harris Learned The Steelers Were Drafting Him From Snoop Dogg Before Talking To Mike Tomlin

Najee Harris had a strong rookie year with the Pittsburgh Steelers, rushing for 1,200 yards and seven touchdowns on 307 carries, along with 74 catches for 467 yards and three touchdowns.

The former Alabama star was drafted with the 24th overall pick in the 2021 Draft by Pittsburgh, as they looked to replace James Conner with a new bell cow in the backfield. That worked out well in Year 1, as Harris played in all 17 games and no one else on the Steelers had more than 36 carries (he also had the second most receptions on the team as Ben Roethlisberger was eager to check the ball down all year).

On Draft night in 2021, Harris didn’t learn he was heading to Pittsburgh from the usual phone call with the team, but instead by getting a call from Steelers superfan Snoop Dogg, who somehow had the information and called Harris before Mike Tomlin and the Steelers did, as he told Bryant McFadden on the All Things Covered podcast.

Harris still isn’t sure how Snoop knew he was being drafted by Pittsburgh, but noted they’re pretty tight now — a perk of being a Steelers star. He also explained that when Tomlin and the Steelers did call, they hung up on him initially because his family was being too loud — as Harris recalls, they were too drunk off Patron and Hennessy — and had to call back once Harris walked outside to deliver the news officially.

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Rina Sawayama Is Heading On A Quick US Tour This Fall

Hold The Girl, the upcoming second album from Rina Sawayama, is set to drop on September 2. That will give US-based fans a couple months to familiarize themselves with the album before Sawayama is in their area: Today, she announced a run of tour dates for the US for November.

The first of the 13 shows goes down in Brooklyn on November 1, and from there, Sawayama will find herself in Boston, Charlotte, Atlanta, Nashville, Dallas, Houston, other cities before wrapping the trek in Los Angeles on the 23rd. Tickets go on sale on July 29 at 10 a.m. local time.

Sawayama also noted while sharing the dates on Twitter, “can’t wait to perform the record for u [smiling crying emoji]. which songs from the first record do u wanna hear ??”

Check out the list of tour dates below.

11/01 — Brooklyn, NY @ Great Hall at Avant Gardner
11/04 — Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
11/05 — Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
11/06 — Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
11/08 — Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
11/09 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
11/11 — Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
11/12 — Austin, TX @ Emo’s Austin
11/13 — Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
11/16 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
11/18 — San Diego, CA @ SOMA
11/21 — Oakland, CA @ FoxTheater
11/23 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium

Hold The Girl is out 9/2 via Dirty Hit. Pre-order it here.

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An Old Jordan Peele Tweet From 2014 That May Have Inspired ‘Nope’ Has Resurfaced

[This post contains spoilers for Nope]

Jordan Peele’s Nope was inspired by Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs, and his own dreams, apparently.

A 2014 tweet from the filmmaker has resurfaced following the release of his third feature, which made $44 million in its box office debut this weekend (it’s one of the biggest openings for a film not based on existing IP in years). “Dreamt that a baby chimp attacked some people then ran to me and hugged me all scared. I woke up with tears streaming down my face #bruh,” Peele tweeted. That dream is awfully similar to what happens to the younger version of Steven Yeun’s character on the set of Gordy’s Home.

The next time you have a dream where an animal goes apesh*t (pun intended?) on some people, write it down. Maybe you’ll turn it into a hit summer movie, too.

“That is what happened,” Peele told us about Nope being the first big-budget sci-fi movie with a primarily Black cast. “And I think the result of that is something that even, I think, surprised me. You come up with this nightmare, or this vision, and then you bring this team together. And you launch into it full tilt with collaboration and the product ends up being even something surprising to me if it works out well. And it did this time.”

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78-year-old Joni Mitchell returned to the stage for a surprise performance at folk festival

Audiences at the Newport Folk Festival erupted into gleeful joy as living legend Joni Mitchell graced the stage once again, joining fellow singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile. This unexpected performance is quickly becoming one for the history books—not only for the rare sighting, but for the beloved icon’s triumphant return.

In 2015, Mitchell suffered a near-fatal and debilitating brain aneurysm that left her unable to speak, walk or even get out of a chair, much less sing or play a guitar. In a post-concert interview with CBS News, the 78-year-old performer described her rehabilitation as “a return to infancy.” To reclaim her guitar skills, she had to watch old videos of herself playing “to see where I put my fingers.”

Her diligence definitely paid off, and fans were delighted to see Mitchell ace her solo during “Just Like This Train.”


Joni Mitchell, Just Like This Train (electric guitar solo), Newport Folk Festival, 7/24/2022

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Lucky concertgoers listened to an unforgettable set list that included some of Mitchell’s greatest hits like “Big Yellow Taxi,” “Love Potion #9,” and “Both Sides Now.” Nine years might have passed since Mitchell performed publicly, but I think I speak for everyone when I say she’s still got it.

Though the entire concert was an emotional affair for everyone involved, the real clincher was “Both Sides Now.


Mitchell’s voice was as soulful as ever as it rang through the air, leaving listeners enraptured. Wynona Judd can be seen in the background, singing along through tears. “Both Sides Now” has always been a profound song, but something about hearing Mitchell sing it at this point in her life, after overcoming many health battles, hits in a very different way.

This video alone quickly rose to nearly 2 million views (what a wonderful modern world we live in, where amazing moments in music history can be shared so easily, am I right?) and unbridled love from fans came flooding in.

One fan wrote, “This is not a woman reaching to get back to her young self; this is a woman reinterpreting a song through who she has become. She is a fighter and a resurrection, as if to say to us ‘you can do it!’” Yep, that just about sums it all up quite nicely.

Mitchell has always had a remarkable knack for getting audiences right in the heart with her music. That magic quality hasn’t dimmed at all, but now shines in an altogether different way.

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A Twitter user asked people to share the most random facts they know. The answers didn’t disappoint.

This article originally appeared on 02.06.20

Certain people have an innate ability to remember random facts. They are great at trivia but can also be insufferable know-it-alls.

So why are some people better at recalling random facts than others? Researchers in Europe believe that it’s because their brains are more efficiently wired than other people’s.

“We assume that more efficient networking of the brain contributes to better integration of pieces of information and thus leads to better results in a general knowledge test,” biopsychologist Erhan Genc, from Ruhr University Bochum, said according to Science Alert.


Brittany Packnett Cunningham, an MSNBC contributor, activist, and co-host of Crooked Media’s “Pod Save The People,” wanted to harvest the mind hive on Twitter and find the most random fact that anyone knows.

“I mean RANDOM random,” she wrote.

The answers ranged from the utterly pointless to the truly amazing. There was also a generous helping of utterly disgusting answers thrown in the mix.

Almost every answer deserved the follow-up question: “Why in the world do you know that?”

Here are some of the most random responses to Brittany Packnett Cunningham’s question: “What’s the most random fact you know?”

Most were utterly useless, but somehow still fascinating.

Muhammad is statistically the most common first name on the planet while Wang is the most common last name on the planet. But I still haven’t met anyone named Muhammad Wang.

The only word in the English language with all vowels+Y in alpha order is “facetiously”

Queen Elizabeth is one of the only people in the world who doesn’t need a passport to travel.
Everyone else in the royal family does.

NYE goes hard

In DNA, mushrooms are more similar to animals than they are to plants.

Some were pretty darn cool.

London Tube platforms have different tilings because when the Tube was originally built, a lot of people who used it were illiterate, and the different tilings helped them know what station they were at.pic.twitter.com/Yw8e04zCJA

Some were thought-provoking.

You’ve never seen your own face. You’ve seen a reflection, and you’ve seen pictures, but you’ve never actually seen your own face!

When you look at a flower, some of the photons that entered your eye just ended a 100,000-year journey from the center of the sun.

Nobody else sees them.

Just you.

10% of THOSE will give up their energy to cause a chemical reaction that—literally—makes them a part of you.https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/1221992423905202176 …

Elephants are the only animals other than humans who have something like funerals. They cover the dead elephant gently with leaves and branches, then stand around in a circle for hours making sad noises.

There was a day when your parents put you down and never picked you up again.

Others were disturbing.

Humans have a coccyx (aka a tailbone) which is the remnant of, you guessed it, a vestigial tail. One of our several vestigial features.

The act of touching glasses to cheers comes from medieval suspicions of poisoning each other, so youd slam mugs together to spill each others drinks into your own to show trust you werent trying to kill them. Europeans man…

Male dolphins can ejaculate as far as 10′ and with such force it can kill a human if that human was foolish enough to attempt zoophilic relations with dolphin.

Artificial raspberry and strawberry flavoring comes from the anal glands of a beaver.

And some could be helpful down the road. You just never know.

If you are attacked by a gator and your arm is in its jaws, push, don’t pull. If you can push the flap open at the back of its throat, water rushes in and it starts to drown and will open jaws, hopefully releasing you.

The Phenomena: “The Doorway Effect”
When you forget the reason you enter a different room.
To retrieve the reason, walk backwards w/o turning around.
It can trigger the memory.

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Built To Spill Shares The Sweet Nostalgia Of ‘Spiderweb’

Doug Martsch is like a fine wine. The leader of the timeless Built To Spill is capturing nostalgia better than ever on all of the new singles from the band’s upcoming Sub Pop Records debut album, When The Wind Forgets Your Name. At this point, Built To Spell is indie rock royalty and every new wrinkle from the Boise, Idaho faithful unlocks new psychedelic worlds led by Martsch’s fantastic guitar.

“Spiderweb” is right there with new gems like “Gonna Lose” and “Understood.” The riffs are as exploratory as Martsch’s always sweet vocals and his lyrics are simple and dreamlike, as he sings, “I learned a lot about the way things are, and what we’re supposed to do. And why you’re me and why I’m you.”

For When The Wind Forgets Your Name (out September 9th) Martsch worked extensively with Lê Almeida and João Casaes of Brazilian psych rock band Oruã. They’ll be supporting Built To Spill on many of the band’s extensive upcoming tour stops.

Listen to “Spiderweb” above and check out Built To Spill’s tour dates below.

07/30 — Stanley, ID @ Sawtooth Family Gathering
08/06 — Happy Valley, OR @ Pickathon
08/07 — Happy Valley, OR @ Pickathon
08/11 — Spokane, WA @ Lucky You Lounge ^ ~
08/12 — Bozeman, MT @ The ELM ^ ~
08/13 — Billings, MT @ The Pub Station ^ ~
08/15 — Fargo, ND @ The Hall @ FBC ^ ~
08/16 — Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue ^ ~
08/17 — Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater ^ ~
08/18 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall ^ ~
08/19 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall ^ ~
08/20 — Louisville, KY @ Headliner’s Music Hall ^ ~
08/22 — Cincinnati, OH @ Woodward Theater ^ ~
08/23 — Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop ^ ~
08/24 — Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall %
08/25 — Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre # %
08/26 — Portland, ME @ State Theatre # %
08/27 — New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall # %
08/29 — South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground # %
08/30 — Holyoke, MA @ Gateway City Arts # %
09/01 — Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony # %
09/02 — Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live # %
09/03 — New York, NY @ Irving Plaza # %
09/04 — Bethlehem, PA @ Musikfest # %
09/06 — Columbus, OH @ The Athenaeum Theatre * =
09/07 — Knoxville, TN @ The Mill & Mine * =
09/08 — Wilmington, NC @ Greenfield Lake Amphitheater * =
09/09 — Charleston, SC @ Charleston Music Hall * =
09/10 — St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live * =
09/11 — Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room * =
09/13 — Orlando, FL @ The Social * =
09/14 — Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits * =
09/15 — Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall * =
09/16 — Birmingham, AL @ Saturn Birmingham * =
09/17 — Memphis, TN @ Growler’s * =
09/18 — Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom * =
09/19 — St. Louis, MO @ Red Flag * =
09/20 — Columbia, MO @ Blue Note * =
09/21 — Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater * =
09/23 — Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater * =
09/24 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall * =
10/07 — Reno, NV @ Off Beat Music Fest

* with Orua
^ with Prism Bitch
# with Wetface
% with Blood Lemon
~ with Braided Waves
= with The French Tips

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