What’s Trending: TikTok cucumber craze puts Iceland in a pickle

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On What's Trending, TikTok user Logan Moffitt has sparked a worldwide trend of cucumber salads prepared in plastic deli containers, with his videos gaining 30 million views and thousands of recreations. However, the trend has caused a nationwide cucumber shortage in Iceland, where local grocery stores are out of cucumbers. Also, a new study has found that humans age at a molecular level in two accelerated bursts – first at the age of 44 and then again at 60. The majority of molecules studied showed accelerated, non-linear changes at these two points. Some points in time are particularly important for aging and health, such as the decrease in the ability to metabolise caffeine and alcohol.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.