This episode is more filling and less toxic than a Tide pod.

Sources:

Sources:

• https://www.npr.org/2022/09/22/1124252556/nyquil-chicken-challenge-fda-warning
• https://www.healthline.com/health/dont-eat-tiktoks-nyquil-chicken#talking-safe-use
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2023/09/07/paquis-one-chip-challenge-removed-from-shelves-following-teens-death/
• https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/worcester-street-renamed-to-honor-teen-who-died-after-one-chip-challenge/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Chip_Challenge
• https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/why-teenagers-eat-tide-pods-2018013013241
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumption_of_Tide_Pods
• https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51742854
• https://injury.research.chop.edu/blog/posts/skull-breaker-challenge-and-concussions
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_challenge
• https://academic.oup.com/jbcr/article-abstract/37/4/e395/4582201?redirectedFrom=PDF
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benadryl_challenge
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_and_ice_challenge
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackout_challenge
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Whale_Challenge
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momo_Challenge_hoax

Lorien gives Katharine a quick and dirty history lesson on the largest island in the world for...absolutely no specific reason at all...

Sources:

Sources:

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-administration-mulls-payments-sway-greenlanders-join-us-2026-01-08/
• https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-advisers-discussing-options-acquiring-greenland-us-military-is-always-an-2026-01-06/
• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-administration-mulls-payments-sway-greenlanders-join-us-2026-01-08/
• https://apnews.com/article/denmark-us-trump-greenland-talks-1b783621cbbbc1218986151be9c6836c
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_United_States_acquisition_of_Greenland#:~:text=During World War II, the,persuade the US to leave.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_United_States_acquisition_of_Greenland#cite_note-clingendael20202-73
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_the_Red's_Land
• https://www.norden.org/en/information/facts-about-greenland
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Greenland
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/10/denmark-pm-says-sorry-to-greenland-inuits-taken-for-heartless-social-experiment
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18249474#:~:text=982 - Greenland discovered by the,Age as temperatures fall significantly.
• https://www.britannica.com/place/Greenland/History
• https://japan.um.dk/en/about-denmark/greenland/history-and-culture
• https://www.historyextra.com/period/general-history/who-owns-greenland-history-explained/
• https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025/02/through-indigenous-eyes-the-colonial-history-of-greenland-and-why-it-matters
• 1. https://apple.news/ALJhys51gS6eo8NSJkb5uPw

Katharine tells Lorien about types of flooding; Lorien (kind of) tells Katharine the plot of the 2006 movie Flushed Away.

Sources:

• https://www.weather.gov/phi/FlashFloodingDefinition
• https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-are-two-types-floods
• https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/the-dangers-of-floodwater
• https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/many-effects-flooding/
• https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-25/yangtze-river-peaks-in-china
• https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/hurricane-katrina.htm
• https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/07/the-deadliest-floods-in-u-s-history/
• https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood-watch-warning
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Pacific_Northwest_floods
• https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-31/the-johnstown-flood
• https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/great-mississippi-river-flood-1927
• https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/13/us/camp-mystic-flooding-texas