1️⃣🥪The Flat Sandwich That Accidentally Went Viral (55M Views)🫓🌭
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✔ A man accidentally sat on his Subway sandwich, flattening it — and the TikTok of the incident has racked up over 55 million views.
• Now dubbed the “Flat Sandwich”, users everywhere are flattening their own sandwiches and sharing it online.
• A prime example of an accidental meme created not by brands, but by real people.
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🧑🏻💬The real question: how fast will Subway turn this into an actual menu item? Time is everything here!👀
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2️⃣🌾The New Gut-Health Buzzword: Fibermaxxing (1.9M Views)🥦🫘
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✔ A trending wellness term in the U.S., fibermaxxing emphasizes fiber-rich diets and digestive health.
• Dietitian @stephgrassodietitian's TikTok on "what real fiber looks like" has garnered 1.9 million views.
• The trend involves mixing chia seeds, oats, berries into one jar — merging with the #guthealth TikTok trend.
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🧑🏻💬Even Korean bakery Tous Les Jours is jumping on this fiber train — I tried their new SLOW TLJ high-fiber bread recently and it was surprisingly good. Fibermaxxing could be the next big thing here too!🍞
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3️⃣💰$100 Dubai Chocolate Pancake Is Too Extra to Ignore (1.7M Views)🍫🥞
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✔ IHOP launched a hyper-premium $100 pancake in Dubai, capitalizing on the region’s luxury dessert trend.
• Food reviewer @kaitlyneats’s tasting video hit 1.7 million views just days after it was posted on August 1.
• Topped with pistachio kadayif, saffron, 23K gold leaf, and chocolate syrup — some are calling it “luxury for the meme.”
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🧑🏻💬They layer the pancake live in front of you, folding kadayif and syrup… I mean, I wouldn’t pay for it myself, but if someone else treated me? Maybe I’d try…🙄
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4️⃣✝️The Pope Gets a Pizza Delivery - from Chicago (760K Views)🍕🛵
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✔ Aurelio’s Pizza, a Chicago pizza chain, sent a special delivery to Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican.
• TikTok by influencer and papal delegation member @andrew_gierus made the story viral.
• The pizza was reportedly one the Pope ate frequently in his Chicago days — and he apparently finished the whole thing!
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🧑🏻💬Let’s be real — if I were far from home and someone brought my soul food all the way from where I grew up? I’d shout “Give me that pizza!” too. Andrew, you smart man…😇
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5️⃣🍇A fruit-shaped ice cream pop that went viral (16.7M Views)🥭🧊
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✔ Adorably-shaped fruit ice cream pops are blowing up on TikTok since mid-June.
• A TikTok from @mariavehera257 (3M followers) has surpassed 16.7 million views.
• Comments call them “too pretty to eat” — and Korean YouTuber ‘Jeon Unnie’ is even mentioned in the replies.
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🧑🏻💬Fun fact: Jeon Unnie is the one who made “Dubai chocolate” viral in Korea! If she reviews these fruity popsicles, I bet this becomes Korea’s next dessert trend!🍧
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