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It’s Election Day. The Vox team has covered the latest polls, broken down what’s at stake, and answered your biggest questions, including when to expect results. And we will be covering the latest news all day — and all night.

But we know you may not want to spend your day anxiously waiting for results by reading even more political news. So we’ve pulled together some favorite recent (and not-so-recent) articles that have nothing to do with the election to help you pass the hours. Enjoy!

⭐ The Vox Election Distraction Hub ⭐

The world’s most mysterious psychedelic is already inside your brain

by Oshan Jarow

DMT, “the nuclear bomb of the psychedelic family,” explained.

CULTURE

Why do divorced guys dress like that? 

by Alex Abad-Santos

The aggressively, brutally companionless divorced guy aesthetic.

VIDEO

The real reason cheese is yellow

by Edward Vega

Cheese is yellow, milk is white. What’s going on here? 

CLIMATE

This awkward fish works harder than you

by Benji Jones and photography by Jenny Adler

Its day job helps prevent an iconic ocean ecosystem from collapsing.

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