As it turns out, the eclipse yesterday may have been an IQ test…that a lot of people failed.
According to Google Trends, search terms like “my eyes hurt” and “why do my eyes hurt” exploded in activity on Google around the time when the moon passed between the Earth and the sun.
The highest search volume for those terms? You guessed it: Maine, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana, Arkansas, and Texas…the path of totality for yesterday’s eclipse.
And everyone was worried about their pets?