Rising temperatures often mean that there are more jellyfish in our oceans. If you’re heading to the beach soon and you get stung, don’t urinate on yourself (or have one of your friends do it for you), whatever you do. Because the beloved TV show Friends lied to you about jellyfish stings...
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27/05/2026 - 13:18 GMT+2
“Damn the jellyfish! Damn all the jellyfish!!”
Remember that Friends episode in which a jellyfish stings Monica and Joey steps out of his sandy hole to offer some medical advice?
“There’s really only one thing you can do,” says Joey. “You’re going to have to pee on it.”
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