As it turns out, the eclipse yesterday may have been an IQ testâŚthat a lot of people failed.
According to Google Trends, search terms like âmy eyes hurtâ and âwhy do my eyes hurtâ 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 TexasâŚthe path of totality for yesterdayâs eclipse.
And everyone was worried about their pets?