CONNECT SELECT a Wide Selection of Interesting and Trending Stories – Rip ‘Em, Read ‘Em and Post ‘Em! THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19Th, 2020
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CONNECT SELECT A wide selection of interesting and trending stories – rip ‘em, read ‘em and post ‘em! THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19th, 2020 TODAY IS… WORLD TOILET DAY – Let’s give it up for the most important seat in the house! World Toilet Day is marked by the United Nations to promote sustainable sanitation around the world - because, without toilets, life would be crap . INTERNATIONAL MEN’S DAY – (See ‘World Toilet Day’. All us fellas will take a few extra minutes for ourselves in the bathroom today, thank you very much!) NATIONAL CARBONATED BEVERAGE WITH CAFFEINE DAY – Wake up and smell the soda! In case you’re wondering, ‘Pepsi One’ has the most caffeine of any soda out there (57 milligrams per can). That’s about 1-and-a-half times more than a typical cup of coffee) WORLD PANCREATIC CANCER DAY (THIRD THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER) – Raising awareness for one of the deadliest forms of cancer out there. It’s got extra meaning this year, after ‘Jeopardy’ host Alex Trebek lost his battle with pancreatic cancer (on November 8th) NATIONAL PLAY MONOPOLY DAY – Celebrating the only board game that makes you pay income tax. The iconic game was invented in 1935 - and, ever since, families have been fighting over who will be the ‘thimble.’ GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT DAY – Don’t smoke if you got ‘em! Today is Great American Smokeout Day, created by the American Cancer Society to get smokers to quit, or at least make plans to stop smoking. LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS (8PM ET, Univision) – The 21st annual Latin GRAMMY Awards, celebrating Latin music, are at 8PM ET tonight on the Univision Network. Carlos Rivera and Roselyn Sanchez host the show ‘live’ from Miami, with performances by Bad Bunny, Marc Anthony and Nathy Peluso. J Balvin leads nominations with 13, followed by Bad Bunny with 9 and Ozuna with 8. BIRTHDAYS: ADAM DRIVER. Actor. 37 – After 9/11, the ‘Star Wars’ actor joined the Marine Corps. JODIE FOSTER. Actress. 58 – She’s not just brilliant onscreen. She graduated from Yale! MEG RYAN. Actress. 59 – We'll have what she's having...birthday cake! Before becoming the princess of rom-coms, she was in Burger King commercials. CALVIN KLEIN. Designer. 78 – He launched his first line of jeans back in 1974 and they raked in $200,000 in their first week of sales. The rest was denim history. TYGA. Rapper. 31 – He and Kylie Jenner may be dunzo, but this rapper's "Still Got It." Tyga says his nickname came from his mom who called him Tiger Woods. LARRY KING. TV and Radio Icon. 87 – Broadcasting wouldn't be the same without this TV and radio icon. He got his start with a live audience show at a restaurant in Miami. TRENDING/ODD: OWL FOUND IN ROCKEFELLER PLAZA CHRISTMAS TREE (00:20) If you're cutting down a Christmas tree, what's the first thing you do? Check for critters, right? The folks who chopped down the 75-foot-tall Norway spruce for New York's Rockefeller Plaza didn't. Now they found a baby owl living inside of it. Real estate is expensive in New York, so the owl is crashing at a wildlife center before it's released into the wild (hopefully not Brooklyn) HERE’S A LINK TO SOME OWL SOUNDS AIRLINE OFFERS SPEED DATING ‘FLIGHT TO NOWHERE’ (00:20) There's an airline in Taiwan that's figured out a new way to get people back on planes…they're offering 'speed dating' on flights. For 300 bucks, Taiwan's EVA Air will try to match 20 men and 20 women. The flights circle Taiwan for a few hours - hopefully enough time to make a love connection. The packages include dinner-for-2, for those lucky enough to pair-up. HERE’S A LINK TO THE SONG ‘LOVE IS IN THE AIR’ METEORITE THAT CRASHED INTO GUY’S HOUSE IS WORTH MILLIONS! (00:19) The good news is: a guy found a meteorite worth 2 million dollars. The bad news? It crashed through his roof. At least now, he can afford to move. The Indonesian coffin-maker was working outside when the thing crashed onto his property. The thing is extremely rare, even for a meteorite. He got a lump sum worth 30 years of his salary. COVID CLAIMS 250-THOUSAND LIVES IN THE U.S. (00:14) A quarter of a million people in the U.S. have now died of COVID, according to the official count from Johns Hopkins University…and health officials say death rates are rising in most states. On average, we're losing a thousand people to the virus every day. NORTH CAROLINA TOWN OFFERING EVERYONE NAMED ‘ELIZABETH’ FREE STUFF (00:27) Calling all Elizabeths! There's a town in North Carolina that's inviting anyone named 'Elizabeth' to come to Elizabeth. Elizabeth City is about an hour south of Virginia Beach. It's celebrating its own namesake by giving people named 'Elizabeth' free stuff like beer and discounts at local shops and museums. Not sure if the offer applies to 'Lizzes' and 'Beths,' but considering Elizabeth is the fifth most popular name in America, they better have a lot of free stuff ready. WIN 'PEPSI APPLE PIE' FOR BAKING FAILS (00:16) Sweet as apple pie! How about a Pepsi? Just in time for Thanksgiving! Pepsi has a contest going where you could win a 2-liter bottle of Apple Pie-flavored Pepsi. You have to submit a photo of a baked goodie that did not turn out so well (Failed it!). The soda has cinnamon and apple flavor. Yum? Yuck? GIANT ASTEROID CAME WITHIN 300 MILES OF HITTING EARTH LAST WEEK (00:20) PHEW! That was close. NASA says they tracked an asteroid that came within just 300 miles of Earth. That's the closest a hunk of space rock has ever come without hitting us. The asteroid was about the size of a pickup truck and skimmed by last Friday. It was picked up by NASA's asteroid alert system that's supposed to spot asteroids before they hit us (woulda been nice if it spotted it sooner) LAW & DISORDER GUY KILLS WOMAN OVER DOG POOP (00:17) In Denver, some dude is accused of killing a 21-year-old woman over a spat about her dog. Allegedly, he didn't like that her dog pooped in a rock garden outside of his apartment so, cops say, he pointed a semi-automatic rifle out his window and shot 24 rounds, killing her and wounding her boyfriend. SOMEONE WROTE ‘TRUMP’ ON LAWN OF BIDEN SUPPORTERS (00:18) They're Black Lives Matter and Biden supporters with the signs out front to prove it. But someone used weed killer to write TRUMP on their front lawn. The police in Delaware are now investigating. The homeowners say the crime is the equivalent of cross-burning. The cops so far don’t consider it a hate crime case. WEIRD SCIENCE & TECH PFIZER VACCINE 95% EFFECTIVE NEEDS FDA OKAY (00:17) A COVID-19 vaccine is around the corner. Pfizer now says its new coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective, and the company is applying for emergency authorization in the U-S. So far there are no major side effects. Health care workers likely will get first priority. A larger scale roll out could take months. AT HOME COVID TEST APPROVED (00:12) Perfect stocking stuffer? An at home coronavirus test, where you can see the results in half an hour, has been approved by the FDA. Some experts think it could be a game changer in controlling the spread. WALKING A DOG PUTS YOU AT HIGHER RISK OF COVID (00:17) A new study claims that walking your dog makes you nearly 80 percent more likely to get COVID. Researchers from the University of Grenada don't think it's the dogs that are spreading it. Instead, it might have something to do with how social dogs are, and that usually means chatting with other dog owners. HERE’S A LINK TO ‘DOG BARKING’ SOUND EFFECTS (THAT’LL DRIVE YOUR OWN DOG NUTS) STUDY: A NICE WINDOW VIEW CAN HELP MENTAL HEALTH (00:18) Being stuck in the house is a real bummer, especially during the pandemic. But seeing nature outside your window helps. A new study finds adults who see the beauty of Mother Nature around their home and have access to green space do better mentally. They report higher levels of self- esteem, satisfaction and happiness. STUDY: FAT & YOUNG IN DANGER OF SERIOUS CORONAVIRUS COMPLICATIONS (00:17) Younger adults who are overweight are at a higher risk of getting a severe case of the coronavirus. A new study looked at thousands of patients. The ones who were obese and under the age of 50 were more likely to be hospitalized and need a ventilator. And the fatter the person, the higher the risk of death. YOUR MONEY/SHOPPING BIDEN WANTS TO ERASE STUDENT LOANS (00:15) Joe Biden wants to erase your student debt. The presumptive president-elect wants the new congress to wipe out at least 10-thousand dollars of personal student debt immediately. He may also do it as an executive order if going through congress proves too much of a headache. SUPERMARKET APOLOGIZES OVER STUPID 'SUPER SPREAD' CAMPAIGN (00:21) The Giant Food supermarket chain is apologizing for a magazine ad. It tells people: "Hosting? Plan a super spread." It may be a little too soon for jokes about the coronavirus. The term "super spreader" has been used to describe events that have caused virus numbers to explode.