Thursday 10/14/21
Celebrate National Dessert, Be Bald and Be Free, Chocolate Covered Insect, and lowercase Day
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The White House is expected to announce today that it will reopen the land borders with Mexico and Canada next month, allowing nonessential travel between the U.S. and its neighbors for the first time in 19 months -- but only for fully vaccinated travelers. The easing of the land border restrictions will coincide with the reopening of international air travel, meaning the country will more or less be fully open for business come November. Canadian side of Niagara Falls..here we come!!!!
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Please consult with your primary physician before changing any medication.
People 60 and over should no longer take daily low-dose aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke, according to a government-backed panel of experts. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has revised its past recommendation, now saying that whatever benefit aspirin serves in preventing a cardiovascular event in otherwise heart-healthy older people is outweighed by the risk of internal bleeding, which increases with age. Tens of millions of people take baby aspirin to prevent heart disease, which remains the leading cause of death in America.
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A 72-year-old Bosnian man has built his wife a house that rotates 360 degrees -- all so she could have the views she wanted. Vojin Kusic designed and built the home from scratch despite not having any formal architectural or construction training. He built it on an electric platform that spins it around in a full circle, in as fast as 22 seconds or as slow as 24 hours. Kusic’s wife, Ljubica, complained that she wanted a more diversified view out the window, so he came up with a way to give it to her.
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Elton John makes a record return to the Billboard Hot 100's top 40, as "Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)," with Dua Lipa, jumps from No. 46 to No. 32 on the chart dated Oct. 16, 2021.
With the climb, which sparks John's first top 40 Hot 100 hit since "Written in the Stars," with LeAnn Rimes, in April 1999, he expands his career span of top 40 entries to 50 years and 10 months, dating to the first week in the region for "Your Song," his first of 58 top 40 hits, on the chart dated Dec. 19, 1970.
John now claims the longest span of top 40 Hot 100 appearances, excluding holiday fare. He passes the late Michael Jackson, whose history (as a soloist) in the tier stretches 46 years, eight months and three weeks, from "Ben" (Nov. 6, 1971) through his featured turn on Drake's "Don't Matter to Me" (July 28, 2018).
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Employees at a grocery store near Detroit called the cops late last month after a 45-year-old woman freaked out because she didn't like the mood music that was playing over the store's speakers.
She complained that a song that came on was making her sad, and demanded they skip to another song. It's not clear what the song was.
The employees told her they couldn't skip the song, or didn't know how. So she started screaming at them, and they eventually called the cops.
She was gone by the time police got there. But for some reason, SHE also called the cops and told them where she was.
They found her sitting in her car about two miles away, still angry. She accused one officer of lying, and tried to drive off. But two cops used their cars to block her in.
They arrested her for hindering and obstructing a police officer, and then let her go once she was processed. But she immediately walked back into the police department and started yelling at the receptionist. So they arrested her again for disorderly conduct.
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A meat market in Madison, Wisconsin has created a fascinating new food by combining Halloween with Oktoberfest. It's a candy corn-filled bratwurst. And the mix also includes beer.
They're called "Spook-toberfest brats" and they're described as slightly sweet and, quote, "not scary at all."
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A company in the U.K. is now selling anti-flatulence bedsheets.
The company Shreddies already sells fart-mitigating underwear. Now they've added two bedding products, an undersheet that your regular sheets go on top of and a "Flatulence Filtering Duvet Cover" to keep your nighttime emissions trapped.
Both options use the same technology as the underwear they sell. Carbon fibers absorb the flatulence, then neutralize it. A king size undersheet costs about $160, plus shipping. The duvet cover is $260. You can check them out at MyShreddies.com.
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