Monday 12/12/22
Celebrate:
Festival of Unmentionable Thoughts
Gingerbread House Day
Green Monday
International Sound Check Day
National 12-Hour Fresh Breath Day
National Ambrosia Day
National Ding-a-Ling Day
National Poinsettia Day
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A monkey hunting mission backfired spectacularly after a bumbling gunman accidentally shot a woman with a tranquilizer dart — knocking her out for an hour.
The comedy of errors was set in motion after reports surfaced of a Japanese macaque — also known as a snow monkey — lurking near Fujikawa Station in Fuji City. In response, the city hall dispatched three municipal employees and one simian-hunting specialist equipped with tranquilizer rifles to apprehend the rogue ape.
Unfortunately, their monkey hunting mission turned catastrophic after one of the gunmen accidentally shot a woman they were interviewing about the fugitive primate.
The woman was struck in the arm with a dart — which was reportedly packed with enough sedative to subdue a 33-pound money — putting her out like a light.
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Someone polled 1,000 Americans to find out what our favorite and least-favorite SOUNDS are. And 5% . . . or 1 in 20 people . . . said nails on a chalkboard doesn't bother them at all.
It's the most universally hated sound. But 12% said it's only a little irritating, and 5% said "not irritating at all." Here are the ten sounds we hate the most . . .
1. Nails on a chalkboard. 79% find it "somewhat" or "very" irritating.
2. Chewing with your mouth open, 76%.
3. Loud talking, 74%.
4. When someone smacks their gum, 68%.
5. Snoring, 67%.
6. Slurping, 64%.
7. FARTING, also 64%.
8. Burping, 58%.
9. Teeth-grinding, 55%.
10. When someone clicks their tongue really loud, 54%.
The sound we find the most relaxing is RAIN. 80% of people agree a rainstorm is "somewhat" or "very" relaxing to them. Here are the ten most relaxing sounds:
1. Rain, 80%.
2. Singing, 57%.
3. A baby laughing, 55%.
4. Water droplets, 50%.
5. A ticking clock, 36%.
6. A car engine humming, 33%.
7. A person humming, 33%.
8. Laughter in general, 30%.
9. Pages turning in a book, 29%.
10. The sound of a pencil on paper, 28%.
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever had no trouble staying atop the box office chart in its fifth weekend, earning $11.1 million to become only the third film of 2022 so far to leap past the $400 million mark at the domestic box office.
Otherwise, it was a dismal weekend. Overall ticket sales came in at an estimated $37 million, the second-worst showing of the year after the Jan. 28-30 weekend ($34.9 million), according to Comscore. The reason? Hollywood is sitting on the sidelines in terms of unfurling commercial fare until James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water rides into theaters on Dec. 16. There’s also a continued lack of product because of post-production delays due to the pandemic.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - There's a "habanada" pepper, which tastes exactly like a habanero, but it has no heat. It actually has a Scoville Unit Level of ZERO. And yeah, habaneros DO have a taste beyond just . . . fire.
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