Monday 12/19/22
Celebrate:
Holly Day
Look for an Evergreen Day
National Emo Day
National Hard Candy Day
National Oatmeal Muffin Day
The Start of Hanukkah
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Crush up candy canes into a fine powder. Then save the powder to sprinkle in your hot chocolate, cake batter, cookies, ice cream, and so on for a festive touch.
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Spiking Covid-19 rates have persuaded the Biden administration to resume sending four free tests to households that request them.
The White House said it stopped sending free tests in September because it needed more funding from Congress, which still hasn't provided it.
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Could the U.S. actually ban TikTok? Despite its enormous popularity, TikTok has been banned from government devices in at least nine states — and the Senate passed a bill Thursday to bar it from federally owned devices — over fears that the Chinese company that owns TikTok could share user data with the Chinese government. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and bipartisan House sponsors have proposed banning the app altogether.
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When Taylor Swift sells the remaining 170,000 tickets for her 52-date Eras tour later this month, according to Billboard Magazine, the U.S. trek will have generated $591 million in sales.
This total will make Swift the highest-grossing female touring artist of all time.
Madonna currently holds that record for the Sticky & Sweet Tour with $407 Million.
One of her besties, Ed Sheeran has the overall top grossing tour with $776.2 Million.
How does that all break down on who gets the money? Ticketmaster, along with their black eye will get between $9 and 12.9 Million Dollars, and Seat Geek will see about $9 Million as well.
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Happy Hanukkah!! It started at Sundown last night and will run for eight day. But what is it all about?
In short, Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after a group of Jewish warriors defeated the occupying Greek armies. The festival celebrates the triumph of light over darkness and of spirituality over materiality.
The word literally means dedication.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Most of the Founding Fathers were younger than you'd think in 1776.
Alexander Hamilton was 21 . . . James Madison was 25 . . . Thomas Jefferson was 33 . . . John Hancock was 39 . . . and George Washington was 44. Ben Franklin was the old guy . . . he was 70.
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