Monday 12/5/22
Celebrate:
AFL-CIO Day
Bathtub Party Day
Day of the Ninja
International Volunteer Day
Krampusnacht
National Blue Jeans Day
National Communicate With Your Kids Day
National Commute With Your Baby Day
Natoinal Sacher Torte Day
Repeal Day
Walt Disney Day
World Soil Day
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They say third time's a charm, but not always: Some idiot in Toronto tried to rob three banks in a single day this week, and should have stopped at two.
The first one happened at 9:47 A.M. on Monday, and he fled on foot. Then 23 minutes later, he robbed a second bank less than a mile away.
The third robbery happened at 12:25 P.M., about two miles from the second bank he hit. And that time, cops were ready for him.
They arrested him nearby, and he's now in jail. And it looks like he'll be facing additional charges too.
They think it was part of a larger string of thefts that started two days earlier. All total, they think he hit five banks and three other financial institutions.
It's not clear how much money he stole, but his name is John Tiano, and he's 59. He's looking at serious jail time. Luckily, there were no reports of any injuries.
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Today is Krampusnacht. Krampus is the half-man, half-goat who comes around every year to chase naughty children and maybe even drag them to hell. European versions of St. Nicholas have long had scary counterparts like Belsnickle and Knecht Ruprecht who dole out punishment.
Krampus is one such character who comes from folklore in Austria’s Alpine region, where he’s been frightening children and amusing adults for hundreds of years.
Krampus and St. Nick’s other bad boys have their origins in pagan celebrations of the winter solstice. Later, they became part of Christian traditions in which St. Nicholas visited children to reward them on December 5 or 6. Around that time, his menacing partner would also visit kids to punish them.
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Bob McGrath, an original cast member of the beloved children’s program “Sesame Street,” has died, according to statements from his family and Sesame Workshop shared on social media. He was 90.
The Sesame Workshop released a statement, “A founding cast member, Bob embodied the melodies of Sesame Street like no one else, and his performances brought joy and wonder to generations of children around the world."
McGrath appeared in the “Sesame Street” pilot in 1969 and went on to work on 47 seasons of the show as Bob Johnson, departing the series in 2017 but still representing it at various events in recent years.
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The verdict is in: A four-day work week is good for business. After six months, most of the 33 companies and 903 workers testing the schedule, with no reduction in pay, are unlikely ever to go back to a standard work week. None of the 27 participating companies who responded to a survey by 4 Day Week Global said they were leaning towards or planning on returning to their former five-day routine. About 97 percent of the 495 employees who responded said they wanted to continue with a four-day week.
… The majority of companies taking part in the trial were based in the United States and Ireland. Those responding to the survey rated their overall experience 9 out of 10, based on productivity and performance.
… 4 Day Week Global, a nonprofit organization, collaborated with researchers at Boston College, University College Dublin and Cambridge University for the trial.
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People who eat 1½ ounces of cheese a day might be less likely to have a heart attack. Researchers (Soochow University) say eating a bit of good quality cheese a day might actually help reduce your chances of developing certain coronary heart diseases by up to 14 percent. Researchers suggest that although it contains high levels of saturated fat, the calcium in cheese stops much of that fat being absorbed by the body — while simultaneously raising levels of ‘good’ cholesterol.
Let's go to the Cheese Shop!!
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - The first product ever on QVC when it went on the air in 1986 was a shower radio that cost $11.49. They did $7,400 in sales.
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