Tuesday 2/21/23
Celebrate:
Card Reading Day
International Mother Language Day
International Pancake Day
Mardi Gras
National Grain-Free Day
National Sticky Bun Day
Paczki Day
Single Tasking Day
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Facebook-parent Meta plans to start offering users verified blue badges and direct customer-support access for $11.99 a month, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Sunday. "This new feature is about increasing authenticity and security across our services," Zuckerberg wrote in posts on Facebook and Instagram, which Meta also owns. Users will have to submit a government ID to prove their identity to be eligible for the service, Meta Verified. The paid status will give subscribers "extra impersonation protection against accounts claiming to be you," Zuckerberg said. The service, similar to programs at Twitter and Snap, became available in Australia and New Zealand last week and will be expanded to the United States within several weeks.
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McDonald's was just voted the second-worst place for a first date. So what's the one idea that's even worse?
An online bingo site in the U.K. polled 11,000 people . . . and going to the MOVIES was voted the worst overall.
That's surprising since it's kind of a classic first-date idea, but maybe a little stale in 2023. Plus, you can't talk and get to know each other at a movie.
Here are the ten worst places for a first date, according to the poll . . .
1. Going to the movies. 20% said it's the worst place for a first date.
2. McDonald's, 13%. You can probably lump other fast-food joints in there too.
3. Staying home, 7%.
4. Going to a PARENT'S house, 4%.
5. A restaurant, 4%.
6. Going to a bar, also 4%.
7. Swimming, 3%.
8. Watching a sporting event, 3%.
9. A funeral, 2%.
10. Going to a public park, 2%.
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A new study found giving dogs table scraps can actually be GOOD for them. But it doesn't apply to all table scraps.
Researchers at the University of Helsinki say scraps made of NON-processed foods are better for dogs than most dry food, which tends to be highly processed.
They looked at the diets of more than 8,500 young dogs and puppies, and asked their owners what kind of health issues the dogs experienced.
Around 20% ended up with digestive issues later in life, like vomiting, diarrhea, and low appetite. But dogs that regularly ate table scraps were 23% less likely to have those issues.
Giving them human food as a meal can also be good. Puppies that ate things like meat, fish, and eggs a few times a month were 22% less likely to have problems. So whether it's human food or dog food, avoiding processed stuff is key.
They also found one thing that was even worse for their digestive system than dry food was. Dogs that were given RAWHIDE CHEWS as puppies were 117% more likely to end up with digestive problems.
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Someone rounded up stats on random things the "average" American does, and then polled people on BuzzFeed to see how their answers compared. Are you above or below average with these eight things?
1. The average American eats 46 slices of pizza a year. That's only about four slices a month, but 75% said they eat less pizza than that.
2. Reads 12 to 13 books a year. 47% claim they read more books than that. (So half of us are reading more than a book a month? Doubtful.)
3. Eats 12.7 pounds of ice cream. That's about one pint a month. 91% said less.
4. The average person only gets two pieces of actual mail a month, not counting bills, junk mail, and packages. 60% said they don't even get that much.
5. 51 minutes per day spent driving. 76% said they don't drive that much.
6. $438 spent on groceries each month. 46% said more, 54% said less.
7. Uses the bathroom seven times a day. 41% said they go MORE than that.
8. 1,500 hours of TV a year, or about four hours a day. Another pretty even split. 45% said more, and 55% said less.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Before the 1920s, the movie industry wasn't in Hollywood. They filmed in Jacksonville, Florida in the winter . . . and New York the rest of the year.
But Jacksonville politicians eventually kicked them out, and the whole industry moved to Los Angeles.
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