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6/19/23 - Multiple Sneezers, Web Cams, and Library Books

Monday 6/19/23


Celebrate:

Crowded Nest Awareness Day

Ghost in the Machine Day

Little League Girls Baseball Day

Loving Day

Magic Day

National Automotive Service Professionals Day

National Jerky Day

National Peanut Butter Cookie Day

Red Rose Day

Superman Day

Women Veterans Day


The Weekend Box Office

1. The Flash $55.1 Million

2. Elemental $29.5 Million

3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse $27.8 Million

4. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts $20 Million

5. The Little Mermaid $11.6 Million


Are you a "multiple sneezer"? When you sneeze, do you usually sneeze more than once?

The polling site YouGov just did a nationwide poll of more than 5,000 people. And it turns out MOST of us are multiple sneezers.

Only 26% said they usually sneeze just once. Double-sneezing was the most common answer with 38% of the vote.

Some of us don't stop there though. 22% said they usually sneeze three times, 3% said four, and 4% said they sneeze five times or MORE.

If you ever have to sneeze but can't, here's one strategy: 28% said staring at a bright LIGHT can make them sneeze. 15% of us have never tried it.

It also asked people what they do if they don't have a tissue to sneeze into. And the top tactic by far now is to sneeze into your ELBOW.

53% said elbow. 27% sneeze into their hands. And 15% . . . or around 1 in 7 people . . . said they just let loose and sneeze straight into the air.


If you work on a computer, odds are you're sitting there all day with that little webcam pointed right at you. It's pointed at you at night too. And we both know what you do in front of your computer at night.

But are you REALLY at risk of hackers or spies?

According to security experts . . . isn't not LIKELY, but it is POSSIBLE. If you download malware, it might have code that lets someone take over your camera. So, like always, be careful what links you click on and what you install.

Beyond that, your biggest risk is probably YOURSELF. It's not hackers who are going to broadcast embarrassing video of you it's YOU when you forget to leave a Zoom call and everyone can still see what you're up to.

And by the way, according to a survey, 35% of people say they DO put a cover over their webcam sometimes when they're not using it.


It's not always easy for a patient to find the words that help a doctor understand how something feels, especially if the doctor and patient don't share fluency in the same language or a patient's condition makes it hard to speak at length.

One researcher realized the solution might be found in a set of symbols widely used around the world: emojis.

Finally a good use for the poop emoji!!!!!


An Oregon library said a copy of George Orwell's 1984 was recently returned 65 years late with an apologetic note from the patron.

The Multnomah County Library in Portland said the first-edition book was returned recently with a note explaining the now-86-year-old patron had checked the tome out as a Portland State University student.

"Sorry to be so tardy," the note reads. "At age 86, I wanted to finally clear my conscience."

The library said there will be no overdue fees for the tome, as the facility is now fine-free.


Today's Useless Fact of the Day - The voice of Siri comes from a voiceover artist named Susan Bennett. She was hired to record a bunch of phrases and sentences by a software company in 2005. And Apple eventually bought both the software and the recordings.

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