Thursday 6/24/21
Celebrate National Pralines, Bomb Pop, and Handshake Day
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Tonight a strawberry moon is set to rise just as the sun dips below the horizon.
June's full moon is best known as the strawberry moon, and it's the first full moon after the summer solstice. It's also a marginal supermoon, according to NASA, as definitions of a supermoon are widely varied among publications.
While the moon will still be large and at one of its closest points to Earth in its elliptical orbit, this moon will be further away from our planet than the last three full moons, NASA says.
The strawberry moon gets its sweet name from the Algonquin tribes of North America who related its appearance to the start of the strawberry picking season.
This moon goes by many other names, including "hot moon" for the introduction of warmer summer weather, "rose moon" for the time that roses bloom in late June and "honey moon," an old European name because it appeared when honey was ready to be harvested from hives to make mead, according to NASA. The word "honeymoon," which dates back to the 1500s, may also be related to this particular moon, possibly due to the number of marriages in June.
The Full moon is at 2:40p.
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We all know getting enough water is a big part in staying healthy, but did you know that it can actually boost your metabolism too? Drinking 2 cups of COLD water on a empty stomach has recently been proven to boost your metabolism by up to 30%. A great addition to any diet! (could I have a Diet Water?)
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Single men who are hoping to land a girlfriend may want to keep images of their cats out of their dating profile, or so suggests a study. Colorado State University researchers showed photos of two men — posed with and without a cat — to hundreds of women and found that when the man’s feline companion was in the picture, they were viewed “as less masculine; more neurotic, agreeable, and open; and less dateable.”
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A sweeping voting rights bill that would have impacted virtually all aspects of how elections are run was blocked by Republicans in the Senate, who used the filibuster to stop it from advancing. The GOP put up a united front opposing the bill, known as the For the People Act, saying it was ultimately meant to benefit Democrats and infringed on states being able to conduct their own elections without interference. Democrats say the bill was necessary to counter the various state laws being enacted by Republicans to make it harder to vote. The defeat is the most significant setback yet for President Biden’s legislative agenda.
I try to steer from politics, but this is something that is so partisan that it's actually funny. It's clear what the Republicans are trying to do. So ridiculous!
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Seems fans have embraced a coming out in June! Carl Nassib, the Raiders player who on Monday became the first active NFL player to come out as gay, has had the top-selling jersey across the Fanatics network for two days straight, per ESPN.
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Connecticut became the 19th state to legalize recreational marijuana. Come on PA..get with the program!
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