Wednesday 9/15/21
Celebrate National Cheese Toast, Linguine, Felt Hat, Double Cheeseburger, Creme de Menthe, Tackle Kids Cancer, Neonatal Nurses, and Online Learning Day.
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Norm Macdonald dies at the age of 61. From SNL's Weekend Update, to his own three season sitcom Norm.
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The woolly mammoth was last seen roughly 10,000 years ago, during the Ice Age. Can bringing it back help cool our warming planet now? (or why don't we just not ask this question? I've seen movies..what could possibly go wrong?)
That’s the bold idea put forward by Colossal, a bioscience and genetics engineering company that launches today — and is backed by Harvard University and some of the world’s most forward-thinking scientists.
One of the greatest threats to the earth is the melting of the arctic permafrost and its massive release of the greenhouse gasses that are stored safely in its freeze. When the herds of woolly mammoth and other animals vanished, that area became covered with a forest that keeps the earth warmer. Church is betting on the idea that a resurrected population of the mammoths, if let loose in the arctic, would chomp and stomp down the bush and trees, exposing the earth to subzero temperatures and allowing the tundra’s original grasslands to grow back. That ecosystem, maintained by the large creatures, would then effectively sequester carbon, rather than allowing it back into the atmosphere.
Read more here. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/384478
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It's amazing how certain sounds can trigger old memories. A new poll found it happens to us about twice a week on average. And 1 in 10 people said every day. Here are the top 10 sounds that can trigger a happy memory.
1. An old song you love. Especially if you haven't heard it in a long time.
2. Waves crashing on the beach.
3. Birds chirping.
4. A crackling fireplace.
5. Walking on fresh snow.
6. A waterfall.
7. A cat purring.
8. Trees blowing in the wind.
9. The sound of rain.
10. Leaves rustling, because it reminds us of fall.
A few more from the top 20 include church bells, bees, thunder, kids having fun, and the radio playing in the background made the list at #18.
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A website called Finance Buzz is looking for someone to watch 13 horror movies . . . and they'll pay you $1,300 to do it. They'll also send you a FitBit to wear, so they can monitor your heartbeat and see how scared you get. The movies were made with varying budgets, and they supposedly want to know if that affects the amount of scares a movie delivers.
The movies are: "Saw", "The Amityville Horror", "A Quiet Place", "A Quiet Place 2", "Candyman", "Insidious", "The Blair Witch Project", "Sinister", "Get Out", "The Purge", the 2018 "Halloween", "Paranormal Activity", and "Annabelle".
Applications are due by September 26th. You can apply at FinanceBuzz.com.
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A survey of homeowners finds it takes and estimated $33,000 of renovations to achieve the “perfect” home after moving in. The survey found just 38 percent consider their property to be perfect — and were completely happy with their abode by the age of 43. Renovating the kitchen had the biggest impact on achieving the perfect place (42 percent), followed by a living room makeover (32 percent) and a new bathroom (26 percent).
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A survey of homeowners found the average home is five years and five months away from being “finished” — with painting, landscaping and redecorating the living room topping the nation’s to-do lists. However, 39 percent of homeowners admitted they don’t think their homes will ever be truly complete.
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You sir are a genius! A bank robber in England was caught after giving his own bank account details and asking the teller to deposit the money into his account.
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