Wednesday 9/8/21
Celebrate National Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses and Ampersand (&) Day.
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New research shows that drinking up to three cups of coffee daily is associated with lower risks for stroke and death from cardiovascular disease, as well as death from all causes.
The European Society of Cardiology says that “even high daily intake was not associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes.”
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Billboard Magazine reports, "The Boys are in the book." That's the phrase Guinness World Records used to announce BTS' slot in its 2022 Hall of Fame thanks to the K-pop supergroup's eye-popping list of 23 records. "After breaking countless records throughout 2021, they have also cemented their place in the Guinness World Records Hall of Fame."
The list of accomplishments is truly impressive. Among the records celebrated by Guinness are:
Most streamed group on Spotify (16.3 billion)
Most streamed track on Spotify in the first 24 hours ("Butter," 11.04 million)
Most Twitter engagements for a music group
Most viewers for the premiere of a music video on YouTube (for "Butter,"3.9 million, which replaced their previous record for "Dynamite")
Most weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's digital song sales chart ("Dynamite," 18 weeks)
Most streamed track on Spotify in first 24 hours ("Butter")
Most viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours ("Butter", 108,200,000 times)
Most tickets sold for a livestreamed concert (756,000)
Most followed music group on Instagram
Most Nickelodeon Kids Choice awards won by a music group (5)
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TikTok has overtaken YouTube in one of the most significant metrics of digital engagement. According to research from App Annie, users in the U.S. and UK now spend more time watching videos on TikTok than they do on YouTube.
Google-owned YouTube is still much bigger in terms of MAU (monthly average users), but TikTok is where people are spending more of their free time. YouTube has noticed the trend, recently rolling out the TikTok-knock-off YouTube Shorts to gain back some of those eyeballs.
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Flu Season will be upon us at the start of October, and NPR has a nice article with facts. Many are asking if you can get a COVID shot or booster at the same time.
Absolutely. The CDC had previously recommended spacing out the timing of the COVID-19 vaccine and other immunizations because the vaccines were so new, but "that guidance has changed," says Grohskopf. The CDC now says it's safe to get both vaccines at once, she says. "The body's immune response and side effects are generally the same as when getting one vaccine alone." If you do get two shots on the same day, expect to get each vaccine in a different arm, which may reduce pain and swelling
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Your Idiot(s) of the Day! - In England a man was summoned by his wife to deal with a spider she had seen scurry behind the toilet. Not being able to reach it, the man decided to kill it by spraying it with an aerosol can. But he was unable to see whether the spray killed the spider because the bulb in the bathroom light had blown. So the man turned to a cigarette lighter to illuminate the room, but in the process ignited the aerosol fumes and caused an explosion. The blast was so strong it blew the man off his feet.
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Three men trying to steal fuel from a farm in the Ukraine ended up setting fire to their own car. The trio had siphoned diesel fuel into a gas-driven vehicle. When their car would not start, they examined the fuel tank using a cigarette lighter. One click and the car burst into flames. The men escaped without injury.
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So this is interesting: 4 percent of people brush their teeth in the shower.
Have you, or anyone you know do/done this?
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