All this week I have $100 Stop & Shop gift cards to help you out with grocery shopping.
Play every day at 4pm to win. Here’s today’s question if you missed it…
Q: 56% of people say the hardest easy food to make is THIS
A: Pancakes
Photo credit: Getty Images
When is the last time you looked at your quarter when you got change back at the store? Probably been a while right? Soon you might want to pay attention. Here’s why.
The late Maya Angelou, writer and civil activist, is about to become the the first Black woman to appear on U.S. currency. The U.S. just minted a new quarter with George Washington on the front, and Maya on the back. They went into circulation on Monday. So keep an eye out for them!
It will be the first in a series of American Woman quarters. Five women, including the first Chinese American movie star and the first woman to fly to space, will be featured on these new quarters this year. Pretty neat.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Powered by Walnut Hill Community Church
Everyone hates flies. They might be the most annoying bug on the planet. There’s even been a whole product line created (fly swatters) to get rid of them. But do they actually have a purpose?!
The answer is yes. They do. A big one actually. Tiny flies pollinate cocoa trees. So without flies, there wouldn’t be chocolate.
Think about THAT next time you grab that rolled up magazine. Long live flies and delicious chocolate!
Photo credit: Getty Images
Things have been a little chaotic here at the studio for us, and we wanted to give you an inside look of how exactly we are making it all work during these crazy times!
Bitter cold returns this weekend with snow ‘likely’ in CT, weather service says CT Post
These vanity license plate requests were rejected last year in CT CT Post
Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday CT Post
Cornwall Castle once home to New York socialite listed for $6.5M CT Post
Westport Country Playhouse announces revised 2022 season CT Post
Brewer Jason Stein is rolling up major praise for his barrel-aged stouts CT Post
Column: Beat the freeze with a hot toddy — homemade or from these CT restaurants CT Post
Despite challenges, Connecticut retailers report ‘robust’ holiday sales CT Post
9 ways to commemorate MLK Day in Connecticut NH Register
Did Yale popularize the the term ‘hot dog’? A frank history NH Register
Photo Credit: Getty Images
Today on Wellness Wednesday, the Fountain of Youth has finally been discovered! And on Tiktok of all places! But Anna and Raven are skeptical if this Tikitok-er has been alive long enough to be giving out anti-aging tips! (:30)
Have you participated in the Great Resignation? Over the last quarter, American’s have been quitting their jobs in unprecedented numbers. Anna and Raven talk about their own experiences quitting a job and speak to economics expert Paul Davidson about the reasons behind the mass employment exodus! (4:16)
Butter tastes great, but so does margarine, and if you judge someone by the type of butter substitute they use, that’s all I need to know about you! (15:12)
What weird thing does your kid do? Anna’s daughter is potty training and she’s almost got it down! She just has to stop doing this one weird thing that would certainly be inappropriate for anyone who isn’t a toddler! (19:11)
Anna has been looking for a new hobby since she’s stuck at home on the couch after knee surgery. Several people have suggested she take up crocheting, which she initially had no interest in. But now, fate has intervened in an unexpected way, and Anna is committing to her crochet destiny! (26:49)
If you’re anything like Anna, it probably feels like you’ve watched everything good on TV recently. But don’t worry, Anna and Raven spoke to USA Today’s Barbara Vandenburgh about the best new shows to watch in 2022! (30:43)
Joe and Allison’s five-year-old son has a lizard that just died. Dad told his son that the lizard was just not feeling well and is at the vet. Mom is livid, why would he lie to him? Tell him it’s dead! He has a plan, buy a new lizard, replace it- People do it all the time. This isn’t the time to do the “real world” death talk. Plus, the lizard was only a few months old, he’ll think he killed it. Whose side are you on? (34:38)
Rich thinks he’s got what it takes to beat Raven in pop culture trivia! Can he succeed and win the $500 jackpot? (40:36)
All this week I have $100 Stop & Shop gift cards to help you out with grocery shopping.
Play every day at 4pm to win. Here’s today’s question if you missed it…
Q: Nearly 2/3 of the people in the world have never seen this
A: Snow
Photo credit: Getty Images
A lot of people take graduating from high school for granted. It’s always good to remember how important that diploma is even if it takes you decades to finally get it.
This 98-year-old World War Two vet from Texas named Donald Huisenga just got his high school diploma 80 years after he was supposed to graduate.
Donald was drafted to the war in 1943 as a high school senior. This caused him to miss graduation as he instead parachuted into Normandy fighting day. He fought for our country until he got blown back 30 feet and wounded. He spent time as a prisoner of war before finally making it home safe and alive.
He has overcome so much in his life most recently being a battle of COVID-19. But now he can finally say he’s a high school grad. His family and friends threw him a party and everything. He says it was something he never thought would happen.
Congrats Donald! And the lesson here for all of us… never give up on your goals.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Powered by Walnut Hill Community Church
We use it all the time. To ship things, wrap valuables in, or just as a fun time waster popping those bubbles… bubble wrap! But who thought of it in the first place?
Back in the 50s two engineers were trying to design textured wallpaper so they glued two shower curtains together trapping tiny bubbles of air in between them. The product never took off so they scrapped it. A few year’s later they tried to make it into greenhouse insulation. That didn’t sell either. Then in 1960 IBM needed something to ship computer parts so they wouldn’t break during the delivery process… finally a use for their invention!
The rest is history…. bubble wrap was born.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Since Anna is broadcasting from home, she wants to give you a tour of what her home studio looks like!