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TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Connecticut Forgives $17 Million in student loans for community college students

If you’ve ever had to pay off student loans you know how CRUSHING and stressful that can be. Especially for students over this past year or so during the pandemic.

Connecticut state colleges and universities just announced they are forgiving $17 million in student loans which will help over 18,000 kids in the state who wouldn’t have been able to pay them off otherwise. Former and current students who had debt between summer 2019 and spring 2021 will not have to pay.

That’s a pretty huge help for so many kids who will now be able to continue their education.

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: What do the plastic tag colors mean on bags of bread at the grocery store?

You’ve probably noticed this when you’re shopping in the bread aisle at the grocery store. The little plastic tags or twist ties on the bread bags are always different colors… but why?

It’s actually kind of an intricate system to show how fresh each loaf is. The colors are used to tell grocers when the bread was delivered. Most times you can tell which color is which day based on alphabetical order. For example, if you see blue, green, red, white, and yellow that would mean Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

Now you can make sure you’re getting that freshest loaf next time you’re picking up bread.

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Olympic Hall Of Famer Kristine Lilly Heavey!

What’s cooler than the Olympic’s!? Talking to Olympic Hall of Famer and professional soccer player Kristine Lilly Heavey! Her list of accomplishments are astonishing! Kristine shares her thoughts on this years Olympics, her time competing in them and playing soccer!

Five Calls Say It All: Hot Dog Condiments

Yesterday was national hot dog day and people around the internet were discussing whether the condiments go on the bun before or after the actual hot dog! Raven firmly stands by his hot dog routine, but we left it up to you to have the final say!

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I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! 1 out of every 10 couples getting married this year will have this at their wedding…

All this week I have tickets to see Harry Styles for his newly added second show at Mohegan Sun Arena on October 21st. Tickets go on sale this Friday 7/23 at ticketmaster.com. Or you can try to win them before that every afternoon at 4pm by playing I Should Have Known That!

Here’s today’s question if you missed it…

Q: 1 out of every 10 couples getting married this year will have this at their wedding…

A: Their dog

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TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: 83-year-old grandmother is keeping people entertained on her Facebook page

Ever since the pandemic started people have picked up a lot of skills they never had before. Whether it’s cooking, doing your own podcast, arts and crafts, or starting a viral book reading club on Facebook.

An 83-year-old grandmother in Iowa who goes by the name “Grandma Bette” has done exactly that. She reads children’s books on her Facebook page every night. She started doing it for fun back in April and ever since it has grown to almost 3,000 people following her page watching and listening to her read. So fun!

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Where did the phrase “read the tea leaves” come from?

I caught myself saying this the other day and thought it would be a good mystery for today.

“Read the tea leaves” means to use signs or signals to predict something that’s going to happen in the near future. It all started with the fortune telling community. Fortune tellers would use actual tea leave patterns at the bottom of a cup when the tea was gone to try and predict the future. Then the phrase just stuck ever since.

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Raiding Raven’s Car!

What do you do in your car that you think most people don’t do? Raven says his car is so cluttered that he doesn’t have the space to do anything besides drive and Producer Sean can’t believe it. Sean wanted to see how dirty it was for himself, so Raven sent him down to raid his car! Is it as bad as Raven claims it is!?

WATCH: Anna & Raven Maritime Chevrolet Open

The first Anna & Raven Maritime Chevrolet Open was so fun! Pizza, BBQ, drinks, and of course golf all day long at Fairchild Wheeler Golf Course in Bridgeport. Thanks for coming out to support the Center for Family Justice

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! The average person will do this about 40 times this summer

Here’s today’s question if you missed it…

Q: The average person will do this about 40 times this summer

A: Eat ice cream

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