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TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Former flight attendant will honor 9/11 victims in his own unique way

We are quickly coming up on the 20 year anniversary of 9/11. Crazy that it’s already been TWENTY YEARS since that awful day.

A lot of people will be honoring the victims and paying tribute in their own special ways. This one 62-year-old former flight attendant named Paul Veneto will be doing something really cool. He knew a lot of the crew members who were on the plane that hit the South Tower. Starting next month he will be pushing an airline beverage cart 220 miles. Starting in Boston and ending at Ground Zero in New York City.

You can follow along with his journey and donate at PauliesPush.com

Such a cool idea. Good luck Paul!

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Are Olympic gold medals made of solid gold?

If you win a gold medal at the Olympics are you actually getting a solid 100% gold medal?! The answer is actually no.

In fact full gold medals haven’t been given since the 1912 Olympics. Today’s Olympic Gold Medals are actually made mostly of all silver. Then there is small thin coating of about 6 grams of gold so it can meet the standard laid out in the Olympic Charter.

Fun fact about this year’s medals for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo… they were made from 80,000 tons of recycled electronics. The medals in Tokyo weigh about 1.2 pounds each. If they were all made of pure gold that would end up costing close to $32,000 per medal, based on current market prices for gold. So you can see why they opted for the coated instead.

Now if you ever meet someone who has an Olympic gold medal you can share this with them!

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The Producer Olympics: Coffee Break Obstacle Course

It’s Producer Jon against Producer Sean! Who can make it through the obstacle course the fastest without spilling a single drop of coffee!?

Anna & Raven’s Japantastic!

The Olympics aren’t just great, they’re Japan-tastic! The biggest, ridiculous stories out of Tokyo including what bikini bottoms and Pink have in common.

Tuesday July 27, 2021: Japan-Tastic!; How To Make Friends; Appropriate Texting Time

Raven’s acting funny this morning. He’s tense, hyper and anxious, but it has nothing to do with caffeine… (:17)

How do you make friends as an adult? Anna read a stat about the number of adults who say they have no close friends, and she couldn’t believe how high it was! (3:32)

Parents deserve to have fun too, but if you are bringing your baby HERE, that’s all I need to know about you! (14:11)

The Olympics are just great, they’re Japan-tastic! Anna and Raven talk about the biggest stories from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games! (17:35)

Is there an inappropriate time to text someone? A woman on the Nextdoor App was outraged that a contractor she wanted to hire texted her back at 5:45AM! (21:34)

It’s the Producer Olympics! While the greatest athletes in the world compete in Tokyo, Producer Jon and Producer Sean compete for the glory of…brining Anna and Raven coffee. (29:06)

Bob and Kristin have an 8-year old son who has been struggling with bullies at school. Bob says it’s time to sign him up for some self defense classes but Kristin says that more violence is not the answer. Whose side are you on? (36:29)

John has got a shot at $700! All he has to do is beat Raven in pop culture trivia (45:41)

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! On average women spend $860 a year on this. Men only spend $370 on it.

All this week I’ve got tickets to see Daughtry at Mohegan Sun Arena on November 14th. New question every day just after 4pm. Get it right first, you win!

Here’s today’s if you missed it…

Q: On average women spend $860 a year on this. Men only spend $370 on it.

A: Their hair or hair cuts

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TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Husband surprises wife with anniversary gift 14 years in the making

There’s always that one thing from your wedding day that you wish had gone differently. Imagine if your wedding video footage was completely erased?! That’s exactly what happened to this couple… or so they thought…

Drew and Kayla Gottfried who live in Oregon got married 14 years ago. They found out after their honeymoon from the people who videotaped their wedding that all the footage had accidentally been ERASED. Unreal.

Now, 14 years later it turns out the footage wasn’t actually gone after all. Drew was recently given the video from the people who ended up finding it all these years later. Instead of showing his wife right away he waited for their 14th anniversary and gave it to her as a gift. Not just any gift either… he rented out an entire movie theater and. told her they going to watch her favorite movie. Obviously to her surprise the wedding video started playing.

The best part? He got her reaction on camera and now it’s going viral on TikTok…

@earthsassassinA surprise 14 Years in the making! #weddinganniversary #love #happiness

♬ original sound – Drew Gottfried

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why don’t we sneeze when we’re sleeping?

I bet you’ve never sneezed while sleeping. Thank about it… it’s never happened!

The reason is that our brain actually shuts down the ability to sneeze while you’re sleeping. If for some reason you get some dust in your nose or something physically makes you sneeze your brain will wake you up first. But other than that you’re brain is smart enough to send a signal to make sure you get those precious Zzzzz’s without grabbing the tissues.

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Anna & Raven’s ‘Would You Rather’

Would you say today’s question is an easy choice? No matter what you think of both options, the first one would still be funny to see Raven try…

The Olympics: Everything You Need To Know!

The Olympics are underway and Anna and Raven have the 3 things you need to know to get up to speed! Unfortunately, Anna believes that one of them is a source of shame for our great country!