It’s Laura Jean’s shot at the Can’t Beat Raven jackpot today! Could you have answered all five of today’s questions correctly?!
SHOOTING STARS COUNTDOWN Friday October 23rd: BTS Tries To Bring Their Dynamite To Number 1
Here are the top 5 biggest songs in Connecticut this week! Vote anytime you want by texting your song pick to 800-330-9999.
5 Justin Bieber & benny blanco – Lonely
4 Ava Max – Kings & Queens
3 Surf Mesa featuring Emilee – ily (i love you baby)
2 Shawn Mendes – Wonder
1 BTS – Dynamite
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TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Family Creates COVID-19 Friendly Candy Launcher For Safe Trick or Treating On Halloween
Everyone is trying to figure out the safest way to have a fun Halloween during a pandemic. I think this family in Pennsylvania has come up with the best idea ever.
They have created a COVID-19 friendly candy launcher. Which is exactly what it sounds like. It’s a spring-operated catapult that launches candy out into their yard. They even set up a lighted drop zone in the yard to help kids find the candy when it’s dark out on Halloween night.
Here’s the video, check it out…
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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: How Does Our GPS Know Exactly Where We Are?
You’ve probably used your GPS at least a few time already just today. We’re all used to it being so easy now whether you use Google Maps, Apple Maps, or Waze. It just works. But how?!
GPS (Global Positioning System) is made up of more than 30 satellites that circle the Earth. Your GPS receiver in the device (phone, car, etc…) listens to all these signals until it can calculate distance from four or more of the GPS satellites. From there it can figure out where you are. Science!
So now the next time you’re looking up how to get to the nearest Dunkin’ you know exactly what’s happening. A lot going on in that millisecond between your phone and space.
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The Anna & Raven Show: Debates, Matching Clothing and Ravens Report Card
Friday October 23rd, 2020
There is a new game kids have been going crazy over called ‘Among Us’. We ask Anna’s daughter Hayden to give us a better idea of what the game is about and why it’s so popular among youth. (0:00)
It’s time for another installment of The Great Debate with Anna & Raven! Answering the most important questions that boggle our minds and make us scratch our heads. Who has your vote? (2:27)
Are your children getting too much screen time? Is it affecting their eyes terribly? We talk to Optometrist Dr. Victoria Considine to find out about the issues your child could face with too much time in front of their computer screens. (6:19)
If you are going to buy a product just because it is being endorsed by a celebrity, than that’s all I need to know about you! (10:13)
Do you think Anna is out of line? Her husband Paul is starting to dislike that she picks out matching clothing for herself and everyone else in her family. How do you feel about wearing matching clothes with your family? Do you do it often or is it only acceptable for special occasions? (13:21)
Have you found last night’s debate to be difficult to follow? That’s ok because Anna & Raven translate the debate for you! Breaking down what happened in a much easier and understandable way. (21:26)
Today’s kids are using the pandemic as an excuse to not grow up! They are putting everything on hold for the time being and waiting until next year to continue living their life, and there is a name for this action kids are taking…Peter Pan Syndrome. (25:09)
Couples Court: Marcus’ 18-year-old son that lives with his mother in Texas wants to move in with Marcus’ and his new wife, Shanaya. Shanaya thinks it’s a bad idea to allow him to do this for two reasons, Marcus’ ex-wife doesn’t want her son to move to the northeast with them, and two, they have two young daughters and it’ll be a disruption especially since there are behavioral issues. Whose side are you on? (27:29)
$2,200 is on the line for Ashley in today’s Can’t Beat Raven! Can she take the jackpot home?! Find out during Can’t Beat Raven! (37:15)
Can’t Beat Raven: Ashley’s Turn!
Ashley has a shot at the $2,200 jackpot! Will she run with the money or will raven continue his current win streak and add another $100 to the jackpot for Monday?!
TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: The Drive Thru Haunted House That Actually Leaves You Smiling By The End
Tis the season for haunted everything. Hayrides, houses, trails, you name it. Obviously Covid has put a bit of a broomstick in some of those plans, but some people are getting very creative with their pandemic friendly haunted attractions.
This one place in Tokyo Japan decided to use an empty parking garage to create what they call a “Haunted Drive-Thru Experience”. You stay in your car the whole time while zombies, monsters, blood, and whatever else they come up with, rain down on your car. Make sure to leave those windows rolled up I guess. You can even order an “extra bloody experience” by paying an additional $9. Which is hilarious. But the best part of the whole thing? At the end they wash your car for you!
The found of the idea Kenta Iwana told CNN Travel , “With the virus, I knew there would be no way we could have a traditional haunted house, with all that screaming in a small confined space, when I read that drive-through theaters were making a comeback, it was my ‘aha’ moment.
Brilliant idea. I love it.
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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: What Actually Happens When Your Food or Drink Goes “down the wrong pipe”?
We’ve all had it happen. You take a bite or a sip at dinner when suddenly out of nowhere you start having a coughing fit while trying to tell everyone “no, no I’m fine. It went down the wrong pipe!”
But what exactly happens inside that body of yours when it goes down that dreaded wrong pipe?
There are actually more than 30 muscles at work when you start to chew and swallow something. When the food or drink gets past the chew stage and ready to head down to your stomach it faces a crossroads of two different “pipes”. The esophagus and the trachea. You want the esophagus route which takes a non-stop trip right to the tummy, NOT the trachea. Since your body is very smart it already knows this and closes off that trachea pathway so nothing enters. But every once in a while air gets in the way from talking, breathing, etc… sometimes the food gets by the barricade and down that “wrong pipe” road triggering that awful coughing fit.
Obviously this can be way more scary with food rather than liquid because of the choking factor. So the most important thing you can do is try to avoid talking with your mouth full and chew your food into smaller pieces. Just like Mom and Dad always told you growing up.
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Every Adult Should Know How To Use This…
We discussed a list of the top ten things every adult should know how to use and a fire extinguisher was on that list! Can you take a wild guess who out of Anna & raven doesn’t know how to use one?
Things to Know Thursday October 22nd
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Fairfield selectmen approve $318,000 lease for golf course concessions CT Post
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American jobless claims fall below 800,000 for the first time since mid-March WFSB
Officials: Weston Intermediate School employee tests positive for COVID The Hour
Police release photos in Stamford, Norwalk Home Depot thefts The Hour
Norwalk mayor: COVID response ‘has never been about politics’ The Hour
Debate between candidates for CT’s Third Congressional District kicks off tonight on News 8 WTNH
Scarecrow Fest in New Canaan hangs record number Stamford Advocate