Jennifer has a shot at $2,000 and bragging rights if she beats Rave in today’s Can’t Beat Raven! Can she do it or will another $100 be added to our jackpot?! Could you have answered all five questions right?
TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Group Of Teens Create Groundbreaking New App To Help People With Dementia
I feel like every day there is another story that inspires hope in the future of our youngest generations.
This one is about three teenagers who spent three months during lockdown creating an app called Memory Haven which helps people with dementia. It includes games, tasks, and features to help prevent memory loss. There is even a cool music playlist feature that uses facial recognition technology to pick songs based on the person’s mood.
The app won them top prize in an international contest against 1,500 other teams across the world.
This is the kind of innovation that will change our world for the better. Well done!
MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Do Jeans Have That Little Fifth Pocket?
You’ve caught your finger in it by accident many times. That little pocket on your front right pocket of your jeans or pants. The elusive “fifth pocket”. It’s always been there, but what exactly is it’s purpose?
Some people say it’s for spare change, some say for chapstick or lipstick. But the real reason it was originally designed that way was for pocket watches. Yup. Those old timey chain and clock face devices. They were first used with the original Levi’s waist overall design back in 1890 and have never left the right side of people’s pants ever since.
Obviously people no loner use pocket watches (it’s only a matter of time before they make a trendy comeback right?) but I heard a rumor that the new iPhone 12 mini that comes out next month might actually fit in that little fifth pocket. That would REALLY bring this whole tiny pocket mystery full circle.
Anna’s Tenth Year In Radio!
Today marks the tenth year our very own Anna Zap has been involved in radio! Thank you for all your hard work and dedication Anna!
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Shawn Mendes Reveals Every Song He’s Ever Written Was Inspired By This One Person
If you’re excited for the new Shawn Mendes doc “In Wonder” that’s hitting Netflix on November 23rd, good news! He dropped a trailer for it today where he reveals A LOT. Including that every song he’s ever written has been inspired by one person. I’m sure you can guess who it is.
Let the countdown to 11/23/20 begin!
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The Anna & Raven Show: Being an Adult, Fears and Dating During Covid
Tuesday October 20th, 2020
Have you ever been sent home for wearing something you shouldnât have been wearing? Was it a shirt? Or possibly something written on your mask? (0:00)
What things do they say that you should know how to do when you are an adult? We have the list right here! Do you know how to do any of these things?! (6:03)
If you canât calculate a grade based off the number written on the paper, or if you steal an American flag off the back of a fire truck, thatâs all I need to know about you. (9:45)
Historically, the biggest fear for the average person was the fear of heights, followed by the fear of speaking! But a recent study has found that the most searched and common fear right now due to the covid pandemic is Anthropophobia. (12:24)
Should Anna & Raven ban the âReply Guyâ on Facebook? Due to constant rude comments and an argumentative personality, we ask YOU if we should ban him. (19:40)
Dating during covid can be hard, so we turn to Olga, someone who is trying to make the dating scene work for her during these difficult times! (27:06)
Couples Court: Maryann and Mark’s fourteen-year-old son wants to be a beer bottle for Halloween. He won’t wear it to school, only with his friends. Maryann says it’s wildly inappropriate for her son; Mark bought the costume and says she’s overreacting. He’s just trying to be funny! (29:16)
Can Shawn beat Raven during todayâs Canât Beat Raven and walk away with $1,900? Would you have gotten all five of these pop culture questions right?! (34:02)
Things to Know Tuesday October 20th
Some Shelton school bus routes suspended due to quarantined drivers CT Post
As CT COVID cases climb, Lamont revises travel advisory CT Post
Jeff Bridges says he has lymphoma, cites good prognosis CT Post
Rush Limbaugh says his lung cancer is terminal WFSB
Post University to remain virtual through spring semester WFSB
Norwalk schools: 22 COVID cases in 6 days lead to 246 people quarantined The Hour
In Wilton, trick-or-treating and Halloween events are a âgoâ The Hour
10 percent of CT may have been infected with COVID, researcher says The Hour
John Oliver visited Danbury in a fake hazmat suit and exchanged gifts with the mayor. Here’s how it happened. Stamford Advocate
Turkey farmers fear that, this year, they’ve bred too many big birds Stamford Advocate
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TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: A 14-Year-Old Girl May Have Developed A Treatment For COVID-19
It’s inspiring to think that a 14-year-old student may have discovered a treatment for COVID-19 that could also help prevent this type of pandemic in the future.
Her name is Anika Chebrolu from Frisco, TX and is one of the country’s top young scientists. She recently won $25,000 for an annual contest called the Young Scientist Challenge. She won the contest for her work on a molecule that could potentially bind to coronavirus proteins and make them inactive.
Amazing. These are the type of brilliant young minds that will keep us healthy and shape our world for generations to come.
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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Does Chopping Onions Make You Cry?
This happens to me every time I make guacamole. EVERY TIME! That’s really the only thing I chop onions for. But why do they do that?
Onions actually produce a chemical irritant known as syn-propanethial-S-oxide. As you cut the onion that gets into the air and stimulates the eyesâ “lachrymal glands”. As they become irritated that’s what produces the tears!
So to recap, a chemical you probably can’t even pronounce is what makes you turn into a weeping baby over your cutting board.
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Anna & Raven Crocktober
As the temperatures dip, food prep moves from the grill to inside as the station kicks off Crock Pot season. Anna & Raven want your favorite Crock Pot recipes! Send your best recipes with the info below to [email protected]. Anna will make them and review the best ones.
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