All week listen at 4:30pm to play I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! This week you are playing to win four passes to Legends of Fear Haunted Hayride in Shelton.
Here was today’s question…
Q: 35 million pounds of this candy are produced every year. What is it?
A: Candy Corn
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Sadly due to the pandemic a lot of people have lost their jobs this year. You may have heard the story recently about Disney World having to layoff thousands of park employees due to the decline in park attendance this year. Since Disney fans always stick together two fans who run a blog called Disney Tourist Blog decided to start a food bank fundraiser to raise meals for the out of work employees. They have managed to raise over $50,000 already which will feed about 200,000 meals.
That right there is the magic of the Disney culture. Always helping each other out.
Today’s Mundane Mystery is about tickling. Some people loved being tickled, others hate it. But one thing is true… you can’t tickle yourself. It’s so weird.
The reason for this is because when you try to tickle yourself there is no feeling of surprise since your brain knows it’s coming. The cells in your brain are telling each other that it’s you who wants to do the tickling. As opposed to if someone else does it. Then your brain has an instant reflex that makes you laugh.
Now you know. Please don’t tickle me. Ha ha
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Anna fancies herself a “Pumpkinologist”. It may not be a real term, but it’s the best way to describe her passion and knowledge of pumpkins!
Wednesday October 7th, 2020
Anna got the best email the other day and she couldn’t have related anymore. She mentioned school fundraisers! Oh how we parents just LOVE school fundraisers…We list the worst school fundraisers. (0:00)
Pizza places are beginning to charge one dollar for motivational words when you order your pizza. Anna decided to ask her father to chime in and give some motivational advice himself! (4:09)
TikTok has a way with bringing back old school songs for kids to do dance to for views. Anna put her daughter (7:19)
Swearing at a children’s event or taking over twenty minutes to fill a prescription? That’s all I need to know about you! (10:48)
Fancy yourself a “Pumpkinologist”? Raven gives Anna a Pumpkin Rorschach test to see if Anna knows her pumpkins. (14:56)
The Presidential Debate may not be as exciting as the Superbowl, but commercial spots are just as crazy to acquire for companies! We have the prices companies are expecting to pay for a short 30 second spot for a commercial before or after the debate. (26:38)
Demi Lovato’s ex, Max Ehrich is convinced that Demi Lovato is just using him a publicity stunt for more popularity, especially after her new song just came out that preaches self-worth and getting over a breakup. So we decide to rank breakup songs based on whether they are angry breakup songs or depressing breakup songs. (31:06)
Couples Court: Steve and Jamie pay for his grandfather’s car payments and insurance but now that he is 86-year-old, Jamie thinks he should no longer be driving. He is a hazard to himself and other drivers. Steve says taking away his driving privileges would be taking away his freedom and manhood, and he hasn’t had any accidents or incidents. Whose side are you on? (36:29)
It’s Kaitlin’s turn at a shot for the Can’t Beat Raven jackpot! Can she beat Raven or will we be adding another $100 to tomorrow’s jackpot?! (44:18)
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Iconic ‘Cheers’ memorabilia auctioned off after Boston bar closes The Hour
Matt Harbilas, popular Norwalk coach, Stamford teacher dies at 32 Stamford Advocate
University of New Haven residence hall quarantined after 12 new COVID-19 cases in a week WTNH
Petco stops selling shock collars; calls on competitors to do the same WTNH
Another close game in today’s Can’t Beat Raven as Kaitlin almost clutched the $1,000 jackpot in her grasp! Would you have gotten any of these questions right?
All week listen at 4:30pm to play I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! This week you are playing to win four passes to Legends of Fear Haunted Hayride in Shelton.
Here was today’s question…
Q: 49% of people will do THIS in October to celebrate Halloween. What is it?
A: Watch horror/scary movies
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A guy named Ron Jacobson who is a 75-year-old Vietnam Veteran in Washington State is being honored by kids at a local school for all the work he put in as a volunteer for them over the years. The group of kids refer to him as “Grandpa Ron” and before the shutdown due to the pandemic he had spent 900 volunteer hours working with the kids. Once the shutdown started he continued to mentor the students.
Now the kids even keep in touch with Grandpa Ron as pen pals and sometimes volunteering to check on HIM or to walk his dog if he needs it.
What a great story that spans generations of kindness.
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If you’ve ever ordered Chinese food in your life you’ve had this thought run through your head at least a few times post meal. “How do they get these fortunes inside these fortune cookies?!”
I’ve got answers for you…
According to loc.gov
The cookies get baked as flat circles first. Once they are done they’re removed from the oven and the paper fortunes are placed in them before they cool off while they are still flexible. As the cookies cool they harden into that fortune cookie shape we all know and love.
If you REALLY want to get crazy and know some of the inner-working details of how the modern fortune cookie making process is done here you go…
Modern machines follow the same steps of handmade fortune cookies: they mix ingredients, pour batter into 3” cups which are then covered with metal plates to keep the batter flat and bake for about 3 ½ minutes. Vacuums then suck fortunes into place, use metal fingers to fold the fortune in half to trap the fortune inside, bend the cookie into shape, and cool and package the final cookie. Now fortune cookie machines like the Kitamura FCM-8006W can make up to 8,000 cookies in an hour!
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