A lot of people take graduating from high school for granted. It’s always good to remember how important that diploma is even if it takes you decades to finally get it. This 98-year-old World War Two vet from Texas named Donald Huisenga just got his high school diploma 80 years after he was supposed to…
We use it all the time. To ship things, wrap valuables in, or just as a fun time waster popping those bubbles… bubble wrap! But who thought of it in the first place? Back in the 50s two engineers were trying to design textured wallpaper so they glued two shower curtains together trapping tiny bubbles…
All this week I have $100 Stop & Shop gift cards to help you out with grocery shopping. Play every day at 4pm to win. Here’s today’s question if you missed it… Q: The average person will buy 12 of these in their lifetime? A: Vehicles Photo credit: Getty Images
Not every person who gets pulled over for speeding is doing it for a bad reason. Like this guy in Massachusetts last week who was pulled over by police for doing 100 mph. When the officer walked up to the car he quickly realized why he was going so fast. The guy’s girlfriend was in…
You use the word almost every day… “can I borrow 5 bucks?” “That costs about 10 bucks” But where and why did we start using this term? The slang term for money “bucks” started being used back in the early 1700s. It refers to deer skins from male deer, or bucks as they are more…
These are the top 5 biggest songs in Connecticut this week, voted by you! Listen to the Shooting Stars Countdown every weeknight at 8pm. 5 Adele – Oh My God 4 NEIKED, Mae Muller & Polo G – Better Days 3 Justin Bieber – Ghost 2 Taylor Swift – Message In A Bottle (Taylor’s Version)…
This week I have tickets to RiseNY. Which lets you soar over the city’s iconic skyline on an exhilarating, flying ride that suspends you 30 feet in the air while traveling through every borough and season from high above the Big Apple. Play at 4pm to win. Here’s today’s question if you missed it: Q:…
I can totally relate to this story after spending two hours shoveling my driveway and sidewalk this morning thinking I was about to pass out the whole time. Over in Sweden they recently launced a fleet of drones that can show up with a defibrillator and help someone who is having a heart attack or medical emergency.…
You’ve heard it for years… “no two snowflakes are exactly alike” but is that even true? It’s not actually. Back in 1988 a U.S. scientist in Boulder, CO named Nancy Knight found two identical snowflakes while she was studying snow crystals. The flakes were taken from a storm in Wisconsin and she made the discovery…
This week I have tickets to RiseNY. Which lets you soar over the city’s iconic skyline on an exhilarating, flying ride that suspends you 30 feet in the air while traveling through every borough and season from high above the Big Apple. Play at 4pm to win. Here’s today’s question if you missed it: Q:…