On Today’s Show
A guy in Kentucky thought he got sawdust in his eye, but couldn’t wash it out. So he went to the eye doctor, and found out a tick had latched on to his eyeball.
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A German shepherd from Germany has become and internet sensation after sticking her face into a security camera. Dog owner Joe Corsi got an alert from his home security camera and checked the footage to see his dog, Sasha, sticking her face directly into the camera. Corsi says it’s the first time something like this happened, and he posted the hilarious footage to a Facebook group called “German Shepherd Owners” with the caption, “When your security camera picks up motion, you watch the live feed to see what’s going on. Then what happens next is…” Since posting, his video has been viewed over 58 thousand times.
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ENTERTAINMENT
“The Lion King” (PG, Animation/Drama): A “photorealistic” computer-animated remake of Disney’s animated 1994 film. Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub’s arrival. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, the exiled Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his. (Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen)
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TODAY IS……………….
- “Daiquiri Day”, An engineer named Jennings Cox supervised a mine in a village named Daiquiri in 1898. After work, Cox and his colleagues would gather at the local bar. One day Cox mixed Bacardi, sugar, and lime into a glass of ice. Named after the Daiquiri mines, the drink became a popular staple in Havana.
SATURDAY-
• “Moon Day”, the anniversary of the 1st lunar landing in 1969. Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first to walk on the Moon. Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin joined him later, while Michael Collins remained orbiting above.
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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE
JULY 19th, 2007 Big & Rich were at #1 with “Lost in This Moment.”
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RANDOM REPORT
- “Beverly Hills Cop”was originally going to be a straight action film starring Sylvester Stallone as a character named “Axel Cobretti.” He pulled out two weeks before filming started and the studio rewrote the movie to fit Eddie Murphy.
- The electricity it takes to charge your phone every night for a year costs about 50 cents.
- The oldest newspaper still running is “Berrow’s Worcester Journal”in England . . . it started in 1690.
- The flag that the Apollo 11 astronauts planted on the moon came from Sears. A NASA employee bought it off the shelf for $5.50 right before the mission.
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TODAY’S GOOD NEWS
Around 16,000 people were supposed to go to a big convention in New Orleans this past weekend for the sorority Delta Sigma Theta. Which is a historically black sorority started at Howard University in 1913.
Everything was already paid for. But the event got cut short because of Hurricane Barry. And they had thousands of meals left over that weren’t going to be eaten.
So instead of wasting them, they donated all 17,000 meals to help the hurricane victims.
It was a big deal, because they were prepped ahead of time, before the storm hit.
So they were ready to go as soon as people needed them.
A spokesman for a food bank they worked with said it was heartwarming to see.
And he was impressed that when their event got cancelled, the first thing they thought about was how to help people.
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BIRTHDAYS
[57] Anthony Edwards, actor (“ER” 1994-2008)/movie actor (“Top Gun”, “Revenge of the Nerds”)
[43] Benedict Cumberbatch, actor (“Sherlock” 2010-2017
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MOON FACTS:
✓ The average distance from the Moon to the Earth is 384,403 kilometres (238,857 miles).
✓ The Moon rotates on its axis in around the same length of time it takes to orbit the Earth. This means that from Earth we only ever see around 60% of its surface (50% at any one time).
✓ The surface of the Moon features a huge number of impact craters from comets and asteroids that have collided with the surface over time. Because the Moon lacks an atmosphere or weather, these craters remain well preserved.
✓ The average surface temperature of the Moon is 107 degrees Celsius (225F) during the day and -153 degrees Celsius (-243F) at night.
✓ The far side of the Moon looks quite different due to its lack of maria (ancient pools of solidified lava).
✓ Hot dogs were of the first food eaten on the moon. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. ate hot dogs on their 1969 journey.
There’s a great interview on YouTube for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, where Buzz Aldrin talks about it from start to finish. He did the interview in 2016 at a science museum in London, but they just posted it for the first time. It’s got a bunch of crazy details. Like, when they finally touched down, they only had about 15 seconds worth of fuel left.
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The Newest FDA-Approved Cure for Snoring . . .
The newest FDA-approved cure for snoring is . . . sticking a red-hot probe up your nose.
A company called Aerin Medical created the probes, which they heat up to 140 degrees before they jam one up your nose. And yes, it hurts. You DO get a local anesthesia first . . . but they say afterwards, some people need painkillers.
The probe works by attacking swollen nasal tissue. By burning it up for a few seconds, the tissue shrinks . . . and you can breathe again, so you won’t snore for the rest of your life. Hopefully. It’s supposed to be pretty effective, but who knows.
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STUDY SHOWS STRESS REDUCTION BENEFITS FROM PETTING DOGS, CATS
If you’re feeling wound up, find a dog or cat to pet.
Washington State University researchers found college students who spent even just ten minutes with a cat and/or dog had their moods lifted significantly.
When tested, students who interacted with the animals had significantly lower levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, in their bodies.
The finding is important, because reducing stress has benefits for both physical and mental health.
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FRIDAY JULY 19TH
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
[57] Anthony Edwards, actor (“ER” 1994-2008)/movie actor (“Top Gun”, “Revenge of the Nerds”)
[43] Benedict Cumberbatch, actor (“Sherlock” 2010-2017)
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- MLB
Boston 5 Toronto 0
Cleveland 6 Detroit 3
- “The Lion King” (PG, Animation/Drama): A “photorealistic” computer-animated remake of Disney’s animated 1994 film. (Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen)
Popsicle’s ‘Double Pops’ are apparently coming back . . . thanks to JUSTIN BIEBER. Back in May, Justin TWEETED, quote, “We just realized we can’t find double stick popsicles!! This is crazy. @Popsicle we need those back!”
And then yesterday, Popsicle TWEETED, quote, “Hey @JustinBieber, you asked where are the Double Pops? Well, you better ‘belieb’ we made a special batch just for you!
They’re coming in hot . . . well, cold actually.”
But Justin isn’t the only one they’re giving them to. Popsicle said that they’d go ahead and make them available again for EVERYBODY, if they can get 100,000 Re-Tweets by Tuesday. Last we checked, they had more than 46,000.
- The guy who started the ‘Storm Area 51″ thing just talked about it for the first time. He says it was just a joke, then it blew up overnight.
- Netflix is losing subscribers, Berkeley got rid of gendered terms, and a heatwave is coming this weekend. (From Fallon, Seth, and Kimmel on Wednesday, July 18, 2019)
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KEITH URBAN SURPASSES SIMPLE PLANS FOR CAREER – (07/19/2019)
The reigning ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year, Keith Urban, is 20 years into his solo recording career and he’s still racking up hits, selling out venues around the world and clearly, collecting industry awards. But none of this was his plan, not even specifically his dream. In fact, Keith tells us, this is bigger than anything he ever thought about.[“I didn’t have specifics on anything. I just wanted to move to Nashville, make records and get on the radio and tour around and hopefully people would know the songs. That was it, you know? That was it. And there was nothing like what sort of places I would play or how long I would get to do it for — none of that came into it — and certainly not how long it would take to achieve any of that. I never did any of that timeline, the five-year plan or any of that stuff. I just kept suiting up and showing up. So far so good.”]
Keith’s latest hit, “We Were,” is a Top 20 hit on the country charts.
It’s the debut release from Keith’s upcoming studio album
Keith performs tonight (Friday, July 19th) at the Faster Horses Festival in Brooklyn, MI.
He’ll play the grand re-opening of The Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas on September 6th and 7th.
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE ENCOURAGE OPENING ACTS TO ‘CRUSH’ THEM ON TOUR – (07/17/2019)
Florida Georgia Line make a habit of championing their opening acts on tour. Tyler Hubbard tells us that he and Brian Kelley encourage a little friendly competition in the spirit of inspiring everyone to bring their A-game. [“I mean, I remember being out on Luke Bryan tour. We were the first of three, and for that 30 minutes we had, we were gonna crush Luke Bryan. That was our goal. It was all friendly, we’re friends. But at that point, for our 30 minutes, in our minds we were the best act in the world. I think you gotta have that mentality, no matter where you’re at, or how many people you’re playing to, or what the case is. I’m gonna tell all the acts on our tour, ‘Hey, for that 30 minutes you’re out there, you better believe that you’re the best artist that’s ever been on this stage.’”]
This time around, Tyler and Brian are joined by Dan & Shay and Morgan Wallen on their Can’t Say I Ain’t Country tour.
FGL will return to Las Vegas for their residency at the Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood in November.
Dolly Parton – A new holiday Hallmark movie is being filmed at Dollywood next month. “Christmas at Dollywood” will be a marquee event during the Hallmark Channel’s annual “Countdown to Christmas”. It will star “The Wonder Years” actress Danica McKellar, who has also appeared in other Hallmark Channel movies.
