In Texarkana they experienced a rare weather phenomenon called animal rain, where water spouts and high winds cause animals like fish to rain down from the sky (00:19:18). Prince Andrew is going to have to prove he couldn’t sweat with medical records (00:51:57). Marjorie Taylor Greene is permanently banned from Twitter (00:25:44). (00:00:00) - Timestamps Cup of Coffee in the Big Time (00:06:20) - Fun Fact: J.R.R Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were bffs (00:08:21) - Holidays: J.R.R. Tolkien Day, National Write to Congress Day (00:11:53) - This Day in History: 1990 - Panama military leader Manuel Noriega surrenders to US; 1977 - Apple was incorporated; 1959 - Alaska becomes 49th state (00:13:30) - Trending Mentions: With record high temps in Alaska where the polar bears live, polar bears are moving to Russia; Antonio Brown walked off the field shirtless mid game in a quit/firing scenario (00:19:18) - #3 - It rained fish in Texarkana, Texas this weekend in a rare animal rain scenario (00:21:52) - #2 - Biden and Putin had another convo about Russia and the Ukraine (00:25:44) - #1 - Marjorie Taylor Greene was permanently banned from Twitter (00:37:50) - It turns out, thanks to numerous studies conducted by groups of scientists, that hamsters are the best binge drinking animals on the planet TikTok International Moment (00:47:22) - Canada - Some narcs narced on the Russian junior hockey team who partied too hard on their flight home from their cancelled tournament (00:51:57) - UK - Prince Andrew is being asked to provide medical records showing he couldn’t sweat in a civil trial against Virginia Giuffre (00:55:53) - Sweden - IKEA is raising prices 9% globally (00:56:50) - Italy - Naples had a covid related fireworks ban for 2nd year in a row but the citizens ignored that (00:58:25) - Korea - A man immigrated to North Korea from South Korea when he went the wrong direction through the DMZ These stories, and much more, brought to you by our incredible sponsors: Birddogs - http://BirdDogs.com; Promo Code: Factor; Free Bonus Gift w/ your INCREDIBLE Pants/Shorts PredictIt - http://PredictIt.org/promo/HARDFACTOR40 to get up to $40 matched on your first deposit in the stock market of politics Go to store.hardfactor.com and patreon.com/hardfactor to support the pod with incredible merch and bonus podcasts Leave us a Voicemail at 512-270-1480, send us a voice memo to [email protected], and/or leave a 5-Star review on Apple Podcasts to hear it on Friday's show Other Places to Listen: Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Lots More... Watch Full Episodes on YouTube Follow @HardFactorNews on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook

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