On today’s episode, we are short Hard Factor Wes who has a bad case of COVID-19 and is one of the million people per day testing positive in the US alone (00:26:30). Former Hard Factor guest Stephanie Matto, star of 90 Day Fiance and seller of her farts in a jar, is retiring after a near death experience from a fart heavy diet (00:37:18). In Israel, scientists have done it. They have built a car for goldfish via a tank with wheels that the goldfish can steer by swimming (00:48:40). (00:00:00) - Timestamps Cup of Coffee in the Big Time (00:05:58) - Fun Fact: The average four year old asks over 400 questions a day (00:08:07) - Holidays: National Bird Day, National Whip Cream Day, National Keto Day, National Screenwriters Day (00:09:15) - This Day in History: 1949 - Truman introduces the Fair Deal; 1971, the Harlem Globetrotters lost 100-99 to the New Jersey Reds, snapping a 2,495 game winning streak (00:12:28) - Trending Mentions: The Powerball jackpot is well over 600 million (00:14:40) - #3 - Traffic on I-95 is bad in Virginia due to a snowstorm. So bad that cars have been stranded there for two days (00:21:15) - #2 - Jason Derulo attacked two men in Vegas when one of them called him Usher and a bitch (00:26:30) - #1 - COVID-19 is still very much around. Over a million cases a day now in the US. Wes was out with covid and good luck finding a covid test as supplies are low (00:37:18) - Stephanie Matto the 90 Day Fiance star who sold her farts in a jar has retired from the fart game after a health scare that hospitalized her TikTok International Moment (00:48:40) - Israel - Scientists created a drivable tank for goldfish aka a fish car (00:54:15) - Australia - An enormous Robber Crab crawled onto a golfers bag and snapped one of his clubs (00:59:57) - Argentina - A woman was caught on video taking off her dress in a store to use as a mask leaving her in her underwear 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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