Winter storm Landon is wreaking havoc on the U.S., The Beijing Olympics have officially started, Norway has banned certain dog breeds for health concerns (00:17:45), Joe Biden ordered the hit on an ISIS leader (00:25:15), META announced it is shrinking, Hackers stole $320 million wrapped Etherium, hacker took down North Korea’s internet, new “hot felon” in the UK (00:49:45), Bezos tearing down historic bridge in the Netherlands so his yacht can sail through, Florida Man finds sniper rifles while magnet fishing & of course voicemails and five star reviews. (00:00:00) - Timestamps Cup of Coffee in the Big Time (00:06:10) - Fun Fact: Moonquakes & country without mosquitoes (00:08:35) - Holidays: Bubble Gum Day, National Hemp Day, Stuffed Mushroom Day & many more (00:10:05) - This Day in History: 1945 Yalta Conference, 2004 Facebook launched, 1789 George Washington elected as first President (00:13:14) - Honorable Mentions: Winter Storm Landon taking over the country & The Beijing Winter Olympics has started (00:17:45) - #2 - Norway has banned English Bulldogs & The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel over health and moral concerns (00:25:15) - #1 - Joe Biden video of him leaving stage has many questioning his health and  a leader of ISIS is taken out by US Special Forces Al Gore Invented The Internet (00:39:15) - META announced that it is shrinking in users for first time in history (00:43:08) - Hackers steal $320 Million in wormhole between Solana and Etherium (00:46:50) - One U.S. hacker has taken down North Korea’s internet Tik Tok International Moment (00:49:45) -UK - New “hot felon” is taking internet by storm after cops post his mugshot (00:55:20) - Netherlands - Historic bridge is to be dismantled so Jeff Bezos’ new yacht can pass through it (01:00:15) -Florida Man - Grandfather and grandson pull up two sniper rifles while magnet fishing from a bridge (01:05:30) - Jeff Zucker out as head of CNN & Voice Mails and five star reviews These stories, and much more, brought to you by our incredible sponsors: Bird Dogs - If you want comfortable pants and shorts and a free whistle football go to https://birddogs.com/hardfactor and use promo code Factor at checkout Predictit - Go to Predictit.org/promo/hardfactor40 to get $40 matched on your first deposit when you also deposit $40 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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