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Degree of the Jerk
On todays show:
- A new poll asked Americans to grade themselves and their neighbors on social distancing, and more than half of those surveyed gave themselves an “A” for “excellent” but only about 35 percent — a grade of B — for their neighbors. 24 percent of respondents gave their neighbors a grade of C or below.
- Researchers say eating bacon, sausage, hot dogs and other processed meats can raise the risk of heart disease and diabetes. Eating unprocessed beef, pork or lamb appeared not to raise risks of heart attacks and diabetes, they said, suggesting that salt and chemical preservatives may be the real cause of these two health problems associated with eating meat.
- If a mans ring fingers are longer than his pointer fingers it means that he is sweeter to women than most other men. Guys with this ratio were not only more agreeable, but they were also rated as less “quarrelsome.” Why do they act this way? Researchers (McGill University) say it stems from above-average testosterone in the womb.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: VIRGINIA SHOPLIFTERS WEAR HOLLOWED-OUT MELON MASKS _ A couple of Virginia shoplifters thought it’d be a great idea to walk into a store wearing homemade masks made of hollowed out watermelons. The two men walked into a gas station convenience store and made off with some goodies inside. After police released photos of the melon-heads and their vehicle, a member of the public identified them.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: FLORIDA MAN IN DOMESTIC POULTRY PELTING _ Police in Florida (St. Petersburg) say Thomas Reece and his wife got into a “verbal argument over a family issue” Friday evening at their home. residence. As detailed in an arrest affidavit, Reece “got mad, took a piece of raw chicken, and threw it at” his 34-year-old spouse. The chicken struck the woman in the back of the head.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: MAN TAKES IN ‘PUPPY’ HE FOUND ON ROAD — PEOPLE ARE QUICK TO POINT OUT IT’S NOT A DOG _ What would you do if you thought you’d found an abandoned puppy on the side of a busy road? A man from Japan recently thought he’d stumbled across just that and decided to take the sweet little creature in to look after her until she could find a forever home. The man, named Marcy, called an animal hospital and then shared the news of his discovery on Twitter. He posted that he’d found a lost puppy on the highway and asked if anyone might know who she belonged to. Many people took the time to respond to his tweet — that it wasn’t a dog. People on Twitter pointed out that the man had found a very young fox, not a lost puppy.
- Larger gatherings are still prohibited under strict coronavirus stay-at-home orders. But that didn’t stop a raging house party Saturday night in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles. When police responded to a noise disturbance call they found that more than 100 people gathered at a short-term-rental property that appeared to have been reserved for the occasion. The officers heard a single gunshot and called for backup units. An investigation revealed that a man had been shot in his groin area. The wound is believed to have been accidentally self-inflicted.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: MAN FALLS ASLEEP WHILE ROBBING HOME _ Ever get so tired while on the job that you fall asleep? Heck, maybe you even do it on purpose — you pull the delivery truck over to catch a ten-minute catnap, or close the office door and shut off the light mid-afternoon. Feels nice, right? Well a guy in Florida is wishing had didn’t fall asleep on the job. Over the weekend he dozed off while breaking into a home. The homeowner found the guy sleeping on her couch.
Entertainment News
Question of the Podcast - What did you think would be easy, but turned out to be extremely difficult once you attempted it?
Driving 101 with Mindy
Fun Facts
✓ Bubble gum is pink because that was the only food dye available in the factory where it was made.
✓ Oranges aren’t even in the top ten list of foods when it comes to vitamin C levels.
- Why are Americans so tubby? Research shows the obesity epidemic in the U.S. is due solely to… increased food intake. Yep, turns out if we eat more than a couple thousand calories a day we’re gonna get bigger. The research showed physical activity — or rather the lack of physical activity — has played virtually no role in the rising number of expanding American waistlines.
WHAT YOUR BODY DOES WHILE YOU SLEEP
You know you’re supposed to get eight hours of sleep a night, but what’s really going on up in your body during that time? Quite a lot, it turns out.
• As you fall asleep, you jerk. Every time. According to sleep experts, the degree of the jerk is suggestive of how sleepy you are, so the bigger the jerk, the more tired your body.
• Your body temperature goes way down. When we’re active during the day, we burn more calories, so lowering temperature is a way to reduce the burn rate and save calories.
• You do a full toxin cleanse. This allows the body and brain to rejuvenate. In people who don’t sleep well, the filtration isn’t as effective, so experts say that may help explain why people who are sleep-deprived can go a little crazy.
• You forget useless information. We take in lots of information all day long, and most of it is luckily forgotten.
• Your body becomes paralyzed, but your brain is its most active. The brain of someone who is dreaming is actually more active than that of a person who is awake and requires more oxygen. One theory is that in REM sleep, you’re organizing thoughts and learning, filing information.
• All of your individual cells — not just your brain cells — are being completely repaired. These restorative processes take care of all the damage that’s occurred during the day. When you don’t get enough sleep, the effect doesn’t just zap your brain — it impacts your whole body. Hence why you feel like you’ve been beat up after an all-nighter.
• You wake up between 5 and 15 times per hour. It usually happens when we shift to different stages of sleep, like from dreams to deep sleep, and the awakenings happen so briefly that we don’t remember them.
• You’re probably breathing, but up to 30 percent of people actually stop breathing at night. Up to 90 percent of people with this disorder, sleep apnea, go undiagnosed, including young women. The life expectancy for someone with untreated sleep apnea is only 58 years, so if you or your partner snores at night, it’s time to get checked out.
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On todays show:
- A new poll asked Americans to grade themselves and their neighbors on social distancing, and more than half of those surveyed gave themselves an “A” for “excellent” but only about 35 percent — a grade of B — for their neighbors. 24 percent of respondents gave their neighbors a grade of C or below.
- Researchers say eating bacon, sausage, hot dogs and other processed meats can raise the risk of heart disease and diabetes. Eating unprocessed beef, pork or lamb appeared not to raise risks of heart attacks and diabetes, they said, suggesting that salt and chemical preservatives may be the real cause of these two health problems associated with eating meat.
- If a mans ring fingers are longer than his pointer fingers it means that he is sweeter to women than most other men. Guys with this ratio were not only more agreeable, but they were also rated as less “quarrelsome.” Why do they act this way? Researchers (McGill University) say it stems from above-average testosterone in the womb.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: VIRGINIA SHOPLIFTERS WEAR HOLLOWED-OUT MELON MASKS _ A couple of Virginia shoplifters thought it’d be a great idea to walk into a store wearing homemade masks made of hollowed out watermelons. The two men walked into a gas station convenience store and made off with some goodies inside. After police released photos of the melon-heads and their vehicle, a member of the public identified them.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: FLORIDA MAN IN DOMESTIC POULTRY PELTING _ Police in Florida (St. Petersburg) say Thomas Reece and his wife got into a “verbal argument over a family issue” Friday evening at their home. residence. As detailed in an arrest affidavit, Reece “got mad, took a piece of raw chicken, and threw it at” his 34-year-old spouse. The chicken struck the woman in the back of the head.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: MAN TAKES IN ‘PUPPY’ HE FOUND ON ROAD — PEOPLE ARE QUICK TO POINT OUT IT’S NOT A DOG _ What would you do if you thought you’d found an abandoned puppy on the side of a busy road? A man from Japan recently thought he’d stumbled across just that and decided to take the sweet little creature in to look after her until she could find a forever home. The man, named Marcy, called an animal hospital and then shared the news of his discovery on Twitter. He posted that he’d found a lost puppy on the highway and asked if anyone might know who she belonged to. Many people took the time to respond to his tweet — that it wasn’t a dog. People on Twitter pointed out that the man had found a very young fox, not a lost puppy.
- Larger gatherings are still prohibited under strict coronavirus stay-at-home orders. But that didn’t stop a raging house party Saturday night in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles. When police responded to a noise disturbance call they found that more than 100 people gathered at a short-term-rental property that appeared to have been reserved for the occasion. The officers heard a single gunshot and called for backup units. An investigation revealed that a man had been shot in his groin area. The wound is believed to have been accidentally self-inflicted.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: MAN FALLS ASLEEP WHILE ROBBING HOME _ Ever get so tired while on the job that you fall asleep? Heck, maybe you even do it on purpose — you pull the delivery truck over to catch a ten-minute catnap, or close the office door and shut off the light mid-afternoon. Feels nice, right? Well a guy in Florida is wishing had didn’t fall asleep on the job. Over the weekend he dozed off while breaking into a home. The homeowner found the guy sleeping on her couch.
Entertainment News
Question of the Podcast - What did you think would be easy, but turned out to be extremely difficult once you attempted it?
Driving 101 with Mindy
Fun Facts
✓ Bubble gum is pink because that was the only food dye available in the factory where it was made.
✓ Oranges aren’t even in the top ten list of foods when it comes to vitamin C levels.
- Why are Americans so tubby? Research shows the obesity epidemic in the U.S. is due solely to… increased food intake. Yep, turns out if we eat more than a couple thousand calories a day we’re gonna get bigger. The research showed physical activity — or rather the lack of physical activity — has played virtually no role in the rising number of expanding American waistlines.
WHAT YOUR BODY DOES WHILE YOU SLEEP
You know you’re supposed to get eight hours of sleep a night, but what’s really going on up in your body during that time? Quite a lot, it turns out.
• As you fall asleep, you jerk. Every time. According to sleep experts, the degree of the jerk is suggestive of how sleepy you are, so the bigger the jerk, the more tired your body.
• Your body temperature goes way down. When we’re active during the day, we burn more calories, so lowering temperature is a way to reduce the burn rate and save calories.
• You do a full toxin cleanse. This allows the body and brain to rejuvenate. In people who don’t sleep well, the filtration isn’t as effective, so experts say that may help explain why people who are sleep-deprived can go a little crazy.
• You forget useless information. We take in lots of information all day long, and most of it is luckily forgotten.
• Your body becomes paralyzed, but your brain is its most active. The brain of someone who is dreaming is actually more active than that of a person who is awake and requires more oxygen. One theory is that in REM sleep, you’re organizing thoughts and learning, filing information.
• All of your individual cells — not just your brain cells — are being completely repaired. These restorative processes take care of all the damage that’s occurred during the day. When you don’t get enough sleep, the effect doesn’t just zap your brain — it impacts your whole body. Hence why you feel like you’ve been beat up after an all-nighter.
• You wake up between 5 and 15 times per hour. It usually happens when we shift to different stages of sleep, like from dreams to deep sleep, and the awakenings happen so briefly that we don’t remember them.
• You’re probably breathing, but up to 30 percent of people actually stop breathing at night. Up to 90 percent of people with this disorder, sleep apnea, go undiagnosed, including young women. The life expectancy for someone with untreated sleep apnea is only 58 years, so if you or your partner snores at night, it’s time to get checked out.
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