It is Thursday June 4th, Let’s start the podcast!
This Day in History
• 1937: Grocery chain owner Sylvan Goldman introduced the shopping cart at his Humpty Dumpty store in Oklahoma City. Goldman’s first cart was wheels and a basket on a folding chair.
• 1973: The patent for the ATM was granted.
• 1989 The Tiananmen Square protests were violently ended in Chinese capital city Beijing with People’s Liberation Army soldiers and tanks.
• 2002: A young Swedish girl who suffered for seven months with breathing problems finally got relief when a surgeon removed a peanut from her nose.
• 2003: Martha Stewart stepped down as head of her media empire, hours after federal prosecutors in New York charged her with obstruction of justice, conspiracy, securities fraud and lying to investigators.
• 2008: Residents of a wealthy neighborhood in Florida suffering a two-year drought went public with their dissatisfaction with singer Celine Dion. They claimed her home was using almost 18,000 gallons of water per day.
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Hug Your Cat Day
• Cheese Day
NUMBER FOR THE DAY
900,000: The number of rolls of toilet paper used annually by Iowa’s prisoners.
NEWS ATTACK!
- Comcast had a major outage Wednesday.
- Researchers found that 10 to 15 minutes of laughter can burn off the number of calories found in a medium-sized piece of chocolate.
- SpaceX put 60 more internet satellites into space last night
- Apple is watching the looters who have pillaged its stores during the protests. Thieves who made off with iPhones from Apple stores quickly learned that the gadgets were loaded with special security software.
- Though many athletes eat before training, some scientists say that if you really want to get rid of more fat, you should skip the pre-workout snack.
- researchers have found that 10-15 minutes of laughter can burn off the number of calories found in a medium square of chocolate.
- Want to ignite your bedroom life with your spouse? A survey says 66 percent of runners have more good times in the bedroom when they run with their partner
- Research shows different odors affect the way motorists drive, with fast food scents likely to increase road rage potential and other smells — like peppermint — deemed to improve concentration
- A study found that the average person walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that we drink an average of 22 gallons of beer a year. That means, on average, we get about 41 miles per gallon. Not bad.
- A naked man was taken down by numerous bystanders in New York City. A brief video clip shows the naked man fighting people. It’s believed that the man was on drugs. He wasn’t totally naked — the man was wearing socks and shoes.
Water Cooler Question
The average American homeowner will spend 40 hours a year doing what? (Mowing the lawn)
