It is Thursday MAY 21th, Let’s start the podcast!
IT HAPPENED TODAY
• 1819: The first bicycles, imported from England, appeared on the streets of New York City. Within a month, the city banned the new-fangled machines as being hazardous to public safety.
• 1881: The American Red Cross was established by Clara Barton.
• 1927: Charles Lindbergh touched down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world’s first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1932: Amelia Earhart, because of bad weather, landed in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1945: Screen legend Humphrey Bogart married actress Lauren Bacall.
• 1956: The United States exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb, over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
• 1998: A Fullerton, California, man finally paid off his 1958 divorce with a check for $180 to his attorney. The 70-year-old client said he always intended to pay the bill, but with six kids and health problems, it took him 40 years to get caught up.
• 1999: Susan Lucci, star of the ABC soap opera All My Children, won her first Daytime Emmy Award for best actress in the 19th straight year she was nominated.
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Eat More Fruits & Vegetables Day
• Waitstaff Day
• Strawberries and Cream Day
NUMBER FOR THE DAY
330 million: M&Ms consumed by Americans each day.
NEWS ATTACK!
- The government says all pharmacists can now administer COVID-19 tests.
- Nichole Kidman went for a run and suffered a small break in her ankle.
- There are now over 100 weather-related satellites orbiting Earth.
- Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, will serve the rest of his prison term at home.
- The NBA homes to return in July.
- Thanks to the pandemic sales of bikes, roller skates and skateboards are way up.
- You’re not alone if you’ve packed on the pounds during the quarantine. A survey found that the average American has gained five pounds while on lockdown. Out of 2,000 people polled, most have gained weight due to alcohol and bread. Back during the Great Recession 32 percent of Americans said they had gained weight due to stress
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: ROBBERS CHOOSE COP HANGOUT _ In South Africa a gang made a fatal mistake when they held up a restaurant and failed to notice the five police officers — in uniform — that were enjoying a meal.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: FISH TANK DIVER POSTS PROFANITY-LACED CONFESSION TO FACEBOOK _ A Florida man who jumped into a Bass Pro store fish tank (in Fort Myers) taunted deputies on Facebook. Daniel Armendariz admits to diving into the tank, delivering a profanity-laced confession in a video posted on Facebook. He told authorities in his confession that he would turn himself in when he was ready.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: OVERTURNED TRACTOR TRAILER COVERS HIGHWAY IN MAC AND CHEESE _ A stretch of highway in Tennessee was covered in an orange mess that spilled from a tractor trailer. The truck overturned Wednesday morning, dumping 40,000 pounds of macaroni and cheese.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: MAN WHO DID PUSH-UPS ON TOP OF MOVING CAR SOUGHT BY POLICE _ The Milwaukee Police Department is asking for the public’s help to track down a man who was caught on video doing push-ups on top of a moving vehicle. In the video, you can see the man climb out of the rear passenger-side window, and onto the roof of the moving car. The shirtless man then does about two push-ups before the video ends.
Water Cooler Question
One in three men say they are “very good” at this. (Cooking)
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