Radio Recap (Monday 08/12/19)

Bible Trivia Question:
What was the name of a leper who was also the captain of the host of the King Of Syria?
A. Zacchaeus
B. Naaman
C. Esau
D. Gideon



In The News:
- 1851: Isaac Singer was granted a patent on his sewing machine. #HomeSewingMachineDay

- 1898: Hawaii was formally annexed to the United States.

- Vinyl Record Day

- In England, a woman’s home was severely damaged by a freak fire sparked by the sun shining on a crystal ball on her window sill. The $30 ornament refracted the rays straight into the back of the woman’s TV which overheated and exploded, igniting a nearby sofa.

- Daniel Rose-Levine holds the Guinness World Record for solving a Rubik’s cube — with his feet. The upstate New York (Red Hook) 16-year-old can do it in 16.9 seconds. Rose-Levine first mastered the cube, using his hands, at age 11. His top time got to 5.3 seconds and he has more than 15 cubing-competition wins under his belt. The current world record for solving by hand is 3.47 seconds. But it came with a price: cubing for five hours a day led to a painful repetitive-stress injury at age 14.

- Guess who’s more rude at work? If you said men, you’re right. Researchers say men are the rude ones at work 70 percent of the time.

- People who suffer from insomnia take sick days twice as often as those who do not, according to a report by The Center for Medicine in the Public Interest. The study found that over a six-month period, the condition cost employers an average of 4.4 days of wages for each untreated sufferer, plus indirect costs due to lower productivity and mistakes made because of lack of sleep.




Fun Fact:54 percent of workers say you shouldn’t do this at work… clip your nails! #funfact




Matt's Musing: Everyone’s an optimist when it comes to their car’s fuel gauge... #musing




Matt's Pick Song:“Go And Tell Somebody” by the Kingsmen



Bible Trivia Answer:B. Naaman (2 Kings 5:1)