Radio Recap (Monday 02/24/20)

Bible Trivia Question:
Who was the cousin of Mordecai?
A. Ruth
B. Queen Esther
C. Moses
D. King David




In The News:
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- National Tortilla Chip Day. The tortilla chip is most commonly served with salsa, chile con queso, guacamole, cheese dips or other dips. Tortilla chips are made from corn tortillas cut into wedges and then fried. Even though tortilla chips have always been considered to be a Mexican food, known as tostados, they were first mass-produced in Los Angeles in the late 1940s. It is said that the triangle-shaped tortilla chips were made popular by Rebecca Webb Carranza as a way to use the misshapen tortillas that were rejected from the automated tortilla manufacturing machine that she and her husband used at their Los Angeles deli and tortilla factory. Carranza realized that once the discarded tortillas were cut into triangle shapes and fried, they became a popular snack. She then sold them for a dime a bag at the El Zarape Tortilla Factory. Carranza received the Golden Tortilla Award in 1994 for her contribution to the Mexican food industry.

- Fake snakes. Animal rescuers in Britain said officers responding to separate reports of snakes needing to be removed found the reported reptiles were inanimate objects. The RSPCA said inspector Jan Edwards responded to a report of a stray snake inside an apartment building Thursday in Fleet, Hampshire. "The woman spotted the snake in the communal hallway of her block of flats on Tuesday and said it had slithered up the wall. The following day she spotted it on the windowsill and contacted us to say she was worried because it didn't appear to be moving," Edwards said. The reported snake was still where the woman had spotted it when Edwards arrived. "I went down to help and, when I arrived, it quickly became clear that it wasn't an escaped pet snake -- but a child's plastic toy. I think someone may have been playing a prank on the poor woman. She had been so frightened that she hadn't left her flat," she said.

- Look good for employment. Despite the fact that employment regulations state it is illegal to discriminate against a potential employee due to their sex, religion or other personal characteristics, a surprising new survey finds more than half of employers admit to still judging job applicants based on their appearance. … The research of 1,000 hiring managers and bosses found that 51 percent said they have knowingly discriminated against a potential employee because of the way they looked. Of those 51%, just under half said they didn’t hire the candidate because of their visible tattoos. Just under half didn’t hire candidates based on their clothes. And hair color was a turn-off for about a third.

- Crispy food. In the snack food world, cranking up the crisp can lead to a bigger hit, and there are entire research teams working to ensure that the texture of food is specifically calibrated to maximize crunch. The use of the word “crispy” and “crispiness” in Yelp reviews of restaurants has increased over the past decade by 20 percent, and an analysis of 7,000 menus found “crispy” is the single most common adjective used to describe texture… When food researchers measure how much people enjoy snack foods as a whole, the crunchier the rating the higher the evaluation.

- Spouse check. What’s the most amount of money one person in a marriage can spend without checking in with the other? Ameriprise Financial released a survey that found the average spending limit that necessitated a conversation was $400.

- Kitchen Sponge. A study says the average kitchen sponge has 200 times more diarrhea-causing germs than the average toilet seat.

- Racoon slumber party. A 10-year-old girl from Richardson, Texas, had a surprise slumber party with a raccoon who crawled into her bunk bed. Mattie Gelman woke up with him sitting right next to her head. She told her mom that he was gentle — and even let the girl pet him. The first thing Mattie said to the raccoon was, “Hey buddy.” The family figured out that the raccoon crawled into the house through the doggy door. After a failed attempt to lure the raccoon out with leftover Valentine’s Day candy, the family managed to force it into a box to eventually release it in their front yard. He was never aggressive or scared.

- A “lucky” coin. A “lucky” coin hidden inside a dumpling nearly choked a kid to death in China when it lodged firmly in his throat. The 8-year-old swallowed the coin at a family gathering. Whoever finds the coin is supposed to have good luck. The choking boy was rushed to hospital where doctors saved him.

- 70-pound Beehive. A homeowner who called bee removal experts to investigate the insects in his back yard said he was shocked to learn there were 100,000 to 150,000 bees living in a 70-pound hive under his shed. Herb Herbert of El Cajon, California said he first started noticing bees in his backyard about two years ago, and the insects returned each year. Herbert called Bee Nice Wildlife Management and a technician pulled back a corner of the shed to discover a 70-pound beehive measuring about 30 inches long. "His estimate was there were probably 100,000 bees at least and 20 to 25 per minute going into the hive," Herbert told the Sacramento Bee. "That puts it at 1,200 an hour. Only 10 percent of the bees leave the hive. The other 90 percent stay in and work." The hive and bees were safely relocated without damaging the colony, Herbert said.

- Bedroom wall radio. An Illinois family said a wall in their 9-year-old daughter's bedroom has been picking up radio signals for years - and no one knows why. Richard Smith said voices and music were repeatedly heard inside the wall in daughter Brianna's room at their Lockport home, and the family eventually determined something inside the wall was picking up a local AM radio station.

The station, Christian radio station AM 1160, owned by Salem Media Group, sent out an engineer to investigate, but was unable to identify the issue. "He said, 'I got to be honest with you. I don't know what is acting as a speaker. There is nothing I can explain of why you're actually hearing it,'" Smith told WLS-TV. He said the wall was opened up and the electrical grounding was examined, but the family was still unable to figure out where the radio station was being picked up. "Sometimes when we think we've arrived at a solution, the next season comes around, and it's back," Smith said. Household objects have been known to pick up radio signals in the past. A man reported in 2018 that radio signals were being picked up by the metal components in a household fan while the power was off.



Fun Fact:
In their body, the average adult has nine-thousand taste buds. #funfact





Matt's Musing:
Thanks to the popularity of gif images, we are living in the golden age of silent films... #musing




Matt's Pick Song:
“We Have A Savior” by the Bowling Family




Bible Trivia Answer:
B. Queen Esther (Esther 2:7)