Radio Recap (Wednesday 07/29/20)

Bible Trivia Question:

In Revelation, Jesus is known as the WHAT of Judah?
A. Shepherd
B. King
C. Lion 
D. Prophet


In The News:

 - National Lipstick Day on July 29th encourages you to wear your best color. For some, lipstick is the only makeup requirement. Whether sheer and light, dark or bright, July 29th calls for all kinds of lipstick.

 - Do you buy too much fruit? Are you buying more than you need at the grocery store? A new survey finds lots of fruit is going to waste. The survey says the average American throws out $520 worth of fruit every single year.

 - BestBuy & Thanksgiving. The hottest trend for this coming holiday season isn’t the soon-to-be-debuted Apple iPhone 5G... it’s that most big box retail stores won’t be open on Thanksgiving Day to meet the inevitable strong demand. Best Buy announced Tuesday evening it will not be opening on Thanksgiving, following several years of letting crowds in at 5 p.m. on the holiday. Best Buy joins the list that includes Dick's Sporting Goods, Walmart, and Target.

 - If young, invest now! If you want to get rich, start investing — and start as early as you possibly can. If you’re just out of college, put away $4 a day — the price of a typical fast food value meal — and you’ll be a millionaire by the time you’re 65. Put away more as you make more and you’ll get to millionaire status faster.

 - Solo Hulk. According to sources, Marvel is in early development on a standalone Hulk movie and it’ll supposedly be a prequel that centers on Bruce Banner’s mastery of Smart Hulk. Smart Hulk appears in last year’s Avengers: Endgame.

 - Skydiving leg. A Vermont skydiver lost his prosthetic leg during a jump. Thankfully a farmer spotted it in his soybean field. Double amputee Chris Marckres lost one of his prosthetic legs after leaping from the plane. He says his adrenaline was so high and he was so excited, he didn’t realize he had lost it. Marckres, who was harnessed to an instructor, landed safely. He then put out the word on social media that he’d lost his leg. Farmer Joe Marszalkowski saw the post before finding the prosthetic on Sunday. Beyond a few scratches, it was undamaged.

 - Fun Fact: A survey found that liver is our most hated food. What’s second on the list? (Lima beans) #funfact


 - National Chicken Wing Day encourages a frenzy of dipping and sauce tasting. Also known as buffalo wings, hot wings or just wings, each of us eat about 290 per year. With so many choices, be sure to pace yourself!

 - Film festivals are a dime a dozen. A film festival created by Domino’s Pizza is something new and different. Yep, Domino’s has created its very own Homemade Film Festival, but instead of showing off the latest artsy film, they want you to submit a home movie made by your family. Submissions are open right now and can be entered until August 21… And if you don’t think you’ve got what it takes to write an entire film, listen up: submissions have to be less than 60 seconds long. That’s because whatever you film could end up in a future Domino’s commercial. In fact, Domino’s most recent commercial was filmed on a smartphone too, so it can be done!.

 - KFC Crocs are gone. A fashion collaboration between KFC and Crocs was a big hit — KFC says its fried chicken-scented shoes are already sold out. The Crocs flew off (virtual) shelves Tuesday, selling out in less than 90 minutes — at $60 a pair. The Crocs look like a bucket of the Colonel’s original and have a chicken-scented Jibbitz charm shaped like a drumstick.

 - Plastic waste in oceans to triple. Plastic waste in the oceans is expected to triple by the year 2040 unless drastic measures are taken. The study (from The Pew Charitable Trusts) found that in 2040 29 million metric tons of plastic pollution will enter the ocean each year, up from 11 million metric tons, or 110 pounds of plastic per every meter of coastline around the world… Experts also found that the coronavirus pandemic has added to the problem as “single-use plastic consumption has increased during the pandemic.”

 - New research out of Germany suggests that COVID-19 can leave victims with long-lasting heart damage, even after they recover. A study of recovered patients between the age of 45 and 53 found that three-quarters still had structural damage to their heart up to three months later. Another study of older victims who died from the virus found that it had infected the hearts of 41 percent of patients. While COVID-19 was originally thought to be a respiratory disease, researchers now say it infects the blood vessels and attacks major organs including the heart, lungs, and liver.

 - Make better decisions with a full bladder. Anyone considering an expensive purchase might drink a bottle of water first — scientists have concluded that people with full bladders make wiser decisions. Researchers discovered the brain’s self-control mechanism provides restraint in all areas at once. They found people with a full bladder were able to better control and “hold off” making important, or expensive, decisions, leading to better judgement. Psychologists (University of Twente in the Netherlands) linked bladder control to the same part of the brain that activates feelings of desire and reward.

 - Dead woman wakes up. A 92-year-old woman in Germany was pronounced dead at a retirement home because the doctor did not detect any breathing or pulse. She was then transported to a mortuary for funeral preparations. Later that same evening, a funeral home employee heard screaming. The employee was stunned to discover that the 92-year-old was actually alive.



Matt's Musing:

Does rocking a vending machine count as exercise..? #musing


Matt's Pick Song:

“We Are Home” by Legacy Five


Bible Trivia Answer:

C. Lion (Revelation 5:5)