On Today’s Show

A mystery has been solved in Florida where jars of preserved tongues were found under a crawl space in a Gainesville home. Turns out, they were stored there in the ’60s and ’70s for a research project done by Dr. Ronald Baughman, who worked for The University of Florida.

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Violinist, Dagmar Turner, needed brain surgery to remove a tumor.  She played during the surgery so that doctors could be sure they were not affecting her coordination during the procedure.  Here’s a clip of her playing during the operation.

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ENTERTAINMENT

• “Call of the Wild” (PG-Action/Adventure):  Buck the dog’s blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the Alaskan Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. (Karen Gillan, Harrison Ford)
• “Brahms: The Boy II” (PG-13, Horror/Mystery):  Unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into a guest house on the estate where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms. (Katie Holmes)

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Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell will reunite for a new limited TV series called “The Shrink Next Door”. They will play a patient and therapist, respectively. Ferrell will play a patient of his long-time therapist Rudd, who begins to take over his life in increasingly intrusive ways — including moving into his home and taking over his family business. Their relationship soon devolves into one filled with manipulation, power grabs, and dysfunction in a tale inspired by true events.

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TODAY IS……………….

1931, Alka-Seltzer was first introduced.  (Julianna Margulie’s Dad helped come up with the famous “Plop, plop, fizz, fizz” ad campaign.)

1947, Edwin H. Land demonstrated the First Self-Developing Instant Camera.  It produced a black and white photograph in 60 seconds.  He called it the Polaroid.

2008 [12] In one of eBay’s most expensive sales to date, the online auction house brokers a deal between an American music collector and an Irish buyer for 3 million albums & singles in various formats at a cost of about $1 per item

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

FEBRUARY 21^ST, 1958 Mary Chapin Carpenter is 62 today.

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BULLIED BOY IN AUSTRALIA GETTING SUPPORT

A 9-year-old Australian boy born with a form of dwarfism is SUICIDAL because of the bullying he’s subjected to at school.

The boy’s mother was so fed up she posted a video of her son crying and saying he wants to KILL HIMSELF.  She also asked for suggestions, because apparently nothing she’s tried has stopped the bullying.

Not only did celebrities reach out, but comedian Brad Williams, who is also a little person, started a Go Fund Me to get Quaden to Disneyland.  He was asking for $10,000, but he’s already raised way more. It’s now almost $195,000.

Celebrities like Hugh Jackman and Jeffrey Dean Morgan sent videos of support to a 9-year-old boy with dwarfism who said he wanted to kill himself because people were bullying him at school.

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RANDOM REPORT

1. There are only two animals that tongue kiss:  Bonobos and humans.

2. When you’re on a plane, you’re under the laws of the country where the plane is registered, not where you take off from.  So if you punch someone on an Air Canada flight that took off in the U.S., you’ll face charges in Canada.

3. 25% of North Americans will catch more than four colds this year.
4. A 1946 FBI memo denounced the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” as communist propaganda.

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GOOD NEWS

There’s an old trick for getting babies to sleep:  Just drive them around in the car for a while.  But now you might not have to waste all that gas . . .

Scientists in the U.K. worked with a music producer named Tom Middleton, and created a bunch of music that SIMULATES the driving sounds that put kids to sleep.

Apparently, the vibration of the road does help.  But the hum of the ENGINE also plays a big part.  The music doesn’t sound like a car engine though.

They used a bunch of car sounds . . . like the engine hum and the air conditioner.  But they mixed it with ambient music, and a combination of, quote, “white, pink and brown noise” in various tones.  So the car sounds are really subtle.

They ended up with 15 minutes of calming music that supposedly puts kids to sleep, just like driving does.

The whole thing is part of a promo for the Nissan LEAF . . . their fully electric car that doesn’t make any engine noise.

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BIRTHDAYS

[65] Kelsey Grammar, actor (5 Emmy Awards-“Frasier” 1993-2004

(62) Mary Chapin Carpenter, Country singer.

[41] Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress

[41] Jordan Peele, comedian/director (“Get Out”, “Us”)

[33] Ellen Page, actress 

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MARDI GRAS

Jordan Davis grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana, so he knows Mardi Gras.  Here are some tips.  You should pace yourself because it’s a long party.

Stay hydrated on liquids that are NOT alcohol.  You should definitely let it go and have a blast . . . but don’t eat the moon pies they throw off the floats.

If you want a moon pie, go buy your own.

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COMPOUND IN CHOCOLATE MAY MAKE WALKING EASIER FOR OLDER PEOPLE

Go ahead and have some chocolate. A new study finds a plant compound found in chocolate may make walking easier and less painful for adults with circulation issues.

Flavonals are found in dark chocolate and unprocessed cocoa, and have been linked to improved blood flow in several, older studies. For this new study, researchers looked those with PAD, or a narrowing of some arteries in the legs, stomach, arms and head that can cause tiredness in the legs or hip muscles while walking.

Half with the condition drank a chocolate drink three times a week, and they were then able to walk further than they could before the study started, and those who didn’t have the drink showed no improvement in distance walked.

Still, don’t go overboard on the chocolate– try sticking to things that contain unsweetened cocoa powder.

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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 21^ST                                              

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

[65] Kelsey Grammar, actor (5 Emmy Awards-“Frasier” 1993-2004

(62) Mary Chapin Carpenter, Country singer.

[41] Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress

[41] Jordan Peele, comedian/director (“Get Out”, “Us”)

[33] Ellen Page, actress

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1. NHL

TOR 4 – PIT 0       NJD 2 – SJS 1       MTL 4 – WSH 3 OT            PHI 4 – CBJ 3 OT

WPG 5 – OTT 1   STL 1 – ARI 0        VGK 5 – TBL 3                      LAK 5 – FLA 4

2. TV legend SY SPERLING. . . the founder AND CLIENT of Hair Club for Men, died Wednesday after a “long illness.”  He was 78 years old.

Sperling founded Hair Club for Men in 1976 because he was losing his own hair, and got sick of wearing toupees.  He started it with just $10,000 in credit card debt and a hair weaving technique he learned from a stylist.

He went national in the early ’80s, with his now-legendary TV commercials where he admitted, quote, “I’m not only the Hair Club president, but I’m also a client.”

He also started Hair Club for Kids, “providing hair free of charge to children under 18 who lost their hair from chemotherapy.” Sy retired in 2000, after selling the company for $45 MILLION.

SUNDAY-
• “The Walking Dead” (AMC): Season 10 returns
• “Better Call Saul” (AMC): Season 5 premiere

3. A wealthy businessman in Massachusetts left a server a $5,000 tip on a $157 bill.  Here she is, along with the rich guy explaining why he did it.

4. Joe Pontillo talks about how his dad and mom don’t know how to use Facebook but they still use it

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There was no jackpot winner for the $60 million Lotto Max jackpot Tuesday so the jackpot for the next draw TONIGHT will be an estimated $65 million. And approximately 12 $1 million dollar prize(s) (Maxmillions)

Someone in Ottawa is holding a lottery ticket worth $3.5 million.

There were two winning tickets sold for Wednesday’s Lotto 6/49 draw.

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. says the $7 million jackpot will be split two ways.

The other winning ticket was sold in Quebec.

Saturday’s Lotto 6/49 draw will have a $5 million jackpot, plus the guaranteed $1 million prize draw.

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KANE BROWN KNOWS ALL ABOUT BEING ‘HOMESICK’

Kane Brown‘s latest hit, “Homesick,” is in the Top 10 and climbing on the country charts. He co-wrote the song for his current Experiment album because it touches on a subject that Kane knows plenty about. He explains: [“‘Homesick’ is just kind of personal just cause we’ve done so many shows in the last couple years, and I’m never home. I miss my dogs. I miss my family, my friends, and I had it tattooed on me already so it kind of made sense. I feel like the military can really relate to this song because they’re never home and you see all these videos of people coming back and the dogs are excited whenever their soldier comes home and all that stuff so I was like, ‘This is perfect!'”]

Kane continues on his World Wide Beautiful Tour on Feb. 29th in Atlantic City, NJ.

LUKE COMBS SAYS ERIC CHURCH WAS ‘OBVIOUS CHOICE’ FOR LATEST SINGLE

Luke Combs tapped Eric Church to join him on his latest single, “Does To Me.” He tells us Eric was the “obvious choice” for this song in particular. [“I think Eric Church was an obvious choice when it came to finding somebody to do that song with. Not only does I feel like it fits his writing style, but also his mentality, his approach to music, I think it was just a really good fit.”] SOUNDCUE

REBA MCENTIRE RETURNS TO UMG NASHVILLE, ANNOUNCES NEW TOUR

Reba McEntire announced Thursday (February 20th) that she will return to her original label home, Universal Music Group, Nashville and embark on her first arena tour in nine years. She said: [“It’s a wonderful feeling to be back with the family where I started. A full circle moment. I am thrilled because my catalog is here at Universal, and I’m really excited to revisit all of the songs that I recorded many years ago and work with a team that’s so excited about my songs as I am. We’re gonna have a lot of fun. I’m really looking forward to it. It’s gonna be exciting.”]

On March 20th, McEntire will kick off a twelve-stop tour. In addition; she has extended her Las Vegas residency with Brooks and Dunn at The Colosseum at Ceasars Palace through December.

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This post was written by Dave Palmer