\n<\/u><\/strong>\u27a2 The longest kiss ever:\u00a0 Over the course of three days in 2013, a Thai couple locked lips for 58 hours, 35 minutes, and 58 seconds, ending on Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n\u27a2 Kissing Style:\u00a0 Two-thirds of people tilt to the right when they kiss.\u00a0 It is thought we do this because that\u2019s the direction our heads tilt in the womb.<\/p>\n
\u27a2 Women have cleaner kisses:\u00a0 Women are more likely than their male counterparts to initiate an early morning kiss in bed, possibly because they floss more often, so they\u2019re less worried about bad breath.<\/p>\n
\u27a2 Where the \u2018X\u2019 in \u2018XO\u2019 comes from:\u00a0 During Medieval times, many people didn\u2019t know how to read or write, so when signing important documents, they would simply draw an \u2018X,\u2019 an abbreviation for the word \u201cChrist\u201d, which they would then kiss.\u00a0 Over time, the \u2018X\u2019 came to be associated with the act of kissing itself.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nRANDOM REPORT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u2713 In addition to being the unofficial patron saint of love, St. Valentine also believed to be the patron of beekeepers.<\/p>\n
\u2713 February 14th is the second biggest card-giving occasion, after Christmas.<\/p>\n
\u2713 27 percent of those who buy flowers on Valentine\u2019s Day are women.<\/p>\n
\u2713 The average person spends 2 weeks of his\/her life kissing.<\/p>\n
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GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nJames and Maxine Hilliker live in Lumberton, North Carolina, about halfway between Charlotte and Wilmington.<\/p>\n
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And just in time for their 70th wedding anniversary, they hit the lottery for more than HALF-A-MILLION BUCKS.<\/p>\n
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They’ve been playing the same Cash 5 numbers every Tuesday for 22 years, and they’d never won anything big before.<\/p>\n
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But late last month, they bought a ticket like always, and it hit the jackpot for $767,000 . . . or $544,000 after taxes.\u00a0 They picked up the check last week, on James’s 90th birthday.<\/p>\n
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Their 70th anniversary is this week.\u00a0 They’re planning to spend some of their winnings on a cruise . . . and they’re not sure what they’ll do with the rest yet.<\/p>\n
______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nBIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n[78] Michael Bloomberg, media mogul (Bloomberg News)\/current candidate in the Democratic Party primaries\/NYC mayor 2002-13\/estimated net worth of $61.5 billion (2020)<\/p>\n
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[72] (Raymond) Teller, Las Vegas magician (\u201cPenn & Teller)<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nThe Majority of People Are Cheating on Their Partner . . . With Food<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nAccording to a new survey, the majority of Americans say they’re cheating on their partner with FOOD.<\/p>\n
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71% of people say they sometimes secretly make unhealthy food choices behind their partner’s back.\u00a0 And 55% have hidden food from their partner somewhere in the house.<\/p>\n
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But as unhealthy as we are in secret, I guess we’re just as unhealthy out in the open.<\/p>\n
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Because 68% of people say their partner has had a negative influence on their healthy eating habits.<\/p>\n
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______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nImages Reveal That the Bedroom Carpet Harbors TEN Times More Bacteria Than a Toilet Seat <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nYou might be diligent about running the vacuum over your carpet whenever it starts to look a bit scruffy, but shocking research has revealed that the average bedroom floor is ten times dirtier than a toilet seat.<\/p>\n
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The data found carpets in the bedroom also harbor more than double the bacteria found in a living room, and ten times that of a gym floor.<\/p>\n
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Their findings also showed that almost half of people have admitted to never cleaning their carpets, making them an ideal breeding ground for colonies of disease-causing microbes.<\/p>\n
\u00a0_________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 14TH<\/sup> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nTODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n[78] Michael Bloomberg, media mogul (Bloomberg News)\/current candidate in the Democratic Party primaries\/NYC mayor 2002-13\/estimated net worth of $61.5 billion (2020)<\/p>\n
[72] (Raymond) Teller, Las Vegas magician (\u201cPenn & Teller)<\/p>\n
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\n- Last night, Jimmy read a bunch of “Wedding Fail” Tweets from viewers.\u00a0 (From “The Tonight Show” on Thursday, February 13, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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\n- Here\u2019s the best of late night\u2026\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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\n- For Valentine’s Day, here’s Jim Gaffigan talking about a romantic bridge in Germany, with padlocks that signify couples’ relationships.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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\n<\/u>\u201cMy college roommate was getting married in New Orleans. My wife was in New Orleans for a totally separate wedding. Both wedding parties were staying at the same hotel, so we met, the first time, in the lobby of the hotel. I\u2019m actually wearing a necklace that has the coordinates to that hotel. Then the next day, me and my brother walk into a bar in New Orleans, and her and her friends were sitting in the corner, and I was like, \u2018Hey-that\u2019s the girl from the lobby.\u2019 She was actually dating somebody at the time. But we kind of exchanged numbers and stayed in contact, and about two months later, a month later, she came into town for CMA Music Fest and told me that she no longer had a boyfriend, and here we are.\u201d<\/p>\n__________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nALAN JACKSON ON HIS LOVE FOR HIS WIFE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nAlan Jackson married his wife Denise in 1979 and says this about her \u201cWe got a lot of history together now, and we\u2019re happier than we\u2019ve ever been. So, she\u2019s still beautiful, and she\u2019s always inspired songs. I mean, one of my early hits was a song called \u2018I\u2019d Love You All Over Again,\u2019 I wrote for her for our 10th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary. I mean, there\u2019s been a zillion songs that have pieces of our good days and bad days inspired, and they continue to.\u201d<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nMAREN MORRIS ON THIRD NUMBER ONE HIT: ‘THE BONES ARE GOOD’ <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nMaren Morris\u00a0 <\/strong>has her third Number One hit with “The Bones.” And is due sometime next month.<\/p>\nShe’s set to perform her last show before the due date on March 7th at the Houston Rodeo.<\/p>\n
The baby is Maren and her husband,\u00a0Ryan Hurd<\/strong>‘s, first, and she tells us she’s looking forward to the life changes to come.[“I think what I\u2019m looking forward to most about being a mother is kind of getting to know a different side of myself. I think that it\u2019s been just me for so long, and then my relationship with my husband, and I think that this is like a really selfless challenge to get to know another side of yourself, and it\u2019s sort of like a reflection of you, literally, and how you deal with things. So I think it\u2019s going to be an amazing challenge, raising a human.”]<\/p>\nMaren returns to touring in May.<\/p>\n
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DARIUS RUCKER MAKES RIAA HISTORY WITH ‘WAGON WHEEL’ – (02\/14\/2020)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nDarius Rucker\u00a0<\/strong>was surprised with a plaque celebrating the RIAA\u2019s recent 8x-Platinum certification of his hit song \u201cWagon Wheel\u201d during a visit to the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum on Wednesday (February 12th) in Nashville.<\/p>\nSince topping the charts for back-to-back weeks in 2013, \u201cWagon Wheel\u201d has now become one of the top five best-selling Country songs of all time and Darius is now the only solo male country act to achieve the honor of an 8x-plus multi-Platinum song in RIAA\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
\u201cWagon Wheel\u201d was originally released by\u00a0Old Crow Medicine Show\u00a0<\/strong>in 2004. It was written by the band\u2019s lead singer,\u00a0Ketch Secor<\/strong>, and was based on a sketch by\u00a0Bob Dylan<\/strong>, who is credited as a co-writer. The single was featured on Darius’ 2013\u00a0True Believers<\/em>\u00a0album.<\/p>\nDarius told us at the time that “Wagon Wheel” is the perfect bluegrass and country song.\u00a0[“The way they do the song is the way it should be done. It’s just a perfect bluegrass song. I didn’t think that I could make it a country song, then I heard a band playing it in a country way, and I thought, ‘Wow! I wanna cut that.’ I talked Frank Rogers, my\u00a0producer, into cutting it, and it’s the perfect country song. I don’t know if I could be any countrier than that. For me, it was a no-brainer. Once we started cutting it, I couldn’t believe I didn’t cut it for my first record. It’s just one of those songs that I just thought was perfect.”]<\/p>\n
\u201cWagon Wheel\u201d earned Darius a Grammy for Best Country Solo Performance at the 56th Annual\u00a0Grammy Awards<\/em>, the third of his career.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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