\u27a2 The SpaceX launch, which was a huge success.\u00a0 It launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Saturday afternoon, two days after it got delayed by weather.\u00a0\u00a0It’s the first time astronauts have launched from U.S. soil since 2011.\u00a0 And it’s the first time a private company\u00a0has put someone into orbit.\u00a0One of the coolest parts of the SpaceX rocket is that it’s reusable.\u00a0 Less than ten minutes after liftoff, the rocket booster landed\u00a0on a platform in the middle of the ocean.<\/p>\n
The astronauts Bob and Doug\u00a0docked\u00a0with the Space Station yesterday morning.<\/p>\n
\u27a2 A gang of monkeys attacked a laboratory assistant and escaped with a batch of coronavirus test samples in India. The bizarre incident saw the troop of primates launch their assault near Meerut Medical College in Delhi. According to local media, the animals then snatched COVID-19 test samples from three patients and fled. One of the monkeys was later spotted in a tree chewing one of the sample collection kits.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u27a2 A plane carried passengers from Germany to Italy before turning around midair because its intended airport is closed until this month. A spokesperson confirmed the mix-up, which played out over four hours. Flight EW9844 set off from D\u00fcsseldorf, intending to make the 730-mile trip to Sardinia’s Olbia Airport. It wasn’t until the plane began its approach that air traffic control informed pilots that the airport was closed to commercial traffic. Pilots were given the option to land 120 miles away in Cagliari, on the southern tip of Sardinia, but instead returned to D\u00fcsseldorf. Fortunately, there were only two passengers on board. After experiencing “this little sightseeing tour of western Europe,” they were rebooked on another flight.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2 Imagine that you\u2019re just hoping to catch your dinner when you stumble across a shipwreck. Officials confirmed that a Mexican fisherman named Manuel Polanco discovered the wreckage of what is thought to be an 18th- or 19th- century English sailboat in an area of the Caribbean coast near the Banco Chinchorro atoll reef (off the coast of Mexico.) The area is known as \u201cDreamcatcher\u201d or \u201cSleep Depriver\u201d due to the large number of shipwrecks in the area. The shipwreck most recently found by Polanco is the 70th found in the area.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2 Fans who want to roll like Tom Brady will get their chance for a hefty price. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback is selling his Stretched Becker Cadillac Escalade ESV for $300,000. The office on wheels features \u201cVIP\u201d seats with massage and automatic foot rests, 32-inch and 12-inch screens, \u201caviation style\u201d folding tables and a high-end mobile internet router. The original cost of the vehicle was $350,000 and Brady put just 13,000 miles on it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1980 [40] CNN, the Cable News Network, is launched<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Diamond Rio<\/strong>\u00a0scored their first Number One hit with “Meet In The Middle” in 1991<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n GO BAREFOOT DAY:<\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n That\u2019s unless your shoes are strictly \u201cindoors\u201d, as they say in kindergarten. Why? Bacteria. Lots of it. A University of Arizona study found an average of 421,000 different bacteria growing on shoes \u2013 with 96% of them harboring fecal matter.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The study also indicated that bacteria can be tracked by shoes over long distances inside your home. Kelly Reynolds, Ph.D., a microbiologist who was involved in the study, said: \u201cWe walk through things like bird droppings, dog waste and germs on public restroom floors, all of which are sources for E. coli.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The study went on to see how much of this nastiness was spread onto our floors at home when we fail to take off our shoes, and the answer is between 90%-99%.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n FOUR RANDOM FACTS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n A principal in Texas spent\u00a0ten days driving 1,500 miles<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0around Dallas to personally congratulate all 240 seniors who are graduating this year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A nurse who grew up in New York flew back to help out during the crisis.\u00a0 And while she was there,\u00a0she tracked down the firefighter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0who pulled her from a burning building when she was four years old.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A 99-year-old World War Two vet from Minnesota has upped the ante in the “walking for charity” trend.\u00a0 He’s walking\u00a0100 miles before his 100th birthday<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on June 27th.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [83] Morgan Freeman, actor<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [67] Ronnie Dunn, country singer<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [39] Amy Schumer, comedian-actress<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [24] Tom Holland, actor (\u201cSpider-Man: Homecoming\u201d \u201cSpider-Man: Far From Home\u201d)\/stage actor (\u201cBilly Elliot the Musical\u201d) COMING UP\u2026\u201dThe Devil All the Time\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n ____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n STUDY: SAYING THE F-WORD MIGHT HELP TAKE THE PAIN AWAY <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n If you tend to swear when you get hurt you might actually be lessening your physical pain. An old study from 2009 found that people who kept their hands in icy-cold water were able to withstand the pain longer if they swore\u2014and study leader and psychologist Richard Stevens determined that swearing under certain circumstances can increase a person\u2019s pain threshold.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A related study from April of this year found that saying the F-word was linked to a 32 percent increase in pain threshold and a 33 percent increase in pain tolerance, while muttering made-up words had no beneficial impact.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The researchers write, \u201cWhile it is not properly understood how swear words gain their power, it has been suggested that swearing is learned during childhood and that aversive classical conditioning contributes to the emotionally arousing aspects of swear word use.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other studies have found that swearing in various languages has no bearing on people\u2019s pain perceptions.<\/u><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n GO BAREFOOT DAY:<\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n That\u2019s unless your shoes are strictly \u201cindoors\u201d, as they say in kindergarten. Why? Bacteria. Lots of it. A University of Arizona study found an average of 421,000 different bacteria growing on shoes \u2013 with 96% of them harboring fecal matter.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The study also indicated that bacteria can be tracked by shoes over long distances inside your home. Kelly Reynolds, Ph.D., a microbiologist who was involved in the study, said: \u201cWe walk through things like bird droppings, dog waste and germs on public restroom floors, all of which are sources for E. coli.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The study went on to see how much of this nastiness was spread onto our floors at home when we fail to take off our shoes, and the answer is between 90%-99%.<\/u><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n MONDAY JUNE 1ST<\/sup> \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [83] Morgan Freeman, actor<\/p>\n [67] Ronnie Dunn, country singer<\/p>\n [39] Amy Schumer, comedian-actress<\/p>\n [24] Tom Holland, actor (\u201cSpider-Man: Homecoming\u201d \u201cSpider-Man: Far From Home\u201d)\/stage actor (\u201cBilly Elliot the Musical\u201d) COMING UP\u2026\u201dThe Devil All the Time\u201d<\/p>\n ——————————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/u>Today is \u201cGo Barefoot Day\u201d.\u00a0 And maybe this is a good chance to remind you of a study that found that wearing shoes indoors is a straight-up bad idea.<\/p>\n\n