\u27a2A few years ago, Indiana unsealed documents about old adoptions, and a woman named Karen Warner found out she had a long-lost twin brother but didn’t know his name.\u00a0 She eventually figured out it was one of three people who were born on the same day at the same hospital.\u00a0 And it turned out her brother is a guy named Mike Jackman who went to high school with her.\u00a0 They’d recently become Facebook friends, and he only lived five blocks away.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u27a2There’s a guy near Detroit who’s been going to auto repair shops in the middle of the night and POOPING in random cars.\u00a0 The cops are trying to track him down.\u00a0 The manager of a shop where he’s done it at least twice talked to a reporter about it the other day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2 A 90-year-old guy in L.A. named Aaron Epstein paid $10,000 for two ads in “The Wall Street Journal,” calling out AT&T for not having faster internet where he lives.\u00a0 He’s been an AT&T customer for a long time and doesn’t want to switch.\u00a0 But he’s having trouble streaming, and he knows a lot of younger people in his neighborhood who need a better connection for work.\u00a0 Now someone from the company has reached out and says they’re working on it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2Being tall is the giraffe\u2019s competitive advantage, giving it the pick of leaves from the tallest trees, so scientists were stunned to find two giraffe dwarves on different sides of Africa. Most giraffes grow to 15 \u2013 20 feet (4.5 \u2013 6 metres), but in 2018, scientists discovered an 8 1\/2-foot (2.6 metre) giraffe in Namibia. Three years earlier, they found a 9-foot 3-inch (2.8 metre) giraffe in a Ugandan wildlife park. In both cases, the giraffes had standard long necks but short, stumpy legs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2The Gremlins are wreaking havoc once again. On Monday, Mountain Dew debuted an ad for their sugar-free drink, starring Gizmo from the \u201980s classic \u201cGremlins\u201d. The ad also features original star Zach Galligan reprising his role as \u2018Billy Peltzer\u2019, shown sitting on the couch with the furry creature who REALLY wants a sip of that Mountain Dew. Letting Gizmo take a drink turns out to be a big mistake, however, resulting in his fur immediately starting to pop off his back.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dolly Parton<\/strong>‘s “9 To 5” was certified gold in 1981.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n FUNNIEST TWEETS OF THE WEEK ABOUT THE LIES KIDS TELL:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u21d2 Favorite lie told by my kids: I cleaned my room but don\u2019t go in there yet. \u2013 Sarcastic Mommy<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u21d2 72% of parenting is asking kids how something got broken\u2026and then listening to them lie about it. \u2013 Robert Knop<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u21d2 \u201cI emailed the teacher but haven\u2019t heard back\u201d is the new \u201cmy dog ate my homework.\u201d \u2013 Sweet Momissa<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u21d2 My 3 year old tried to convince me that he injured his knee and it needed popcorn. \u2013 Dadpression<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u21d2 My 8yo just tried to convince me that there\u2019s sugar all over his mouth because he tripped and landed on a donut. \u2013 JennyPentland GED<\/p>\n \u2026AND A FEW FROM NON-PARENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u21d2 for some awful reason my boyfriend and i keep accidentally wearing similar outfits but he\u2019s a foot taller than me so i look like a furious little doll of him \u2013 Ariana Lenarsky<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u21d2 i love contactless delivery they just throw the slop at your door and i run out like a little pig \u2013 oatmeal influencer<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u21d2 Using gorilla glue on my next relationship \u2013 salma<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n FOUR RANDOM FACTS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2713 Freshly fallen snow is only about 8% water; the rest is air.<\/p>\n \u2713 The continent with the highest average education level is Antarctica.<\/p>\n \u2713 Kidney transplant recipients\u2019 original kidneys are left in their body, and the third kidney is placed in the pelvis.<\/p>\n \u2713 The founder of Match.com, Gary Kremen, lost his girlfriend to a man she met on Match.com.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Last week, a hospital in Denver\u00a0threw<\/a>\u00a0a going-away party for a comfort dog named Wynn that helped get them through the worst of the pandemic.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A doctor named Susan Ryan started bringing her to work as part of her training to become a service dog.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She’d been there since March, so almost a whole year.<\/p>\n _________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [66] Jeff Daniels, actor<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [54] Benicio Del Toro, actor (\u201cGuardians Of the Galaxy\u201d, Oscar-\u201cTraffic\u201d)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [17] Millie Bobby Brown, actress (\u201cStranger Things\u201d since 2016)\/movie actress<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n THINGS THAT MAKE YA GO HMMM\u2026\u2026..<\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n ____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Wearing Socks to Bed Will Help You Fall Asleep Faster?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n According to a doctor slash TikTok star named Jess Andrade in Worcester, Massachusetts, there’s a good reason to wear socks to bed:\u00a0 It’ll help you fall asleep faster.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a new\u00a0video<\/a>, she says, quote, “Wearing socks makes your feet warm, and this opens up the blood vessels that cools the body down.\u00a0 The body being cool tells the brain that it’s time for bed.\u00a0 So actually, people that wear socks tend to fall asleep faster.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One of her other tips for falling asleep is called the 10-3-2-1-0 method.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stop drinking caffeine 10 hours before bed . . . stop eating or drinking alcohol three hours before . . . stop doing work two hours before to unwind . . . stop looking at screens one hour before . . . and hit snooze zero times in the morning.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19TH \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n (One of the cops said even they felt nervous going out onto the pier to save her.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n (Search YouTube for “If My Apple Watch Was A Person.”\u00a0 The bit ends at 2:30.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n MUPPETT SHOW <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Everyone talks about how “The Simpsons” did stuff in the ’90s that’s coming true today.\u00a0 But so did THE MUPPETS.\u00a0 Remember the 1996 classic “Muppet Treasure Island”?<\/p>\n\n
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