{"id":23171,"date":"2021-06-18T09:35:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T13:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=23171"},"modified":"2021-06-18T05:12:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T09:12:50","slug":"on-todays-show-625","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/mornings\/2021\/06\/on-todays-show-625\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today’s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u27a2 <\/span>A guy in Chicago has been\u00a0<\/span>jumping<\/span><\/a>\u00a0into Lake Michigan every day since June 13, 2020.\u00a0 (The guy’s name is Dan O’Conor.\u00a0 Here he talking about it, along with being cheered on after his\u00a0<\/span>365th jump<\/span><\/a>.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u27a2\u00a0 <\/span>Remember Tessica Brown, the “<\/span>Gorilla Glue Girl<\/span><\/a>“?\u00a0 Back in January, she ran out of hair spray . . . assumed that spray-on Gorilla Glue was fine instead . . . and her hair was cemented to her scalp for over a month.\u00a0 And now Tessica is cashing in on her mistake . . . by launching her own HAIR CARE line called “<\/span>Forever Hair<\/span><\/a>“.\u00a0 It includes a hair spray called “Forever Hold” that she says was inspired by Gorilla Glue.\u00a0 But the big difference is it WILL wash out with soap and water.\u00a0 <\/span>(Here’s a clip from the original video she released.)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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\u27a2 <\/span>A houseplant with just 9 leaves has sold for a record-breaking US $19,297 on a New Zealand auction site. Bids for the \u201cvery rare white variegated Rhaphidophora Tetrasperma\u201d closed Sunday night, after a flurry of bidding resulted in \u201cmeridianlamb\u201d being named the eventual winner. In New Zealand dollars, the winning bid was $27,100. In the item description from the seller, it says: \u201cThis plant has 8 leaves with the 9th just about to uncurl. Each leaf has excellent variegation as does the stem and is well rooted in a 14cm pot.\u201d Trade Me spokesperson Millie Silvester said it was \u201cthe most expensive houseplant ever sold\u201d on the auction site.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u27a2\u00a0 <\/span>A guy got some pretty major celebrities, including Mark Wahlberg, Bob Saget, Kat Dennings, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Ben Kingsley, to send\u00a0<\/span>video messages<\/span><\/a>\u00a0congratulating his daughter on her graduation.\u00a0 And he did it just by finding all their managers on LinkedIn and hitting them up.\u00a0 (Here’s a montage.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u27a2 <\/span>Salma Hayek’s pet owl once landed on Harry Styles’ head . . . and regurgitated a ball of rat fur onto it.\u00a0 \u00a0But Salma\u00a0<\/span>says<\/span><\/a>, quote, “He was okay, he was [kind of] cool.\u00a0 He didn’t scream.”\u00a0 (From “Ellen” on Tuesday, June 15, 2021.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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SATURDAY-<\/b>
\n<\/b>\u2022 \u201cJuneteenth\u201d, officially \u201cJuneteenth National Independence Day\u201d, on the anniversary of the 1865 announcement of General Order No. 3, proclaiming freedom from slavery in Texas. This day celebrates the emancipation of all who had been enslaved in the US.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SUNDAY-<\/b>
\n<\/b>\u2022 \u201cFather\u2019s Day\u201d, celebrated on the 3rd Sunday in June in about 90 countries as a day to honor Dad and appreciate all he does. Many other countries celebrate a day for dad at other times in the year. The first observance of a \u201cFather\u2019s Day\u201d was on July 5, 1908, in a church in Fairmont, West Virginia. <\/span><\/p>\n

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