You\u2019ve heard of an eclipse, but have you heard of a \u2018super blood wolf moon?\u2019 That\u2019s what some are calling the simultaneous total lunar eclipse and \u201csupermoon\u201d that will take place on the night of Sunday January 20th and in the morning of January 21st.<\/p>\n
It\u2019ll be the last total lunar eclipse until 2021, and people in all of North and South America, as well as parts of Asia and Europe, will be able to witness the lunar eclipse. As for the name, the term \u201cblood moon\u201d comes from the red hue that the moon appears to have during a lunar eclipse, and the term \u201csuper moon\u201d has to do with the apparent size of the moon, as during the upcoming eclipse it will be at its closest point to the Earth in its orbit, making it appear slightly larger than usual. According to the Farmer\u2019s Almanac, the term \u201cwolf moon\u201d comes from names that some Native American groups gave to each full moon throughout the year. January\u2019s full moon was dubbed the \u201cwolf moon\u201d because \u201camid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside villages.\u201d<\/p>\n
______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It\u2019s common knowledge that many people choose to share the password for their Netflix account with a friend, but you might want to reconsider doing that. British company Synamedia created artificial intelligence that can spot shared passwords on streaming services and rat out the offending users. Each service then chooses to deal with the offender as they please– they might send an email asking them to upgrade to a premium service, or shut down their account. However, if someone has illegally sold their password online to multiple people they could be turned in to the police. Synamedia says the system has already begun trials, though no official release date has been set as of yet.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s taken a long time, but it looks like Eddie Murphy\u2019s 1988 hit film \u201cComing to America\u201d is finally getting a sequel. Murphy played African Prince Akeem in the romantic comedy, and not only does he want to reprise the role for a follow-up, but he is the one who has confirmed the news.\u00a0 The plan is for filming to begin this year, and for the original film\u2019s co-stars James Earl Jones and Arsenio Hall to return.<\/p>\n ___________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cInternational Hot & Spicy Food Day\u201d, encouraging us to spice up our lives in order to add some zest to a Winter\u2019s day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1920,\u00a0PROHIBITION\u00a0<\/strong>began.\u00a0 Those in the U.S. weren’t allowed to drink freely for 13 YEARS.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1953, the\u00a0CHEVY CORVETTE\u00a0was introduced at a car show at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.\u00a0 The cost of the first production model Vettes was $3,490.\u00a0 There were only 300 produced. \u00a0That car will cost you $300,000 today.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n January 16TH<\/sup>, 2006\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>The Johnny Cash movie “Walk The Line” earns three Golden Globes: Best Musical or Comedy plus trophies for Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. The “Brokeback Mountain” piece “A Love That Will Never Grow Old” wins Best Original Song<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n Atlanta Restaurant Offering\u00a0Bird Box<\/em>-Themed Dinner<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n A restaurant in Georgia, is cashing in on the\u00a0Bird Box<\/em>\u00a0craze with its own take on the challenge. The Atlanta restaurant will be hosting a\u00a0Bird Box<\/em>\u00a0dinner on Jan. 24 that will offer customers tacos and margaritas to consume while \u2014 you guessed it\u2014blindfolded.<\/p>\n Those with taste buds savvy enough to guess the flavors correctly will get a free homemade cookie. Though, as the eatery points out, \u201cmaybe it won\u2019t be a cookie at all.” Luckily it doesn\u2019t seem that you\u2019ll have to do any walking \u2013 or boating \u2013 to enjoy the meal. Tickets to the \u201cweird\u201d event cap at 42 people.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A teenager in Utah\u00a0attempted\u00a0the “Bird Box Challenge” while driving, and immediately hit another car, a light pole, and a wall.\u00a0 Luckily no one was hurt.\u00a0 If you don’t know, the “Bird Box Challenge” is where you do everyday stuff while blindfolded, based on a\u00a0horror movie on Netflix.\u00a0 It’s also really stupid.\u00a0 Do not do it.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0_____________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY\u2019S GOOD NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n There’s a 53-year-old McDonald’s worker in Wichita named Vicki Anderson.\u00a0 And a few months ago, her car finally broke down for good.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It was a 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass, and it had been on its last legs for a while.\u00a0 But she couldn’t afford another car.\u00a0 So getting to work every morning has been a challenge.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But she was talking to one of her regular customers the other day, a business owner named Chris Ellis who hits the drive-thru a lot.\u00a0 And she asked if he knew anyone selling a car for cheap.\u00a0 So he said he’d ask around.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It turned out Chris’s son Josh had just bought a new truck and was selling his old car . . . a 2009 Pontiac G6.\u00a0 So Chris asked how much he wanted for it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then on Wednesday, they showed up at McDonald’s and surprised Vicki by GIVING her the car.<\/p>\n Chris paid Josh for it.\u00a0 He says he gave him a good price, because it was for a good cause.\u00a0 And Josh even cleaned it, changed the oil, and had the tires rotated for her.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Someone got the whole thing on\u00a0video, and she got pretty emotional about it.\u00a0 She got in the driver’s seat, then had to get back out when she started to hyperventilate.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chris told her she makes him smile every time he talks to her.\u00a0 And he never forgets stuff like that.\u00a0 So that’s why he did it.<\/p>\n