December 9, 2019
December 9, 2019 5:55 amDecember 9th is the 343rd day of the year. There are 22 days remaining until the end of the year.
Three more local Santa Claus Parades this weekend in Thamesville, Ridgetown and Dresden.
Thamesville is Friday night and Ridgetown and Dresden fall on Saturday.
For a full schedule of all the local Santa Claus Parades, go here.
CKMORNINGS is collecting Christmas Cards for the holidays.
The deadline to submit your cards for Seniors Greetings is next Tuesday.
Please drop off or mail your cards ASAP.
Finland has selected former transportation minister Sanna Marin as the next Prime Minister, taking over after the resignation of Antti Rinne.
She will be the youngest ever PM of Finland, the youngest currently sitting PM in the world and the youngest ever female PM in the world. She is 34.
She will be sworn in in the next couple of days.
The world’s first monkey-pig hybrid has been born in a lab.
A groundbreaking experiment produced creatures with hearts, livers, spleens, lungs and skin which contained pig and primate cells. They say this could pave the way for human organs grown by animals.
Stem cells from macaque monkeys were grown in a lab and then injected into pig embryos five days after fertilisation.
Exclusive: Two pigs engineered to have monkey cells born in China https://t.co/R7mUPcQzHU pic.twitter.com/DcTpcShNpM
— New Scientist (@newscientist) December 8, 2019
The Chevy Suburban just became the first vehicle to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Hollywood recognized the Suburban for its contributions to film and television over the last 67 years.
The Suburban made its Hollywood debut in 1952 and has since “starred” in over 1,750 films and television series. Chevy says the truck has appeared in at least one TV series every year since 1956 and at least one film every year since 1960.
Tags: 5ThingsYouNeedtoKnow, Chevrolet, Chevy, CKMornings, Dresden, experiment, monkey-pig, Ridgetown, Santa Claus Parade, Seniors Greetings, Suburban, Thamesville, Walk of FameChevy Suburban is first inanimate object to get a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame: https://t.co/TzlIKMAtJv pic.twitter.com/HBMATyy3KR
— Car and Driver (@CARandDRIVER) December 7, 2019
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This post was written by Chris McLeod