Love & Marriage The Jason & Mindy Podcast

- A potential return to concerts and large-scale social gatherings is finally on the horizon. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the United States’ top infectious disease expert, estimates that concerts and other live venues may be able to safely reopen some time this fall. The virus’ spread first began to impact U.S. concerts in early 2020, with a large wave of tours and events being canceled in March. Fauci emphasized that a safe reopening will depend on a swift and effective rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in order for the U.S. to achieve herd immunity, with 70 percent to 85 percent of the population receiving the vaccine
- There’s an old saying that it takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile. In that same vein, a new study reveals it seems to take more of your brain to argue with someone than it does to agree. A team from Yale University finds there is more “brain real estate” active when two people are disagreeing with each other compared to when they are in sync. The study finds that when two people disagree, their minds activate more cognitive functions to counter the information they’re hearing. When two people have the same opinion however, their minds show calm and synchronized activity “similar to a musical duet.”
- Have you ever been to someone’s home and they have all the shoes by the front door outside of the house? You should do the same at your house. The University of Houston did a study and found that 39 percent of shoes contained bacteria C. diff (Clostridium difficile). C. diff infections can cause multiple health conditions such as bad diarrhea which can also progress to colon inflammation and further serious health problems, especially if it doesn’t respond to antibiotic treatment effectively. In another study done by the University of Arizona nine different forms of bacteria were found on the bottom of shoes. Good Morning America did a test and found that the bottom of shoes were dirtier than toilet seats.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: THIEVES GET STUCK IN ELEVATOR _ In Germany two thieves trying to rob an office building were forced to call police after they became stuck in an elevator.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: HIDING IN BATHROOM, BURGLAR CALLS POLICE FOR HELP _ An alarm at a pizza restaurant in Sweden alerted the owner to a break-in at around 3:15AM. The owner lives nearby so he quickly put on a shirt, pants and shoes and ran to his restaurant. The owner arrived and began fighting with burglars. Two escaped, but two others ran back into the restaurant. One of the men eventually locked himself in the bathroom and called police.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: SLEEPY BURGLARS _ Police in Malaysia caught two burglars when they fell asleep in the house they had broken into after raiding the fridge.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: A TANK WAS DRIVING AROUND A FLORIDA NEIGHBORHOOD _ Video on social media showed what looked like a military tank driving around a Florida (Palmetto Bay) neighborhood on Sunday. Some residents wondered if the tank was part of a military operation. But a spokesperson with the Florida National Guard said the tank was not part of its fleet, and military experts said the tank appeared to be a British combat vehicle. The matter was cleared up by police: “The vehicle belongs to a private collector of decommissioned, surplus military items. The vehicle in question is demilitarized and unarmed. It was purchased as a collector item and was being delivered to the owner at the time that the video circulating social media was taken.”
Fun Facts
✓ Good news is more likely to be shared through social media than bad news.
✓ More people have seen David Copperfield perform live than any other performer in the world.
- The end of the world is close. Or at least much closer, according to research (in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society). The prevailing view has been that...