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The city of International Falls, Minnesota will no longer add fun clothes to their 26-foot-tall statue of Smokey the Bear. The mayor says people told him it was “kind of ridiculous” that they put things like earmuffs on the statue.
A 56-year-old guy in Connecticut robbed a mail carrier on Monday, but didn’t want their mail, or even their wallet. All he wanted was RUBBER BANDS. Cops tracked him down, and he still had a big wad of them wrapped around his wrist. They also found a small amount of PCP in his pocket.
A man in Colorado was arrested after he set his mother’s house on fire . . . while trying to get rid of cobwebs with a blowtorch. Thankfully, no one was injured in the fire, but it caused $100,000 in damages.
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The Majority of Americans Want to Cancel Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time ends THIS Sunday morning at 2:00 A.M. The good news is that you “gain” an hour . . . and get an extra hour of sleep that night. The bad news is that it’s more clock-changing, and Americans are OVER IT.
In a new poll, 63% of people want to eliminate Daylight Saving Time FOREVER. Just 16% want it to continue, and 21% “aren’t sure.” Probably because they don’t remember why we’re even doing it in the first place.
The idea, ages ago, was to align “waking hours” to “daylight hours,” but with technological advances and globalization, it has seemingly become more disruptive than beneficial. (Though dozens of countries do it in some way.)
And get this: Democrats and Republicans AGREE. Exactly 67% of both parties would “cancel” the clock-changing, while just about 15% of both want to keep it.
And a majority of EVERY age group wants Daylight Saving Time tossed, except young people ages 30 and under, where only 42% agree.
For what it’s worth, if Daylight Saving Time did stop, 48% of people would prefer that we keep the “spring forward” hours for a later sunset.
It should bed noted, a study found that if we got rid of Daylight Saving Time, it might actually be bad for our health. Waking up when it’s dark out isn’t good for us. It messes with our sleep patterns. So if we didn’t fall back this Sunday, our internal clock would be confused for three full months instead of a few days twice a year.
A 17-Pound Potato Named “Doug” May Have Set a New World Record
Never name an animal if it’s not really a pet. It’s too hard when that animal becomes FOOD. But does the same rule apply for produce? A 17-pound POTATO may have set a new world record. And the couple who dug it up decided to name it “Doug.”
A farmer in New Zealand was digging up weeds when he hit something massive, and realized it was a giant potato that has been growing for several years. It’s still being verified by Guinness but would crush the current record of 10 pounds 14 ounces.
Doug isn’t the most attractive potato, he’s kind of ugly. But he’s definitely huge. The farmer says he’s storing him in his fridge for now, and plans to use him to make potato vodka.
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Up until 2018, stores in what state were required to sell craft beer at room temperature.
