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Three Facts & A Fib - Thurs. 4/11: Country With Most Unique Languages / US Postal Service / Tupac's Last Words
Three of the following are FACTS...one is a FIB (scroll down to find out which one!) 1. The 'Five-O' in the title of the '60s TV series "Hawaii Five-O" refers to Hawaii being the 50th U.S. state. At the time, it had only been a state for nine years. 2. Papua New Guinea has the most unique languages of any ...
Apr 11, 2024
Corey's Feel Good Stories Thurs. 4/11: Senior Prom For Dogs / Science Teacher Makes Good On 46-Year-Old Eclipse Party Promise
1. Happy National Pet Day! There's a place in Nashville called Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary that takes in senior dogs that have medical issues. It opened in 2012, and it's completely funded by donations. Senior year is your 12th year in school. So for their 12th anniversary this month, they threw the dogs a sen...
Apr 11, 2024
Three Facts & A Fib - Tues. 4/9 - U.S. Giant Cheese Stash / Origin of "B.C. and A.D." / Only Place With Horizontal Time Zones
Three of the following are FACTS...one is a FIB (scroll down to find out which one!) 1. The USDA has 1.5 BILLION pounds of cheese stashed in caves in Missouri. This process started about 75 years ago as part of a plan to stabilize dairy prices in the country. But now, it's mainly for use in food assistance programs....
Apr 09, 2024
Corey's Feel Good Stories - Tues. 4/9: Man Runs Across Africa for Charity / Cop Who Saved Baby Is Now Godfather
1. A 27-year-old British guy named Russell Cook just finished running the entire length of Africa for charity. He started in South Africa last April . . . averaged more than a marathon a day for 352 days . . . he's been kidnapped, battled illness and even robbed at gunpoint throughout his journey, but stayed strong, ...
Apr 09, 2024
Vote Now! Huggie, Natalie & Corey's "March Mispronounce-ness"
Vote below on which word Huggie, Natalie & Corey have mispronounced worst! Results Monday Morning on WIXX!
Apr 05, 2024
Three Facts & A Fib - Wed. 4/3: First Item To Break Sound Barrier / Most Rectangular Country
Three of the following are FACTS...one is a FIB (scroll down to find out which one!) 1. The fountains at the Mall of America in Minneapolis collect about $25,000 in coins each year. 2. The first thing someone invented that could break the sound barrier was . . . the whip. 3. Japan also attacked Hong Kong on the same...
Apr 03, 2024
Feel Good Stories Tues. 4/3: Dog Protects Owner From Coyotes / Bottle Washed Up On Shore
1. A dog named "Hero" lived up to his name last week in Canada. His 61-year-old owner was injured and stuck lying in a muddy ditch for two days. But Hero stayed with him the whole time, kept him warm, and fought off coyotes. He also ATTACKED a random guy and his dog while they were walking by. But the guy...
Apr 03, 2024
((VIDEO)) Saw Blade Almost Kills Guy / Thief Apprehended By Cops On Horse
Some crazy news stories with videos below! A guy in Oregon is lucky to be alive after a runaway sawblade missed him by about two seconds. He was walking into a corner store when a four-foot, circular blade broke free from a construction site nearby. It ended up stuck in the wall outside, right where he'd been standin...
Apr 01, 2024
3 Facts & A Fib - Thurs. 2/29: Leap Years Not EVERY 4 Years / Governor Stars / Fortune 500 Companies Started During Depression
Three of the following are FACTS...one is a FIB (scroll down to find out which one!) 1. Leap Years don't ALWAYS happen every four years, due to rounding. The last "skipped" Leap Year was in 1900. And the next one is in 2100. 2. There are two governors of California with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame:...
Feb 29, 2024
Corey's Feel Good Stories: Thurs. 2/29: Oldest Leap Day Baby / Woman Finds Dog 5 Years Later
1. Happy 25th to Mary Forsythe of Oklahoma, who actually turns 100 today! She's one of the oldest Leap Day babies in the world, born February 29th, 1924. 2. Meanwhile, dozens of "leapers" are celebrating together on a cruise in the Bahamas right now. They also did it in 2020. Around 70 people signed up f...
Feb 29, 2024
Three Facts & A Fib - Wed. 2/28: First Book Ever Sold on Amazon / Origin of Knock-Knock Jokes / Barney Was Almost A....
Three of the following are FACTS...one is a FIB (scroll down to find out which one!) 1. Less than 15% of men in the United States are six feet tall or taller . . . less than 4% are at least six-foot-two. In the NBA, 87% of the players are taller than six-foot-two. 2. The first book ever sold on Amazon was a book &q...
Feb 28, 2024
Corey's Feel Good Stories Wed. 2/28: Horse Galloping Down Intestate / Tiniest Neck Brace / New Way To Find Missing Pets
1. Did you see the video of a horse galloping down I-95 in Philadelphia last week? The good news is he's okay, and the escape earned him a new name. He belongs to a charity called the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club that offers inner-city kids a chance to go out and ride. They got to choose a new name for him and ...
Feb 28, 2024
Three Facts & A Fib - Tues. 2/27: Super Bowl Groundskeeper / Bobby Flay's 8th Christmas Present / Mr. Bean's Original Name
Three of the following are FACTS...one is a FIB (scroll down to find out which one!) 1. 95-year-old groundskeeper George Toma prepared the Super Bowl field EVERY year, for 57 years, before retiring after last year's game. He was known as the "Sodfather," and he's in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 2. When h...
Feb 27, 2024
Corey's Feel Good Stories: Tues. 2/27: $1 Billion Donated To Cover Tuition / Baby Chihuahua Rescued From Freeway / Bus Driver Saves Kids From Burning Bus
1. A 93-year-old former professor just donated $1 BILLION to Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Her late husband worked with Warren Buffett and was an early investor in Berkshire Hathaway. All the funds will go to cover tuition. It's usually $59,000 a year, but all students who get in will get to go fo...
Feb 27, 2024
Corey's Feel Good Stories - Mon. 2/26: Flight Attendant Saves Rare Eggs / Hero Rescues Baby & Mother Before Car Washes Away
A flight attendant saves 6 rare Chilean flamingo eggs mid-flight with help from passengers. The flamingo chick was named after the flight attendant's granddaughter to thank her!
Feb 26, 2024
Three Facts & A Fib - Mon. 2/26: Wedding Ring Origins / Calories Burned At Standing Desk / Most 7-Elevens
Three of the following are FACTS...one is a FIB (scroll down to find out which one!) 1. Historians believe the idea of "wedding rings" dates back to the ancient Egyptians, who believed that there was a "vena amoris," or "vein of love," in the left hand's fourth finger, with a direct route...
Feb 26, 2024
Corey's Feel Good Stories 2/23: Cat Disrupts Vows - Gets Adopted / Woman Finds Wallet On Beach Lost Overboard A Year Earlier
1. Back in September, a stray cat rudely and loudly crashed a couple's outdoor wedding, when it wouldn't stop meowing during the groom's wedding vows. The couple, Cara and Matt Hamdan, are big-time cat-people, and so when they heard that the cat had been caught by the venue a couple weeks later, they knew they needed ...
Feb 23, 2024
Three Facts & A Fib - Fri. 2/23:
Three of the following are FACTS...one is a FIB (scroll down to find out which one! 1. Someone who's 6-foot-7 can see about 1,000 feet farther than someone who's 5-foot-7. 2. The actor who played The Most Interesting Man in the World in the Dos Equis commercials through 2016 was once an extra on "Star Trek"...
Feb 23, 2024
Three Facts & A Fib - Tic Tacs Sugar Factor / PayPal History / Last Ivy League School To Accept Women
Three of the following are FACTS, one is a FIB (scroll down to find out which one!) 1. Neuropsychology has shown that short-term memory lasts 15 to 30 seconds. After that, it either has to be encoded as a long-term memory or it decays. 2. Tic Tacs are almost pure sugar, but since each one has less than 0.5 grams, th...
Feb 22, 2024
Corey's Feel Good Stories: 2/22: Walking Barefoot Across U.S. / Married In Gas Station Bathroom
1. A guy named Anton Nootenboom is raising awareness for men's mental health by walking barefoot across the U.S. from L.A. to New York. He left Santa Monica, California on Saturday. He calls himself "The Barefoot Dutchman," and this ain't his first rodeo. In 2019, he became the first person to make it to M...
Feb 22, 2024