October 22nd is the 295th day of the year. There are 70 days remaining until the end of the year

Today is National Nut Day, Eat a Pretzel Day, National Scar Appreciation Day, National Make a Dog’s Day, National Leave a Review Day, National Couch Potato Day, National Sparkling Water Day and National Love Your Melon Day

— On this date in 1797, the world’s first parachute jump took place

— On this date in 1897, the first used car dealership was opened

— On this date in 1961, Chubby Checker performs a medley of “The Twist” and “Let’s Twist Again” on TV’s Ed Sullivan Show 

— On this date in 1962, U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced that American spy planes had discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba. He ordered a naval “quarantine” of the island nation.

— On this date in 1976, Red Dye No. 4 was banned by the US Food and Drug Administration.

THINGS U NEED 2 NO:
TikTok is obsessed with candied salmon ahead of Halloween. People are raving about the sweet-salty flavor. Fans are creatively enjoying it with toppings like lemon, lime, avocado, and even Flamin’ Hot Lays and salt & vinegar chips. Some are calling it “savory girl candy.” The candied salmon has the same texture as beef jerky. It smells like maple syrup.

Walmart’s Thanksgiving Meal Basket will feed 10 people this year for under $40. It includes turkey, stuffing, mac and cheese, pie crusts, fried onions, mashed potatoes, and more. 

HBO Max is increasing prices for all subscription plans. The Basic Plan With Ads is going up by $1 a month to $10.99. 

$5,000 worth of Halloween candy was recently stolen from the front porch of a Nevis, Minnesota home. Mike Wade had the bulk candy delivery dropped off at his front door. It weighed 100 lb. Mike orders an immense amount of candy so he can give out five handfuls to each child on Halloween. The candy came from Amazon and Walmart. The Police are investigating 

The big internet outage on Monday bricked a bunch of smart beds made by a company called Eight Sleep.  They run on the cloud, so their tilting bed frames stopped working.  If your bed was in a seated position, you couldn’t make it lie flat.  You just had to sleep like that until service was restored.

Update:  The object that hit a United flight’s windshield may have been a weather balloon, not space junk.

It’s a phenomenon that has fascinated scientists for decades: couples tend to look alike over time. The idea first surfaced in 1987, when researchers from the University of Michigan proposed that years of shared emotions resulted in closer resemblances due to similar wrinkles and expressions. A team from Stanford University took another look at the theory and found that people do not grow to look like their significant other, but choose them because of their similar facial features. The findings suggest that people search for a mate with the same features, just as they do when it comes to finding a mate with the same values and personality traits.

A new study reveals that cracking your knuckles does not cause arthritis. AIIMS neurologist Dr. Priyanka Sherawat says arthritis is a condition that involves joint inflammation, which is not related to knuckle cracking. People mistakenly believe it’s bad due to the noise it makes. There is no evidence linking it to arthritis.

According to a new study, men typically connect most deeply with music and songs around age 16, while women peak around 19.

Remember Venn diagrams from school?  You’d mash circles together to show what different things had in common. Some woman on TikTok is going viral with a new version called a “MEN diagram.”  (???)  A lot of women seem to think it’s extremely accurate. It’s supposed to predict what type of guy you’re dealing with . . . and how datable he is.  It’s based on three main factors:  How smart, nice, and handsome he is.
If he’s more than one, it might actually be a RED FLAG.  Here are the four possible combinations, and what she says each of them mean.

If he’s smart and nice . . . he’s probably a nerd.
If he’s smart and handsome . . . he’s probably a jerk.

If he’s handsome and nice . . . he’s probably dumb.

And if he’s smart, nice, AND handsome, you’re out of luck . . . he’s probably gay. 

A recent survey by Ticketmaster found that the number of people who have attended a festival by themselves has risen from 8% in 2019 to 29% this year.