THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW – Thurs 2/21/19

February 21st is the 52nd day of the year. There are 313 days remaining until the end of the year

There are 24 days remaining until St Patty’s Day

There are 621 days remaining until Election Day 2020 (Nov 3 2020)

Today is Card Reading Day and National Sticky Bun Day

The following new Peeps flavors will be available at various grocery stores … Vanilla Crème Marshmallow Chicks (Target), Chocolate Caramel Swirl (Target), and Blue Raspberry (Walmart).

Papa John’s is adding a Hot Honey Chicken and Waffles Pizza to their menu. The pizza will be topped with chicken, waffle crumbles, bacon, cheese and spicy honey. It will be available in late 2019

Aldi grocery stores are selling St Patricks Day cheeses infused with alcohol. Cheeses include Irish Cheddar with Beer, Irish Cheddar with Whiskey, Aged Irish Cheddar, Pesto Gouda, and English Sage Derby.

A guy in North Carolina is charged with assault for hitting a man with a, quote, “porcelain watermelon topped with a chicken.”  We Googled for a long time but couldn’t find ANY example of what that could possibly be.  

H&R Block had its agents take “empathy training” to handle the fact that the new “tax cut” laws mean a lot of people’s refunds are going to be way down or nonexistent.

Chris Hemsworth will take on the role of Hulk Hogan in a new biopic. Hemsworth will play the wrestler during his early years.

There’s a new startup that wants to handle all the logistics of your BREAKUP.  It’s called Onward, and for anywhere between $100 and $500, they’ll handle everything from moving you out of your ex’s place to setting you up on dates.  

New Movies Opening Tonight

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Rated PG) .. Starring: America Ferrera, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, Kit Harington, Cate Blanchett … When Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) discovers Toothless isn’t the only Night Fury, he must find a secret dragon utopia known as “The Hidden World” before the evil Grimmel finds it first.

A new survey talked to 2,000 people who got married in the past year.  And the average couple spent 528 HOURS planning their wedding. That’s the equivalent of 66 full, eight-hour workdays.  Or just over three months of unpaid work you have to do.