A Mid-Day News Break

Whether you’re reading this on your lunch break or just as a way to get your mind off of things, we’re glad you’re here…and we have some news that has been carefully curated!

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How Unprepared Are You?

If there’s a deadly strike to the power grid, your community is probably woefully unprepared. It could mean darkness for days, weeks, or even MONTHS. How do you keep your family safe when the lights go out? Hint: You grab one of these generators!

5 Weird Facts of the Day

Just when you think things couldn’t get any weirder…

• September 14 is National Cream-Filled Donut Day.

• In Alfred Hitchcock's “Psycho” (1960), the famous shower scene used chocolate syrup for blood because it showed up better on black-and-white film.

• The iconic opening crawl of “Star Wars” (1977) was created using a special optical printer to create the illusion of text flying into the distance.

• James Cameron's “Titanic” (1997) used a replica of the ship that was 90% to scale and included accurate details from the actual ship.

• The “bullet time” effect in “The Matrix” (1999) was created using a rig with 120 cameras arranged in a circle to capture the scene from multiple angles.

Talk to you soon,
Sam Bennett

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