German Rat
A whole team of firefighters came to the rescue of this chubby rat that got itself caught in a sewer grate in Germany. The whole thing was caught on camera and it’s really something to behold.
Rotten Tomatoes
The film review site has made some changes, removing the option for users to leave comments on a movie’s page before it’s even been released.
Energizer
The battery company debuted their first smartphone – The Energizer P18K Pop – with a battery nearly seven times larger than the iPhone XS. This makes the phone as thick as nearly 3 smartphones stacked together. It comes with a 6.2-inch screen and three cameras on the back. It will be available this summer.
Netflix UK
The streaming service changed the ending of “The Notebook” so that instead of seeing them die in that hospital bed, you watch a flock of birds fly over a lake. Fans are not having it.
Saucony
The shoe company just created a new line of shoes that are designed to look like avocado toast. They’re green on top, brown and white on the bottom, and of course, questionably fashionable. If you’re interested, they’re charging $130 for a pair.
Tokyo, Japan
A baby boy there was born at just 24 weeks last August, weighing only 9.45 ounces, was just sent home at just over 7 pounds and totally healthy. It makes him the smallest baby boy ever to survive. The smallest girl who’s ever survived was born in Germany in 2015 at 8.89 ounces.
Jacob Wohl
Twitter has permanently suspended the 21-year-old pro-Trump conspiracy theorist for operating fake accounts. The accounts appeared to be designed to specifically spread misinformation in the 2020 elections.
The House
It voted to pass a resolution overturning Trump’s emergency border declaration. 13 Republicans voted with all Democrats in favor. The resolution now moves to the Senate.
The US Department of Health and Human Services
According to documents made public yesterday, there have been nearly 6,000 reports of sexual abuse involving unaccompanied immigrant children while in the custody of the United States government in the last four years.
The former first couple announced that the highly buzzed-about production company will be co-led by MTV, ESPN and FX Networks veterans for their Netflix projects. The company has a multi-year deal with Netflix to produce films and series that they’ve said will focus on inspirational stories.
