12/29/21: Alexa is Daring Kids to Electrocute Themselves and Naughty Nurses are Giving Elderly Men the Ultimate Happy Ending

This WTFWednesday is chock full of incredible news stories, including the Ghislaine trial being weird again, Delta Karen, Alexa telling kids to electrocute themselves (00:21:56), NASA studying what revealing alien life would do to people’s brains, China making people exercise while they eat McDonalds, a Nurse in Canada who was giving her nursing home patient extra special care (00:53:04), and MUCH more… (00:00:00) - Timestamps Cup of Coffee in the Big Time (00:04:41) - Fun Fact: Women Taste Better Than Men (00:06:15) - Holidays: Pepper Pot and Tick Tock Day (00:08:25) - This Day in History: Texas Becomes a State (00:10:12) - #3 - Ghislaine Maxwell Trial being Weird Again w/ Potential Covid Delay (00:13:50) - #2 - “Delta Karen” named Patricia Cornwall was a Baywatch Character (00:21:56) - #1 - Amazon’s Alexa told a 10 year-old to Try and Electrocute Themselves (00:32:40) - Space Mountain: NASA is Studying how People Would React to Learning of Extraterrestrial Life (00:38:57) - Researchers have Found Ammonia in Venus’ Acid Clouds, Suggesting Signs of Life TikTok International Moment (00:47:29) - China - McDonald’s are offering stationary bike workouts while you eat cheeseburgers (00:53:04) - Canada - Nursing home nurse wrongfully terminated after pleasuring her eldery male clients (00:58:40) - Germany - Woman arrested for biting another woman over dog-beating criticism These stories, and much more, brought to you by our incredible sponsors: ExpressVPN - ExpressVPN.com/HardFactor for 3 Months FREE Encryption Services Black Buffalo - BlackBuffalo.com and use promo code HARDFACTOR at checkout for 25% off your first order Talkspace - Talkspace.com; Promo Code: HARDFACTOR for $100 off (or tell them we sent you) Go to store.hardfactor.com and patreon.com/hardfactor to support the pod with incredible merch and bonus podcasts Leave us a Voicemail at 512-270-1480, send us a voice memo to [email protected], and/or leave a 5-Star review on Apple Podcasts to hear it on Friday's show Other Places to Listen: Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Lots More... Watch Full Episodes on YouTube Follow @HardFactorNews on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices