Monday’s Interesting Headlines | November 9, 2026
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In today’s episode of Simple Joe, we’re kicking things off with a Michigan man who lived 555 days without a human heart, thanks to some pretty incredible medical technology. We’re checking the weather in Ann Arbor, Michigan, celebrating birthdays, including Carl Sagan and the Incredible Hulk himself, Lou Ferrigno, and looking back at the fall of the Berlin Wall and the world’s first whole-eye transplant announcement. That eye transplant gets me wondering why we aren’t using this technology to help more people see again. We also celebrate World Adoption Day, National Fried Chicken Sandwich Day, and National Scrapple Day, which brings back memories of some surprisingly delicious scrapple. Then it’s time for Monday Interesting Headlines! We’ve got an enormous rubber band ball, a mysterious 400-year-old padlock, an electric toothbrush, some very unusual moths, and a hawk that’s apparently too fat to fly. That last story reminds me of a particularly bold squirrel I encountered in Washington, D.C. And there’s a possible future Top 10 list brewing, thanks to the Effing Minister Mike, who wants to share the ten things he disagrees with Simple Joe about. As always, I want to hear from you! Which headline should I dig into on Thursday? Text me at 513-399-6468 or email joe@thesimplejoe.com. Let’s slow down, have a conversation with a friend, and make some great memories.
Monday Interesting Headlines
- Detroit man’s 11,578-pound rubber band ball is the world’s largest
- Cryptic padlock from a 400-year-old shipwreck finally opened — but it leaves a mystery
- This self-powered toothbrush makes electricity to kill cavity-causing bacteria
- These Moths Use Their Genitals to Fend Off Bats—but Not in the Way You Think. They Emit Ultrasound to Scramble the Predators’ Sonar
- Hawk found grounded in Virginia driveway was ‘too darn fat to fly’
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