 I'm Darren Marlar and this is your Daily Dose of Weird News. If your throat's getting scratchy, you might be better off reaching for a Hershey bar over cough syrup. At least, that's what one leading expert from the University of Hall is advising. As he says, chocolate is better for a cough and respiratory problems than standard medicine. Great news! Hot chocolate and candy bars can now be deducted as medical expenses! Such as Megan of Sussex's estranged half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr., was arrested in Oregon last week on a DUI charge, which is considered a royal screw-up whether or not you are part of a monarchy. In a small study, people who brought paperwork into a meeting or negotiation were seen as being better prepared. According to the study, 51% said the person who has a lot of paperwork with them is better prepared. Pack the floorboards of my car for fast food papers and you can consider me a boy scout. They've been having problems with sea lions eating all the salmon in Oregon. They've tried relocating them, but they all found their way back. And now they're out shooting them. And if that doesn't work, they're going to combine the two and relocate the seals to Chicago. February 20th appears to be the day that Samsung is going to launch their Galaxy S10 phone. But then that crackpot, Ronald Wineland says Doomsday is going to definitely happen on June 9th, 2019, so you'll only have about four months to play with your new phone. Is that really worth it? What a fight, breast cancer? Grab a handful of walnuts. According to a study from the Marshall University School of Medicine, adding two ounces of walnuts to your diet may be one of your best defenses against breast cancer. In the study, mice that were fed the equivalent of what would be two ounces of walnuts per day for humans showed a delay in tumor growth, as well as fewer and smaller tumors. So the big question is, which candy bars have walnuts? That Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse is this coming Sunday night, going into the early hours of next Monday morning. Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse, wow, they couldn't whittle that down a bit? Sounds like a terrible fan-made horror flick with Harry Superheroes. Swedish officials have blocked a man's request for a car license plate saying, Christ. Although the way he drives, he may be hearing that word a lot anyway from drivers behind him. Samsung has rolled out their new 219-inch TV known as The Wall, which will make it that much more obvious that Big Bang Theory isn't actually funny. It won't be nearly as much fun as eating candy bars, but a big study is being launched to see if pills containing the nutrients in dark chocolate can help prevent heart attacks and strokes. The pills are so packed with nutrients that you'd have to eat a gazillion candy bars to get the amount being tested in this study. Hey, forget the pills study, I want to sign up for that study that lets us eat a gazillion candy bars. The police chief of Houston stopped a driver going 140 miles per hour. The chief could have arrested him for that, but decided to just give him a ticket. What? Man, if my brake light goes out, they're measuring me for an orange jumpsuit. Frontier Airlines is encouraging passengers to tip flight attendants. Sure thing. Alright, so what's a 20% tip on a fun-sized bag of stale nuts and a warm can of Coke? What is that, like 8 cents? An animal hospital in China is providing dog owners with another level of service by setting up cots that they can sleep on as they comfort their sick pets overnight. Which isn't really much different for husbands who are already in the doghouse anyway. A recent survey on genes reveals that men take longer to find the perfect pair than women. A third of women polled try on up to 10 pairs before making a purchase, while some of the men in the survey admit to trying on as many as 20 pairs before finding the perfect fitting genes. Which might be true, but while a woman will buy one or two pairs, we guys will get 15 pairs, so we never have to go shopping again. The first all-nude restaurant in Paris is closing after only a year due to not having enough customers. My guess is that open candles, hot coffee, and plastic seats just made naked people a bit too nervous. Costco is now selling a 27-pound bucket of mac and cheese that's good for 20 years. Perfect for parents of millennials who will still have their kids living in the basement in the year 2040. A restaurant owner in China who had 33 pounds of sausages stolen has written an open letter in which he offers the thief a job. It's not certain if the owner is serious about the job offer, but he did write that he admires the thief's bravery, quickness, and notes he must be suffering hardships. Personally, I think he's full of baloney. If you want to lose weight, don't diet by skipping breakfast. A study shows overweight men who ate eggs and lean Canadian bacon in the morning had a great sense of fullness throughout the day, compared to those who ate the extra protein at lunch or dinner. Wait a minute, so the news here is that if I want to lose weight, I should be sure to eat? Man, I like that plan! Police in Pennsylvania report they've arrested a wanted fugitive out of Baltimore. Anthony Ward was wanted for attempted first-degree murder for his involvement in a road rage-style shooting. Anthony's nickname, according to cops, is do-do-butt. Would it be cruel and unusual punishment then to put do-do-butt on his prison uniform instead of a number and then put him in the general population? Smartphone sales actually fell in 2018 for the first time ever, although smart users of phones have been dwindling for decades. For the first time in almost 30 years, the Oscars will air without a host. The producers are apparently planning for a group of A-listers to introduce various segments throughout the night. They still have not made plans yet on making the awards show entertaining or relevant. It's no secret that millions of Americans are sleep deprived, and being drowsy at the wheel is adding to the dangerous mix of cell phones and texting the driver's face each day. In a study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, 41% of drivers admitted that at some point in their lives they had knotted off at the wheel. 11% said they had fallen asleep within the past year, and some drivers confessed they had been asleep for more than a minute on a multi-lane road. After analyzing the data, researchers say accidents involving sleepy drivers are responsible for significantly more accidents than previously thought. It's thought that one factor is many young drivers that attend public schools and are so uneducated they think cruise control is the same as autopilot. A family in Georgia returned from vacation to find somebody else living in their home, and he refused to leave until he finished binge-watching the haunting of Hill House. Olympic gold medalist Ali Raisman suffered a broken elbow after falling down some stairs. See now that's what happens when you don't nail your landing while nailing your landing. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has filed for divorce. Usually high-profile divorces take a lot of time, but as a prime member he's getting free next day delivery. Last week was National Bird Day. Apparently not a lot of people knew about it because whenever I flipped one to somebody they didn't seem to appreciate it. In China, a woman called emergency services to complain that her boyfriend refused to warm her feet. Then, a few minutes later, the boyfriend called the same emergency number to complain that his girlfriend wouldn't remove her cold feet from atop his stomach where she was warming them. Sounds like they are perfect for each other. Michael J. Fox has got his first tattoo at the age of 57. It's on his right forearm and depicts a sea turtle with part of his right front flipper missing. If after a couple of weeks he decides he doesn't like it, he does still have the DeLorean hidden in the back shed. German police are investigating after an angry man returned a computer he had just bought saying it was packed with small potatoes instead of computer parts. The store replaced the computer free of charge but did become suspicious when he returned a short time later with another potato-filled computer casing. OK, word of advice here, you are not shopping at an Apple store if they are having a sale on Yam Books and Ice Buds. If you like what you are hearing, please leave a review of the podcast and share a link to this episode on your social media. Tell a couple of friends about the podcast and suggest they subscribe too. For Daily Dose of WeirdNews.com, I'm Darren Marlar and I'll see you next time, Weirdos.