THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• The University of Tampa has fired a professor who suggested in a tweet that Hurricane Harvey hit Texas because it voted G.O.P. 
• They were digging on the site of the new police and fire station in the town of Thornton, Colorado, when they uncovered a triceratops skeleton. 
• There's a furniture store and a bowling alley in Houston that have opened their doors to flood victims. 
• It's estimated that only 2 out of 10 homes in Houston have flood insurance. 
• So far, Harvey has dumped twenty trillion gallons or rain. 
• A 3-mile wide asteroid is going to pass relatively close to the earth tomorrow, just so you know. 
• In Great Falls, Montana, a woman called 9-1-1 to complain about the quality of the meth she had just purchased. 
• Having a beard helps you beat cancer? A new study claims that a beard can protect a man's face from 90 to 95% of harmful UV rays from the sun. 
• Sandra Bullock has donated $1 million towards Harvey relief efforts, while Kim Kardashian and her family on Tuesday donated a collective $500,000. Jennifer Lopez, Dwayne Johnson, NFL player J.J. Watt and comedian Kevin Hart have all pledged funds. 
• Gwyneth Paltrow's website Goop is being accused of making "deceptive" health claims. 
• Tobe Hooper, the director of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," "Poltergeist" and "Salem's Lot" has died at age 74. 
• Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has exercised his right to buy 700 million shares of Bank of America's common stock at a bargain-basement price. 
• Leah Remini says that the Church of Scientology wanted her to convert Kevin James but she refused. 
• Toyota is doing some serious investing in an Uber-rival company called Grab.