5 Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 16

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1. Your weather report: Today will start with a rainy morning as temperatures reach a high of 83 degrees. Tonight will be mostly clear with an overnight low of 62 degrees. Tomorrow should only be partly cloudy.

2. RAINING KITTENS! The public, animal lovers, and those interested in adopting a new kitten are invited to join the Humane Society for Greater Nashua (HSFN) for their ! It will be held on Thursday, August 23 from noon to 7 p.m. at 24 Ferry Road in Nashua. There will be kittens available on-site for adoption throughout the day and from 5-7 p.m. there will be special Kitten Shower games and goodies. Guests are encouraged to visit all day and bring gifts for our kittens and cats.

3. Patch Fact: Crew members on a crab fishing boat can earn up to $15,000 in one month.

4. Pay...with your phone. Reuters reports that some of the biggest store in America have formed a mobile payment alliance to use a unified system called Merchant Customer Exchange. This new system of phone payment should be available through any smartphone.

5. Eating addiction explained. Check out the this Youtube video from ASAP Science that breaks down why you are still hungry after eating. The continual intake of fat and sugar prevents us from eating healthy and makes the body desire this "junk food" more. The more unhealthy food you eat, the more you desire food.