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Five News Stories of the Day
A Guy Finds Out a Woman Is Just Dating Him for Free Meals . . . So He Ditches Her at the Restaurant with the Bill (Story)
There's a New Girl Scout Cookie Coming This Year (Story)
A Small Plant on Your Desk Really Does Help with Stress (Story)
You Can Now Buy a Scarf That Looks Like a Long CVS Receipt (Story)
63% of People Say They Have "Too Much Stuff" (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. There were proposals in the 1600s to use an upside-down or crooked exclamation point as a way to show the sentence was ironic or sarcastic.
2. Only about 15% of the buildings in the U.S. with more than 13 stories actually HAVE a 13th floor, because of the superstition around the number 13.
3. The average person has 0.14 grams of unwiped feces around their butt at any given time.
4. There was a video game based on the TV show "Home Improvement" for Super Nintendo in 1994. And it didn't come with an instruction manual . . . it just said, quote, "Real men don't need instructions."
5. Before Michael Douglas got the part of Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street", it was offered to Warren Beatty and Richard Gere.
Celebrity Birthdays
Zahara Jolie-Pitt is 15. Brad and Angelina's daughter. Born in Awasa, Ethiopia.
Noah Cyrus is 20. Miley's sister. Her songs include "Make Me (Cry)", "Stay Together", and "Again".
Kim Jong-Un is 36. Leader of North Korea.
Gaby Hoffmann is 38. Ali Pfefferman on Amazon's "Transparent".
Rachel Nichols is 40. Kiera Cameron on "Continuum". She was also in the "Conan the Barbarian" remake and played Scarlet in the first "G.I. Joe" movie.
Jenny Lewis is 44. Her band Rilo Kiley did some music for "Grey's Anatomy" and the movie "Wedding Crashers".
R. Kelly is 53.
Michelle Forbes is 55. "Berlin Station" branch chief Valerie Edwards.
Laurie Walters is 73. Joanie Bradford on "Eight Is Enough".
Robby Krieger is 74. Doors guitarist who wrote "Light My Fire".
Bob Eubanks is 82. "Newlywed Game" superstar.
Shirley Bassey is 83. She sang the themes to three of the 007 movies - "Goldfinger" (1964), "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971), and "Moonraker" (1979). Sean Connery was Bond in the first two. The other movie was Roger Moore.
On This Day
185 years ago - In 1835, the U.S. National Debt was completely paid off under Andrew Jackson, giving us a zero balance for the first and ONLY time in history.
74 years ago - In 1946, Elvis Presley received his first guitar for his 11th birthday.
62 years ago - In 1958, Bobby Fischer won his first U.S. Chess Championship, at age 14. It was the first of eight wins over the next nine years.
58 years ago - In 1962, 21-year-old Jack Nicklaus played in his first professional golf tournament, the Los Angeles Open. He came in 50th place and won $33.33.
56 years ago - In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson declared a War on Poverty. It worked.
29 years ago - In 1991, Def Leppard's guitarist Steve Clark was found dead in the living room of his London home. He was 30. The coroner ruled that his death was caused by a lethal combination of alcohol and drugs.
28 years ago - In 1992, George Bush (the Elder) vomited into the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister.
27 years ago - In 1993, a 29-cent Elvis postage stamp was issued at a post office near Graceland. The U.S. Postal Service held a vote in 1992. Fans chose skinny Elvis over chubby Elvis . . . 851,200 to 277,723.
26 years ago - In 1994, Tonya Harding won her second National Skating Championship. Nancy Kerrigan was unable to compete because Tonya's thugs bashed Nancy's leg with a steel bar two days earlier.
18 years ago - In 2002, Wendy's founder Dave Thomas died of liver cancer at the age of 70.
Nine years ago - In 2011, U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (Democrat, Arizona) was shot in the head while meeting constituents at a Tucson supermarket. Six people were killed and a dozen others were wounded during the shooting. Giffords miraculously survived.
Four years ago - In 2016, David Bowie released his final album "Blackstar" on his 69th birthday. He died two days later.
Five News Stories of the Day
A Guy Finds Out a Woman Is Just Dating Him for Free Meals . . . So He Ditches Her at the Restaurant with the Bill (Story)
There's a New Girl Scout Cookie Coming This Year (Story)
A Small Plant on Your Desk Really Does Help with Stress (Story)
You Can Now Buy a Scarf That Looks Like a Long CVS Receipt (Story)
63% of People Say They Have "Too Much Stuff" (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. There were proposals in the 1600s to use an upside-down or crooked exclamation point as a way to show the sentence was ironic or sarcastic.
2. Only about 15% of the buildings in the U.S. with more than 13 stories actually HAVE a 13th floor, because of the superstition around the number 13.
3. The average person has 0.14 grams of unwiped feces around their butt at any given time.
4. There was a video game based on the TV show "Home Improvement" for Super Nintendo in 1994. And it didn't come with an instruction manual . . . it just said, quote, "Real men don't need instructions."
5. Before Michael Douglas got the part of Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street", it was offered to Warren Beatty and Richard Gere.
Celebrity Birthdays
Zahara Jolie-Pitt is 15. Brad and Angelina's daughter. Born in Awasa, Ethiopia.
Noah Cyrus is 20. Miley's sister. Her songs include "Make Me (Cry)", "Stay Together", and "Again".
Kim Jong-Un is 36. Leader of North Korea.
Gaby Hoffmann is 38. Ali Pfefferman on Amazon's "Transparent".
Rachel Nichols is 40. Kiera Cameron on "Continuum". She was also in the "Conan the Barbarian" remake and played Scarlet in the first "G.I. Joe" movie.
Jenny Lewis is 44. Her band Rilo Kiley did some music for "Grey's Anatomy" and the movie "Wedding Crashers".
R. Kelly is 53.
Michelle Forbes is 55. "Berlin Station" branch chief Valerie Edwards.
Laurie Walters is 73. Joanie Bradford on "Eight Is Enough".
Robby Krieger is 74. Doors guitarist who wrote "Light My Fire".
Bob Eubanks is 82. "Newlywed Game" superstar.
Shirley Bassey is 83. She sang the themes to three of the 007 movies - "Goldfinger" (1964), "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971), and "Moonraker" (1979). Sean Connery was Bond in the first two. The other movie was Roger Moore.
On This Day
185 years ago - In 1835, the U.S. National Debt was completely paid off under Andrew Jackson, giving us a zero balance for the first and ONLY time in history.
74 years ago - In 1946, Elvis Presley received his first guitar for his 11th birthday.
62 years ago - In 1958, Bobby Fischer won his first U.S. Chess Championship, at age 14. It was the first of eight wins over the next nine years.
58 years ago - In 1962, 21-year-old Jack Nicklaus played in his first professional golf tournament, the Los Angeles Open. He came in 50th place and won $33.33.
56 years ago - In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson declared a War on Poverty. It worked.
29 years ago - In 1991, Def Leppard's guitarist Steve Clark was found dead in the living room of his London home. He was 30. The coroner ruled that his death was caused by a lethal combination of alcohol and drugs.
28 years ago - In 1992, George Bush (the Elder) vomited into the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister.
27 years ago - In 1993, a 29-cent Elvis postage stamp was issued at a post office near Graceland. The U.S. Postal Service held a vote in 1992. Fans chose skinny Elvis over chubby Elvis . . . 851,200 to 277,723.
26 years ago - In 1994, Tonya Harding won her second National Skating Championship. Nancy Kerrigan was unable to compete because Tonya's thugs bashed Nancy's leg with a steel bar two days earlier.
18 years ago - In 2002, Wendy's founder Dave Thomas died of liver cancer at the age of 70.
Nine years ago - In 2011, U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (Democrat, Arizona) was shot in the head while meeting constituents at a Tucson supermarket. Six people were killed and a dozen others were wounded during the shooting. Giffords miraculously survived.
Four years ago - In 2016, David Bowie released his final album "Blackstar" on his 69th birthday. He died two days later.
