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Five Stories of the Day
The 10 Best Records That Could Be Broken in Super Bowl 55 (Story)
A Guy's Car Gets Towed, So He Steals the Tow Truck as Revenge (Story)
The Best and Worst Things America Has Given the World, According to Foreigners (Story)
A Company Will Pay a "Sleeping Beauty" to Test Out Some Mattresses (Story)
Hershey's Came Out with a New Version of the Whatchamacallit Bar with an Equally Embarrassing Name (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. FedEx almost went under back in the '70s in their early years . . . they only had $5,000 in the bank and needed to pay off $24,000. They're still around because the founder took the last $5,000 to Vegas, gambled it on blackjack, and won $27,000.
2. The first professional football league in America was called the National Football League . . . but it has no relation to the modern one. It lasted one season in 1902 and featured a mix of football players and pro baseball players.
3. The most common answer . . . or, technically, "question" . . . on "Jeopardy" is "What is China?"
4. The first African-American to win an Oscar for something other than acting was Isaac Hayes. He won Best Original Song for "Theme From Shaft" in 1971.
5. he reason Hitler shaved his mustache down to a square is because he had trouble fitting a regular mustache into a gas mask.
Celebrity Birthdays
Hannah Teter is 34. Female snowboarding superstar. She earned a gold medal for the U.S. with her skills at the halfpipe in the 2006 Winter Olympics. She picked up a silver medal in the halfpipe in 2010.
Rosamund Pike is 42. "Gone Girl". 007 fans also know her as double agent Miranda Frost in the Pierce Brosnan Bond movie "Die Another Day".
Jake Pavelka is 43. He lost on the fifth season of the "The Bachelorette". . . lost on "Dancing with the Stars" . . . and lost Vienna after he proposed to her on "The Bachelor".
Patton Oswalt is 52.
Tracy Lawrence is 53. Country star.
Mike Patton is 53. Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, and Fantomas.
Tamlyn Tomita is 55. She falls for Daniel-san in "Karate Kid 2". Now she's the hospital chairman on "The Good Doctor".
Alan Cumming is 56. Eli Gold on "The Good Wife", Gutsy Smurf in the "Smurfs" movies, Nightcrawler in the second "X-Men", and Dylan Reinhart on "Instinct".
Rupert Boneham is 57. Bearded giant on "Survivor: Pearl Islands", "Survivor: All Stars", "Heroes vs. Villains" and "Blood vs. Water".
Bridget Fonda is 57. "Single White Female", "Lake Placid", Cameron Crowe's "Singles", and Ash's girlfriend Linda in "Army of Darkness". She gave up acting in 2003, the same year she married master movie composer Danny Elfman. Bridget is Jane Fonda's niece, Peter Fonda's daughter, and Henry Fonda's granddaughter.
Keith Olbermann is 62. Former "SportsCenter" anchor. He's also Tom Jumbo-Grumbo on "BoJack Horseman".
Susanna Thompson is 63. Oliver's mom on "Arrow", Lucy's mom on "Timeless", and the Borg Queen on "Star Trek: Voyager".
Mimi Rogers is 65. Mrs. Kensington in the first "Austin Powers". And Agent Diana Fowley on "The X-Files". She was Tom Cruise's first wife (1987-1990).
John Roberts is 66. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is 77.
James Cromwell is 81. 6-foot-7 actor who played the evil Dr. Arthur Arden on "American Horror Story: Asylum". He's also the warden in "The Green Mile" and in the 2005 remake of "The Longest Yard", the president in "Sum of All Fears", and George Sibley on "Six Feet Under".
Five Stories of the Day
The 10 Best Records That Could Be Broken in Super Bowl 55 (Story)
A Guy's Car Gets Towed, So He Steals the Tow Truck as Revenge (Story)
The Best and Worst Things America Has Given the World, According to Foreigners (Story)
A Company Will Pay a "Sleeping Beauty" to Test Out Some Mattresses (Story)
Hershey's Came Out with a New Version of the Whatchamacallit Bar with an Equally Embarrassing Name (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. FedEx almost went under back in the '70s in their early years . . . they only had $5,000 in the bank and needed to pay off $24,000. They're still around because the founder took the last $5,000 to Vegas, gambled it on blackjack, and won $27,000.
2. The first professional football league in America was called the National Football League . . . but it has no relation to the modern one. It lasted one season in 1902 and featured a mix of football players and pro baseball players.
3. The most common answer . . . or, technically, "question" . . . on "Jeopardy" is "What is China?"
4. The first African-American to win an Oscar for something other than acting was Isaac Hayes. He won Best Original Song for "Theme From Shaft" in 1971.
5. he reason Hitler shaved his mustache down to a square is because he had trouble fitting a regular mustache into a gas mask.
Celebrity Birthdays
Hannah Teter is 34. Female snowboarding superstar. She earned a gold medal for the U.S. with her skills at the halfpipe in the 2006 Winter Olympics. She picked up a silver medal in the halfpipe in 2010.
Rosamund Pike is 42. "Gone Girl". 007 fans also know her as double agent Miranda Frost in the Pierce Brosnan Bond movie "Die Another Day".
Jake Pavelka is 43. He lost on the fifth season of the "The Bachelorette". . . lost on "Dancing with the Stars" . . . and lost Vienna after he proposed to her on "The Bachelor".
Patton Oswalt is 52.
Tracy Lawrence is 53. Country star.
Mike Patton is 53. Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, and Fantomas.
Tamlyn Tomita is 55. She falls for Daniel-san in "Karate Kid 2". Now she's the hospital chairman on "The Good Doctor".
Alan Cumming is 56. Eli Gold on "The Good Wife", Gutsy Smurf in the "Smurfs" movies, Nightcrawler in the second "X-Men", and Dylan Reinhart on "Instinct".
Rupert Boneham is 57. Bearded giant on "Survivor: Pearl Islands", "Survivor: All Stars", "Heroes vs. Villains" and "Blood vs. Water".
Bridget Fonda is 57. "Single White Female", "Lake Placid", Cameron Crowe's "Singles", and Ash's girlfriend Linda in "Army of Darkness". She gave up acting in 2003, the same year she married master movie composer Danny Elfman. Bridget is Jane Fonda's niece, Peter Fonda's daughter, and Henry Fonda's granddaughter.
Keith Olbermann is 62. Former "SportsCenter" anchor. He's also Tom Jumbo-Grumbo on "BoJack Horseman".
Susanna Thompson is 63. Oliver's mom on "Arrow", Lucy's mom on "Timeless", and the Borg Queen on "Star Trek: Voyager".
Mimi Rogers is 65. Mrs. Kensington in the first "Austin Powers". And Agent Diana Fowley on "The X-Files". She was Tom Cruise's first wife (1987-1990).
John Roberts is 66. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is 77.
James Cromwell is 81. 6-foot-7 actor who played the evil Dr. Arthur Arden on "American Horror Story: Asylum". He's also the warden in "The Green Mile" and in the 2005 remake of "The Longest Yard", the president in "Sum of All Fears", and George Sibley on "Six Feet Under".
