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Five News Stories of the Day
A Salon Manager Gave Her Boss a Kidney, So He Gave Her the Store (Story)
A Guy Started a $750,000 GoFundMe for His High School Reunion . . . With a 20% Cut Going to Him for "Coordinating" (Story)
What Technological Leap Changed Your Life the Most Last Decade? (Story)
The Jobs with the Most Single People Over 40 (Story)
KFC Just Made Chicken-Scented Crocs with Drumsticks on Top (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. One of the most popular slang terms in the 1800s was "My name is Haines" . . . which you'd say if you wanted to quickly end a conversation or leave a room.
2. Every baseball that's used in the major and minor leagues is rubbed with special mud from New Jersey before it's shipped or used in a game.
3. Italy, Germany, and England call syphilis "French disease" . . . Russia calls it "Polish disease" . . . Poland calls it "German disease" . . . Denmark and Portugal call it "Spanish disease" . . . and Turkey calls it "Christian disease."
4. The screenwriter who wrote "Cast Away" spent a week alone on a deserted island for research. A volleyball washed up on the shore, which is where he got the idea for Wilson.
5. The first woman to get a Ph.D. in the United States was named Helen Magill White. She got her doctorate in Greek from Boston University in 1877.
Celebrity Birthdays
Sophia Lillis is 18. Bill's crush Beverly in the remake of "It".
Prince Michael Jackson, Jr. is 23. Tattooed son of Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe.
Daniel Portman is 28. Podrick Payne on "Game of Thrones".
Mena Suvari is 41. Heather in the "American Pie" movies, Kevin Spacey's downfall in "American Beauty", and star of the short-lived sitcom "American Woman".
Randy Moss is 43. Retired NFL wide receiver and a future Hall-of-Famer.
Robbie Williams is 46. British pop singer.
Kelly Hu is 52. "X-Men 2" and "The Scorpion King". More recently she was on Pearl on "The Vampire Diaries" and China White on "Arrow".
Neal McDonough is 54. Damien Darhk on "Arrow" and "Legends of Tomorrow".
Freedom Williams is 54. Buffed rapper formerly in C & C Music Factory. APB on Freedom Williams!
Henry Rollins is 59.
Peter Gabriel is 70. The BEST lead singer of Genesis. Some of his biggest SOLO discs include 1982's "Security", which features "Shock the Monkey" and 1986's "So", which includes "In Your Eyes", "Sledgehammer" and "Big Time".
Mike Krzyzewski is 73. Legendary Duke University basketball coach.
Jerry Springer is 76.
Stockard Channing is 76. The First Lady on "The West Wing" and Rizzo in "Grease".
George Segal is 86. Pops Solomon on "The Goldbergs". He was also magazine owner Jack Gallo on "Just Shoot Me".
Kim Novak is 87. Star of the 1958 Hitchcock classic "Vertigo".
Chuck Yeager is 97. Former fearless test pilot.
Five News Stories of the Day
A Salon Manager Gave Her Boss a Kidney, So He Gave Her the Store (Story)
A Guy Started a $750,000 GoFundMe for His High School Reunion . . . With a 20% Cut Going to Him for "Coordinating" (Story)
What Technological Leap Changed Your Life the Most Last Decade? (Story)
The Jobs with the Most Single People Over 40 (Story)
KFC Just Made Chicken-Scented Crocs with Drumsticks on Top (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. One of the most popular slang terms in the 1800s was "My name is Haines" . . . which you'd say if you wanted to quickly end a conversation or leave a room.
2. Every baseball that's used in the major and minor leagues is rubbed with special mud from New Jersey before it's shipped or used in a game.
3. Italy, Germany, and England call syphilis "French disease" . . . Russia calls it "Polish disease" . . . Poland calls it "German disease" . . . Denmark and Portugal call it "Spanish disease" . . . and Turkey calls it "Christian disease."
4. The screenwriter who wrote "Cast Away" spent a week alone on a deserted island for research. A volleyball washed up on the shore, which is where he got the idea for Wilson.
5. The first woman to get a Ph.D. in the United States was named Helen Magill White. She got her doctorate in Greek from Boston University in 1877.
Celebrity Birthdays
Sophia Lillis is 18. Bill's crush Beverly in the remake of "It".
Prince Michael Jackson, Jr. is 23. Tattooed son of Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe.
Daniel Portman is 28. Podrick Payne on "Game of Thrones".
Mena Suvari is 41. Heather in the "American Pie" movies, Kevin Spacey's downfall in "American Beauty", and star of the short-lived sitcom "American Woman".
Randy Moss is 43. Retired NFL wide receiver and a future Hall-of-Famer.
Robbie Williams is 46. British pop singer.
Kelly Hu is 52. "X-Men 2" and "The Scorpion King". More recently she was on Pearl on "The Vampire Diaries" and China White on "Arrow".
Neal McDonough is 54. Damien Darhk on "Arrow" and "Legends of Tomorrow".
Freedom Williams is 54. Buffed rapper formerly in C & C Music Factory. APB on Freedom Williams!
Henry Rollins is 59.
Peter Gabriel is 70. The BEST lead singer of Genesis. Some of his biggest SOLO discs include 1982's "Security", which features "Shock the Monkey" and 1986's "So", which includes "In Your Eyes", "Sledgehammer" and "Big Time".
Mike Krzyzewski is 73. Legendary Duke University basketball coach.
Jerry Springer is 76.
Stockard Channing is 76. The First Lady on "The West Wing" and Rizzo in "Grease".
George Segal is 86. Pops Solomon on "The Goldbergs". He was also magazine owner Jack Gallo on "Just Shoot Me".
Kim Novak is 87. Star of the 1958 Hitchcock classic "Vertigo".
Chuck Yeager is 97. Former fearless test pilot.
