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Five Stories of the Day
It's Getting More Popular to Name Your Kids After Herbs and Spices (Story)
Four Signs It's Time to Take a Break from Social Media (Story)
Your AirPods Might Create a Ball of Fungus in Your Ear Canals (Story)
A Personal Trainer Who's Afraid of Sweat Wins a Disability Claim (Story)
Peeps-Flavored Pepsi Is Now Something That Exists (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The original "Jake from State Farm" who starred in the famous commercial in 2011 was an actual State Farm employee named Jake Stone. The new Jake from State Farm who took over the role last year is an actor named Kevin Mimms.
2. Miller Lite was originally called Gablinger's Diet Beer when it was developed in 1967.
3. The estimated real estate value of the land in Central Park in New York is over $500 billion.
4. The very last line of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" . . . which you can barely hear as the song fades out . . . is "Please don't procrastinate, it's not good to masturbate."
5. There's a pro wrestling move called the chokeslam where the wrestler lifts his opponent up by his throat and slams him to the ground. It was invented during an amateur wrestling match . . . by Abraham Lincoln.
Celebrity Birthdays
Keira Knightley is 36. "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Bend It Like Beckham", "Pride & Prejudice" and "Love Actually".
Jonathan Groff is 36. Kristoff the mountain man in "Frozen". He was also Jesse on "Glee" and Patrick on HBO's "Looking". Now he plays an FBI agent in the Netflix series "Mindhunter".
Amy Smart is 45. The girl Ashton Kutcher tries to save in "The Butterfly Effect".
Juvenile is 46. Middle-aged rapper.
T.R. Knight is 48. Formerly Dr. George O'Malley on "Grey's Anatomy".
Leslie Mann is 49. She's married to Judd Apatow. She's the drunk woman in "40-Year-Old Virgin", Katherine Heigl's sister in "Knocked Up" and its follow-up spin-off "This is 40".
Kenny Chesney is 53.
James Iha is 53. Smashing Pumpkins' guitarist.
Michael Imperioli is 55. Tony's unibrowed nephew on "The Sopranos".
John Stockton is 59. Retired Utah Jazz point guard.
Jennifer Grey is 61. Baby in "Dirty Dancing" and Ferris' sister in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". She won Season 11 of "Dancing with the Stars".
Marcus Allen is 61. Legendary Raiders running back.
Leeza Gibbons is 64.
Dean Dillon is 66. Country singer/songwriter. He helped make George Strait famous. Hits: "Easy Come, Easy Go", "Ocean Front Property" and "The Chair".
Martin Short is 71. The Amazing Jiminy Glick.
Vicki Lawrence is 72. "Mama's Family" and "Carol Burnett Show".
Steven Tyler is 73. Aerosmith frontman.
Diana Ross is 77. The Supremes.
Bob Woodward is 78. One of the reporters who took down Nixon.
James Caan is 81. Depending on your generation, you'd know him as Sonny Corleone from "The Godfather", Ed Deline on "Las Vegas", Scott Caan's dad in real life, or Will Ferrell's dad in "Elf".
Nancy Pelosi is 81. Speaker of the House.
Alan Arkin is 87. Founding SCTV member and Adam Arkin's dad. From 1970 to 1972 he was Larry on "Sesame Street". In 2007 he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his part as the Grandpa in "Little Miss Sunshine".
Sandra Day O'Connor is 91. First woman on the Supreme Court bench.
Five Stories of the Day
It's Getting More Popular to Name Your Kids After Herbs and Spices (Story)
Four Signs It's Time to Take a Break from Social Media (Story)
Your AirPods Might Create a Ball of Fungus in Your Ear Canals (Story)
A Personal Trainer Who's Afraid of Sweat Wins a Disability Claim (Story)
Peeps-Flavored Pepsi Is Now Something That Exists (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The original "Jake from State Farm" who starred in the famous commercial in 2011 was an actual State Farm employee named Jake Stone. The new Jake from State Farm who took over the role last year is an actor named Kevin Mimms.
2. Miller Lite was originally called Gablinger's Diet Beer when it was developed in 1967.
3. The estimated real estate value of the land in Central Park in New York is over $500 billion.
4. The very last line of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" . . . which you can barely hear as the song fades out . . . is "Please don't procrastinate, it's not good to masturbate."
5. There's a pro wrestling move called the chokeslam where the wrestler lifts his opponent up by his throat and slams him to the ground. It was invented during an amateur wrestling match . . . by Abraham Lincoln.
Celebrity Birthdays
Keira Knightley is 36. "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Bend It Like Beckham", "Pride & Prejudice" and "Love Actually".
Jonathan Groff is 36. Kristoff the mountain man in "Frozen". He was also Jesse on "Glee" and Patrick on HBO's "Looking". Now he plays an FBI agent in the Netflix series "Mindhunter".
Amy Smart is 45. The girl Ashton Kutcher tries to save in "The Butterfly Effect".
Juvenile is 46. Middle-aged rapper.
T.R. Knight is 48. Formerly Dr. George O'Malley on "Grey's Anatomy".
Leslie Mann is 49. She's married to Judd Apatow. She's the drunk woman in "40-Year-Old Virgin", Katherine Heigl's sister in "Knocked Up" and its follow-up spin-off "This is 40".
Kenny Chesney is 53.
James Iha is 53. Smashing Pumpkins' guitarist.
Michael Imperioli is 55. Tony's unibrowed nephew on "The Sopranos".
John Stockton is 59. Retired Utah Jazz point guard.
Jennifer Grey is 61. Baby in "Dirty Dancing" and Ferris' sister in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". She won Season 11 of "Dancing with the Stars".
Marcus Allen is 61. Legendary Raiders running back.
Leeza Gibbons is 64.
Dean Dillon is 66. Country singer/songwriter. He helped make George Strait famous. Hits: "Easy Come, Easy Go", "Ocean Front Property" and "The Chair".
Martin Short is 71. The Amazing Jiminy Glick.
Vicki Lawrence is 72. "Mama's Family" and "Carol Burnett Show".
Steven Tyler is 73. Aerosmith frontman.
Diana Ross is 77. The Supremes.
Bob Woodward is 78. One of the reporters who took down Nixon.
James Caan is 81. Depending on your generation, you'd know him as Sonny Corleone from "The Godfather", Ed Deline on "Las Vegas", Scott Caan's dad in real life, or Will Ferrell's dad in "Elf".
Nancy Pelosi is 81. Speaker of the House.
Alan Arkin is 87. Founding SCTV member and Adam Arkin's dad. From 1970 to 1972 he was Larry on "Sesame Street". In 2007 he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his part as the Grandpa in "Little Miss Sunshine".
Sandra Day O'Connor is 91. First woman on the Supreme Court bench.
