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Five News Stories of the Day
Jeff Bezos Is Spending Tens of Millions of Dollars to Build a 10,000-Year Clock Inside a Mountain... in WEST TEXAS (Story)
Five Alternate Uses for Your Dinner Table During the Lockdown (Story)
Eight Songs That Really Took Off During Social Distancing (Story)
57% of People Who Just Started Working from Home Love It, and Want to Keep Doing It (Story)
Great News for Lazy People! Four-Second Workouts Might Be Enough (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Coca-Cola was offered the chance to buy Pepsi three times between 1922 and 1933, and they turned it down every time.
2. The French coffee press was invented by an Italian designer in 1929.
3. Football got a chance to be in the Olympics when it was added as a demonstration sport at the 1932 Games in Los Angeles but it bombed, and has never been considered again.
4. Jethro Tull was a real person. He was a British agricultural pioneer in the 1700s. The band picked the name when a guy at their booking agency suggested it, because he was a big history buff. And somehow it stuck.
5. The single "American Idiot" by Green Day only made it to #61 on the Billboard chart in America . . . but it was a top five song in Canada, the U.K., South Africa, and New Zealand.
Celebrity Birthdays
Travis Scott is 28. Rapper and father to Kylie Jenner's daughter Stormi. He just performed several virtual concerts last week for a special "Fortnite" event.
Ana de Armas is 32. Cuban-Spanish actress who played Joi in "Blade Runner 2049". She's also a Bond girl for this year's 25th James Bond movie.
Dianna Agron is 34. Quinn Fabray on "Glee". She's married to Winston Marshall from Mumford & Sons.
Gal Gadot is 35. "Wonder Woman". She's also Gisele in the "Fast & Furious" movies.
Kirsten Dunst is 38. Mary Jane in the old "Spider-Man" trilogy.
Lloyd Banks is 38. Rapper in 50 Cent's G-Unit.
Kunal Nayyar is 39. Raj on "The Big Bang Theory". He shares a birthday with co-star Johnny Galecki.
Sam Heughan is 40. Jamie Frasier from the Starz time travel series "Outlander".
Johnny Galecki is 45. Leonard on "The Big Bang Theory", and David on "Roseanne".
Jeff Timmons is 47. Tattooed founding member of 98 Degrees.
Carolyn Dawn Johnson is 49. Country singer.
Adrian Pasdar is 55. Nathan Petrelli on "Heroes" and General Glenn Talbot on "Agents of "S.H.I.E.L.D.". Until recently he was also Iron Man's voice in the animated series "Avengers Assemble". Another guy took over the role in 2017.
Isiah Thomas is 59. Former NBA star and former NBA coach.
Merrill Osmond is 67. The Osmonds.
Burt Young is 80. Rocky's brother-in-law Paulie in the "Rocky" movies. He also played Lou in "Back to School".
Cloris Leachman is 94. Maw Maw on the Fox comedy "Raising Hope". You might also know her as Mrs. Garrett's replacement, Beverly Ann, on "The Facts of Life" and Frau Blücher in the 1975 classic, "Young Frankenstein".
Five News Stories of the Day
Jeff Bezos Is Spending Tens of Millions of Dollars to Build a 10,000-Year Clock Inside a Mountain... in WEST TEXAS (Story)
Five Alternate Uses for Your Dinner Table During the Lockdown (Story)
Eight Songs That Really Took Off During Social Distancing (Story)
57% of People Who Just Started Working from Home Love It, and Want to Keep Doing It (Story)
Great News for Lazy People! Four-Second Workouts Might Be Enough (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Coca-Cola was offered the chance to buy Pepsi three times between 1922 and 1933, and they turned it down every time.
2. The French coffee press was invented by an Italian designer in 1929.
3. Football got a chance to be in the Olympics when it was added as a demonstration sport at the 1932 Games in Los Angeles but it bombed, and has never been considered again.
4. Jethro Tull was a real person. He was a British agricultural pioneer in the 1700s. The band picked the name when a guy at their booking agency suggested it, because he was a big history buff. And somehow it stuck.
5. The single "American Idiot" by Green Day only made it to #61 on the Billboard chart in America . . . but it was a top five song in Canada, the U.K., South Africa, and New Zealand.
Celebrity Birthdays
Travis Scott is 28. Rapper and father to Kylie Jenner's daughter Stormi. He just performed several virtual concerts last week for a special "Fortnite" event.
Ana de Armas is 32. Cuban-Spanish actress who played Joi in "Blade Runner 2049". She's also a Bond girl for this year's 25th James Bond movie.
Dianna Agron is 34. Quinn Fabray on "Glee". She's married to Winston Marshall from Mumford & Sons.
Gal Gadot is 35. "Wonder Woman". She's also Gisele in the "Fast & Furious" movies.
Kirsten Dunst is 38. Mary Jane in the old "Spider-Man" trilogy.
Lloyd Banks is 38. Rapper in 50 Cent's G-Unit.
Kunal Nayyar is 39. Raj on "The Big Bang Theory". He shares a birthday with co-star Johnny Galecki.
Sam Heughan is 40. Jamie Frasier from the Starz time travel series "Outlander".
Johnny Galecki is 45. Leonard on "The Big Bang Theory", and David on "Roseanne".
Jeff Timmons is 47. Tattooed founding member of 98 Degrees.
Carolyn Dawn Johnson is 49. Country singer.
Adrian Pasdar is 55. Nathan Petrelli on "Heroes" and General Glenn Talbot on "Agents of "S.H.I.E.L.D.". Until recently he was also Iron Man's voice in the animated series "Avengers Assemble". Another guy took over the role in 2017.
Isiah Thomas is 59. Former NBA star and former NBA coach.
Merrill Osmond is 67. The Osmonds.
Burt Young is 80. Rocky's brother-in-law Paulie in the "Rocky" movies. He also played Lou in "Back to School".
Cloris Leachman is 94. Maw Maw on the Fox comedy "Raising Hope". You might also know her as Mrs. Garrett's replacement, Beverly Ann, on "The Facts of Life" and Frau Blücher in the 1975 classic, "Young Frankenstein".
