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Five Stories of the Day
It's Time to Reverse Your Ceiling Fans (Story)
A Starbucks Barista's Picture of a Customer's Insane Order Goes Viral (Story)
Random Stats in Honor of National Teachers Day (Story)
Seeing Someone Check Their Phone Makes You Want to Do It, Just Like Yawning (Story)
The Type of French Fry Each State Is Oddly Obsessed With (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The first Nintendo game ever developed in Africa was "Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers" for Nintendo 64. It was created in Morocco.
2. There are only three animals that have sex for pleasure and not just to reproduce: Humans, bonobos, and dolphins.
3. There was an episode of "Scrubs" in 2002 where Zach Braff and Sarah Chalke's characters went skydiving . . . and they had stunt doubles do the skydive. So their stunt doubles met on set that day and wound up getting married.
4. The McDonald's character Grimace was originally evil . . . in 1971 he was called Evil Grimace and his goal was to steal milkshakes. But by 1972 they turned him into a purple monster who's a good guy and not very bright.
5. Based on the average life expectancy in the U.S., if you're 18 years old, you only have about 3,160 weekends left in your life. If you're 40, you only have 2,015 left.
Celebrity Birthdays
Shameik Moore is 26. Miles Morales in "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse".
Raelynn is 27. Country singer who got her start on Team Blake on "The Voice". Her biggest hit so far is "God Made Girls".
Alexander Gould is 27. Nemo in "Finding Nemo". He grew up to play Shane Botwin on Showtime's "Weeds".
Ashley Rickards is 29. Jenna Hamilton, the star of MTV's "Awkward".
Lance Bass is 42. 'N Sync.
Erin Andrews is 43. "Dancing with the Stars" co-host and Fox Sports' lead NFL sideline reporter.
Kimora Lee Simmons is 46. She married Russell Simmons, took over his Baby Phat clothing line, then divorced him.
Mike Dirnt is 49. Green Day bassist.
Will Arnett is 51. Batman in the "LEGO" movies and GOB on "Arrested Development". (That's pronounced "Jobe".) He's also got two other Netflix shows. He's Chip on "Flaked", and the star of "BoJack Horseman".
Ana Gasteyer is 54. She was the first "SNL" cast member ever to be pregnant while on the show. Tina Fey was second.
Randy Travis is 62. Country superstar who had a massive stroke back in 2013.
Lynne Spears is 66. Britney's mom.
Mick Mars is 70. Motley Crue guitarist.
Jackie Jackson is 70. The second child in the Jackson family. He used to handle the high tenor parts for Tito & The Jackson Five.
Richard Jenkins is 74. Nathaniel Fisher, the dead father on "Six Feet Under". He's also John C. Reilly's dad in "Step Brothers", and Elisa's friend Giles in "The Shape of Water".
Five Stories of the Day
It's Time to Reverse Your Ceiling Fans (Story)
A Starbucks Barista's Picture of a Customer's Insane Order Goes Viral (Story)
Random Stats in Honor of National Teachers Day (Story)
Seeing Someone Check Their Phone Makes You Want to Do It, Just Like Yawning (Story)
The Type of French Fry Each State Is Oddly Obsessed With (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The first Nintendo game ever developed in Africa was "Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers" for Nintendo 64. It was created in Morocco.
2. There are only three animals that have sex for pleasure and not just to reproduce: Humans, bonobos, and dolphins.
3. There was an episode of "Scrubs" in 2002 where Zach Braff and Sarah Chalke's characters went skydiving . . . and they had stunt doubles do the skydive. So their stunt doubles met on set that day and wound up getting married.
4. The McDonald's character Grimace was originally evil . . . in 1971 he was called Evil Grimace and his goal was to steal milkshakes. But by 1972 they turned him into a purple monster who's a good guy and not very bright.
5. Based on the average life expectancy in the U.S., if you're 18 years old, you only have about 3,160 weekends left in your life. If you're 40, you only have 2,015 left.
Celebrity Birthdays
Shameik Moore is 26. Miles Morales in "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse".
Raelynn is 27. Country singer who got her start on Team Blake on "The Voice". Her biggest hit so far is "God Made Girls".
Alexander Gould is 27. Nemo in "Finding Nemo". He grew up to play Shane Botwin on Showtime's "Weeds".
Ashley Rickards is 29. Jenna Hamilton, the star of MTV's "Awkward".
Lance Bass is 42. 'N Sync.
Erin Andrews is 43. "Dancing with the Stars" co-host and Fox Sports' lead NFL sideline reporter.
Kimora Lee Simmons is 46. She married Russell Simmons, took over his Baby Phat clothing line, then divorced him.
Mike Dirnt is 49. Green Day bassist.
Will Arnett is 51. Batman in the "LEGO" movies and GOB on "Arrested Development". (That's pronounced "Jobe".) He's also got two other Netflix shows. He's Chip on "Flaked", and the star of "BoJack Horseman".
Ana Gasteyer is 54. She was the first "SNL" cast member ever to be pregnant while on the show. Tina Fey was second.
Randy Travis is 62. Country superstar who had a massive stroke back in 2013.
Lynne Spears is 66. Britney's mom.
Mick Mars is 70. Motley Crue guitarist.
Jackie Jackson is 70. The second child in the Jackson family. He used to handle the high tenor parts for Tito & The Jackson Five.
Richard Jenkins is 74. Nathaniel Fisher, the dead father on "Six Feet Under". He's also John C. Reilly's dad in "Step Brothers", and Elisa's friend Giles in "The Shape of Water".
