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Five News Stories of the Day
Kurt Cobain's Hair Sold for More Than $14,000 (Story)
The Age When Americans Finally Embrace Getting Older Is . . . 47 (Story)
And the Most Disappointing Series Finale Is . . . (Story)
A New App Lets You Charge People to Make Decisions for You (Story)
What's a Strange Food Combo You Eat . . . But Know It Sounds Nasty? (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. 30 years after his presidency was over, Herbert Hoover had a book published called "Fishing For Fun: And to Wash Your Soul".
2. The Tony Awards are named after Antoinette Perry, a famous actress and director, and the co-founder of the American Theatre Wing.
3. There are 1.5 million more people in California than in the entire country of Canada . . . California's population is 39.5 million, and Canada has 38 million people.
4. The world record for most breast milk donated is 414 gallons. A woman in Texas donated her milk over a period of three years and set the record in 2014.
5. Chuck Lorre, the creator of "Two-and-a-Half Men" and "The Big Bang Theory", wrote and performed the theme song for the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" cartoon. And he says he never received any royalties.
Celebrity Birthdays
Violett Beane is 25. Cara on "God Friended Me" and Jesse on "The Flash".
Spencer Breslin is 29. Chubby elf Curtis in the "Santa Clause" movies, Bruce Willis' younger self in "The Kid", and Dakota Fanning's brother in "The Cat in the Hat". Yet the one thing he's most famous for is being Abigail Breslin's brother.
David Nail is 42. Country singer.
Jack Johnson is 46. "Flake", "Better Together", "Upside Down", "If I Had Eyes", "I Got You", "You and Your Heart".
Tina Fey is 51.
Martika is 52. Biggest hit: 1989's "Toy Soldiers".
Rob Base is 54. Hip-Hop pioneer behind the 1988 masterpiece "It Takes Two".
Enigma is 64. Dude behind 1991's Gregorian chant smash "Sadeness Part 1".
Chow Yun-Fat is 66. "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" superstar. His role as pirate captain Sao Feng in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" was edited out in China because the government thought it "vilified and humiliated the Chinese."
George Strait is 69. The King of Country. He's had 60 number one hits . . . the most number ones in the history of music, in any genre, on any chart.
Reggie Jackson is 75. Mr. October. He's played himself in "The Naked Gun", "The Benchwarmers", and numerous TV shows, including on "McGyver", "The Jeffersons", "Blossom", "Mr. Belvedere", "Suddenly Susan" and "Malcolm in the Middle".
Five News Stories of the Day
Kurt Cobain's Hair Sold for More Than $14,000 (Story)
The Age When Americans Finally Embrace Getting Older Is . . . 47 (Story)
And the Most Disappointing Series Finale Is . . . (Story)
A New App Lets You Charge People to Make Decisions for You (Story)
What's a Strange Food Combo You Eat . . . But Know It Sounds Nasty? (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. 30 years after his presidency was over, Herbert Hoover had a book published called "Fishing For Fun: And to Wash Your Soul".
2. The Tony Awards are named after Antoinette Perry, a famous actress and director, and the co-founder of the American Theatre Wing.
3. There are 1.5 million more people in California than in the entire country of Canada . . . California's population is 39.5 million, and Canada has 38 million people.
4. The world record for most breast milk donated is 414 gallons. A woman in Texas donated her milk over a period of three years and set the record in 2014.
5. Chuck Lorre, the creator of "Two-and-a-Half Men" and "The Big Bang Theory", wrote and performed the theme song for the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" cartoon. And he says he never received any royalties.
Celebrity Birthdays
Violett Beane is 25. Cara on "God Friended Me" and Jesse on "The Flash".
Spencer Breslin is 29. Chubby elf Curtis in the "Santa Clause" movies, Bruce Willis' younger self in "The Kid", and Dakota Fanning's brother in "The Cat in the Hat". Yet the one thing he's most famous for is being Abigail Breslin's brother.
David Nail is 42. Country singer.
Jack Johnson is 46. "Flake", "Better Together", "Upside Down", "If I Had Eyes", "I Got You", "You and Your Heart".
Tina Fey is 51.
Martika is 52. Biggest hit: 1989's "Toy Soldiers".
Rob Base is 54. Hip-Hop pioneer behind the 1988 masterpiece "It Takes Two".
Enigma is 64. Dude behind 1991's Gregorian chant smash "Sadeness Part 1".
Chow Yun-Fat is 66. "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" superstar. His role as pirate captain Sao Feng in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" was edited out in China because the government thought it "vilified and humiliated the Chinese."
George Strait is 69. The King of Country. He's had 60 number one hits . . . the most number ones in the history of music, in any genre, on any chart.
Reggie Jackson is 75. Mr. October. He's played himself in "The Naked Gun", "The Benchwarmers", and numerous TV shows, including on "McGyver", "The Jeffersons", "Blossom", "Mr. Belvedere", "Suddenly Susan" and "Malcolm in the Middle".
