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Five News Stories of the Day
Do You Put Ketchup on Your Fries, Hot Dogs, Eggs, Grilled Cheese, or Pasta? (Story)
This Is a Cool List: The 20 Greatest "Final #1 Hits" of All-Time (Story)
25 "Dad" Songs . . . Kind Of (Story)
A "Psychic Artist" Goes Viral for Drawing Your Future Soulmate in Just 24 Hours (Story)
11% of People Have Taken a Selfie While Driving (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. There are approximately 200 different types of fungi on your feet right now.
2. The average adult produces 500 liters of pee a year, which is enough to fill up three bathtubs.
3. When the breathalyzer was created in the 1930s, it was called the Drunk-O-Meter.
4. The character who made the most appearances on "Seinfeld" outside of the four main characters was Ruthie Cohen . . . a waitress and cashier at the diner. She was in 101 of the 180 episodes, usually just in the background.
5. Since Ecuador is split by the equator, winter and summer happen at the same time. When the north part of the country is having winter, the south is having summer, and vice versa.
Celebrity Birthdays
Atticus Shaffer is 22. Brick Heck on "The Middle".
Paul Dano is 36. The young version of Beach Boy Brian Wilson in "Love & Mercy", the older brother in "Little Miss Sunshine", and Benedict Cumberbatch's overseer, who tries to lynch Solomon Northrup, in "12 Years a Slave".
Macklemore is 37. He did "Good Old Days" with Kesha, and "Glorious" with Skylar Grey. Profanity Warning: But his biggest hit is still "Thrift Shop".
Zoe Saldana is 42. Gamora in "Guardians of the Galaxy", Neytiri in "Avatar", and Uhura in the "Star Trek" movies.
Dirk Nowitzki is 42. One of the greatest NBA power forwards of all time. He's also the first European-born player to ever get the NBA's MVP award.
Ryan Hurst is 44. Beta on "The Walking Dead".
Hugh Dancy is 45. FBI special investigator Will Graham on "Hannibal". Calvin Roberts on Hulu's "The Path" and Prince Charmont in "Ella Enchanted".
Robin Tunney is 48. Teresa Lisbon on "The Mentalist".
Jean Dujardin is 48. French actor who won a Best Actor Oscar for "The Artist".
Brian "Head" Welch is 50. Korn guitarist, who left the band for Jesus, but officially returned in 2013.
Mia Sara is 53. Ferris' girlfriend Sloane in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". Some of you may remember her as Harley Quinn on the WB show "Birds of Prey".
Paula Abdul is 58. Long before "American Idol", she made a name for herself with "Forever Your Girl", "Cold Hearted", "Straight Up" and "Opposites Attract".
Mark DeBarge is 61. Trumpet/sax player in DeBarge.
Kathleen Turner is 66. Joan Wilder in "Romancing the Stone"; the voice of sexy Jessica Rabbit in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?", Chandler's cross-dressing dad on "Friends", and Fraida Felcher in "Dumb and Dumber To".
Ann Wilson is 70. Heart singer. She's the brunette one of the two sisters. "Barracuda", "Crazy on You", "Magic Man", "These Dreams", and "Alone".
Phylicia Rashad is 72. Claire Huxtable on "The Cosby Show". Phylicia's first husband was Victor Willis . . . the original cop from the Village People!
Author Salman Rushdie is 73. His "Satanic Verses" led to death threats from Ayatollah Khomeini. That made him more famous than he ever could've been as just a regular fiction author. "Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi is his ex-wife.
Five News Stories of the Day
Do You Put Ketchup on Your Fries, Hot Dogs, Eggs, Grilled Cheese, or Pasta? (Story)
This Is a Cool List: The 20 Greatest "Final #1 Hits" of All-Time (Story)
25 "Dad" Songs . . . Kind Of (Story)
A "Psychic Artist" Goes Viral for Drawing Your Future Soulmate in Just 24 Hours (Story)
11% of People Have Taken a Selfie While Driving (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. There are approximately 200 different types of fungi on your feet right now.
2. The average adult produces 500 liters of pee a year, which is enough to fill up three bathtubs.
3. When the breathalyzer was created in the 1930s, it was called the Drunk-O-Meter.
4. The character who made the most appearances on "Seinfeld" outside of the four main characters was Ruthie Cohen . . . a waitress and cashier at the diner. She was in 101 of the 180 episodes, usually just in the background.
5. Since Ecuador is split by the equator, winter and summer happen at the same time. When the north part of the country is having winter, the south is having summer, and vice versa.
Celebrity Birthdays
Atticus Shaffer is 22. Brick Heck on "The Middle".
Paul Dano is 36. The young version of Beach Boy Brian Wilson in "Love & Mercy", the older brother in "Little Miss Sunshine", and Benedict Cumberbatch's overseer, who tries to lynch Solomon Northrup, in "12 Years a Slave".
Macklemore is 37. He did "Good Old Days" with Kesha, and "Glorious" with Skylar Grey. Profanity Warning: But his biggest hit is still "Thrift Shop".
Zoe Saldana is 42. Gamora in "Guardians of the Galaxy", Neytiri in "Avatar", and Uhura in the "Star Trek" movies.
Dirk Nowitzki is 42. One of the greatest NBA power forwards of all time. He's also the first European-born player to ever get the NBA's MVP award.
Ryan Hurst is 44. Beta on "The Walking Dead".
Hugh Dancy is 45. FBI special investigator Will Graham on "Hannibal". Calvin Roberts on Hulu's "The Path" and Prince Charmont in "Ella Enchanted".
Robin Tunney is 48. Teresa Lisbon on "The Mentalist".
Jean Dujardin is 48. French actor who won a Best Actor Oscar for "The Artist".
Brian "Head" Welch is 50. Korn guitarist, who left the band for Jesus, but officially returned in 2013.
Mia Sara is 53. Ferris' girlfriend Sloane in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". Some of you may remember her as Harley Quinn on the WB show "Birds of Prey".
Paula Abdul is 58. Long before "American Idol", she made a name for herself with "Forever Your Girl", "Cold Hearted", "Straight Up" and "Opposites Attract".
Mark DeBarge is 61. Trumpet/sax player in DeBarge.
Kathleen Turner is 66. Joan Wilder in "Romancing the Stone"; the voice of sexy Jessica Rabbit in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?", Chandler's cross-dressing dad on "Friends", and Fraida Felcher in "Dumb and Dumber To".
Ann Wilson is 70. Heart singer. She's the brunette one of the two sisters. "Barracuda", "Crazy on You", "Magic Man", "These Dreams", and "Alone".
Phylicia Rashad is 72. Claire Huxtable on "The Cosby Show". Phylicia's first husband was Victor Willis . . . the original cop from the Village People!
Author Salman Rushdie is 73. His "Satanic Verses" led to death threats from Ayatollah Khomeini. That made him more famous than he ever could've been as just a regular fiction author. "Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi is his ex-wife.
