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Five News Stories of the Day
People are buying disposable urinals, so they don't have to rely on public restrooms (Story)
Gen Z Is the Only Demographic Ready to Go Back to Movie Theaters (Story)
The Most Common "Rules of the House" We Had Growing Up (Story)
Women Find Men Less Attractive When They're Holding a Cat (Story)
Serious Question: How Do You Make a Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich? (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. No only child has ever been elected president of the U.S.
2. In the original story of "Aladdin", which is part of Scheherazade's "Arabian Nights", Aladdin is set in China and both Aladdin and Jasmine are Chinese.
3. It takes about 600 cows to make one NFL season's worth of footballs.
4. Only two countries have the word "The" at the beginning of their official name: The Bahamas . . . and The Gambia. Other countries that we think of with "The," like the Netherlands or the Ukraine, don't have it as part of their official name.
5. "Time" magazine didn't change from naming a "Man of the Year" to a "Person of the Year" until 1999 even though several women had gotten the title before that.
Celebrity Birthdays
Joe Dempsie is 33. Gendry on "Game of Thrones".
Alicia Goranson is 46. Becky Conner on "Roseanne".
Donald Faison is 46. Chris Turk on "Scrubs".
Carson Daly is 47. Host of "The Voice", and "Last Call with Carson Daly".
Mary Lynn Rajskub is 49. Chloe on "24".
Kurt Warner is 49. Retired quarterback.
Steven Page is 50. Former Barenaked Ladies singer. His second cousin is Canadian superstar Snow.
Michael Trucco is 50. Sam Anders, the cylon who married Starbuck on "Battlestar Galactica".
Dan Brown is 56. Author of "Angels & Demons", "The Da Vinci Code", "The Lost Symbol", "Inferno", and the fifth book in the series, "Origin".
Amy Brenneman is 56. Dr. Violet Turner on "Private Practice".
Erin Brockovich-Ellis is 60. Underestimated legal clerk who led a legendary lawsuit against an electric company that was dumping chemicals into ponds near their facility. Julia Roberts won an Oscar for playing her on screen.
Tracy Pollan is 60. Michael J. Fox's wife and his girlfriend on "Family Ties".
Bruce Campbell is 62. "Evil Dead" movies and the Starz series "Ash vs Evil Dead", Elvis in the cult flick "Bubba Ho-Tep", and Sam Axe on "Burn Notice".
Cyndi Lauper is 67. "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop", "All Through the Night", and the original version of "True Colors".
Meryl Streep is 71. She's received 21 Oscar nominations . . . and won three:1) "Kramer vs. Kramer" in 1980. 2) "Sophie's Choice" in 1983. 3) "The Iron Lady" in 2012.
Lindsay Wagner is 71. "The Bionic Woman".
David l. Lander is 73. Squiggy on "Laverne & Shirley"! These days he's a baseball scout for the Seattle Mariners.
Kris Kristofferson is 84.
Five News Stories of the Day
People are buying disposable urinals, so they don't have to rely on public restrooms (Story)
Gen Z Is the Only Demographic Ready to Go Back to Movie Theaters (Story)
The Most Common "Rules of the House" We Had Growing Up (Story)
Women Find Men Less Attractive When They're Holding a Cat (Story)
Serious Question: How Do You Make a Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich? (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. No only child has ever been elected president of the U.S.
2. In the original story of "Aladdin", which is part of Scheherazade's "Arabian Nights", Aladdin is set in China and both Aladdin and Jasmine are Chinese.
3. It takes about 600 cows to make one NFL season's worth of footballs.
4. Only two countries have the word "The" at the beginning of their official name: The Bahamas . . . and The Gambia. Other countries that we think of with "The," like the Netherlands or the Ukraine, don't have it as part of their official name.
5. "Time" magazine didn't change from naming a "Man of the Year" to a "Person of the Year" until 1999 even though several women had gotten the title before that.
Celebrity Birthdays
Joe Dempsie is 33. Gendry on "Game of Thrones".
Alicia Goranson is 46. Becky Conner on "Roseanne".
Donald Faison is 46. Chris Turk on "Scrubs".
Carson Daly is 47. Host of "The Voice", and "Last Call with Carson Daly".
Mary Lynn Rajskub is 49. Chloe on "24".
Kurt Warner is 49. Retired quarterback.
Steven Page is 50. Former Barenaked Ladies singer. His second cousin is Canadian superstar Snow.
Michael Trucco is 50. Sam Anders, the cylon who married Starbuck on "Battlestar Galactica".
Dan Brown is 56. Author of "Angels & Demons", "The Da Vinci Code", "The Lost Symbol", "Inferno", and the fifth book in the series, "Origin".
Amy Brenneman is 56. Dr. Violet Turner on "Private Practice".
Erin Brockovich-Ellis is 60. Underestimated legal clerk who led a legendary lawsuit against an electric company that was dumping chemicals into ponds near their facility. Julia Roberts won an Oscar for playing her on screen.
Tracy Pollan is 60. Michael J. Fox's wife and his girlfriend on "Family Ties".
Bruce Campbell is 62. "Evil Dead" movies and the Starz series "Ash vs Evil Dead", Elvis in the cult flick "Bubba Ho-Tep", and Sam Axe on "Burn Notice".
Cyndi Lauper is 67. "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop", "All Through the Night", and the original version of "True Colors".
Meryl Streep is 71. She's received 21 Oscar nominations . . . and won three:1) "Kramer vs. Kramer" in 1980. 2) "Sophie's Choice" in 1983. 3) "The Iron Lady" in 2012.
Lindsay Wagner is 71. "The Bionic Woman".
David l. Lander is 73. Squiggy on "Laverne & Shirley"! These days he's a baseball scout for the Seattle Mariners.
Kris Kristofferson is 84.
