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Five News Stories of the Day
People Love Working from Home . . . But Have Trouble Keeping Their Family from Interrupting and Eat More Snacks (Story)
A Shirtless Selfie Hurts Men's Chances in Online Dating (Story)
If You Bought an iPhone a Few Years Ago, You Can Probably Get $25 from Apple's Lawsuit Settlement (Story)
Are You Messing Up These Common Phrases? (Story)
Nick Cannon Has Been Fired for Making Racist, Anti-Semitic Comments (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Have you ever learned about something new, like a word or a name then suddenly found it keeps coming up in your life? That's called the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.
2. The intro music to "Seinfeld" was slightly different in every episode . . . it was composed to match the pace and cadence of Jerry Seinfeld's stand-up in the intro.
3. Charles Dawes was Calvin Coolidge's vice president, and he's the only VP with a number one hit. Before he got into politics, he composed a song called "Melody in A Major". A singer named Tommy Edwards recorded a pop version with lyrics in 1958, and it was number one hit on the Billboard chart for six weeks.
4. In Pakistan's version of "Sesame Street", Oscar the Grouch is named Akhtar and he lives in a rusty oil barrel.
5. Superman was originally supposed to be a bad guy. Jerry Siegel created Superman in 1933 for a short story called "The Reign of the Superman". A year later, he decided it made more sense for him to be a hero.
Celebrity Birthdays
Tristan Wilds is 31. Dixon Wilson on "90210", and the deputy who shot the white kid in "Shots Fired".
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is 34. Black Manta in "Aquaman" and Dr. Manhattan on HBO's "Watchmen" series. He'll also star in this year's "Candyman" remake.
Taylor Kinney is 39. Lieutenant Severide on "Chicago Fire".
Travis Fimmel is 41. Ragnar Lothbrok on "Vikings". And the human hero of the "Warcraft" movie.
Lana Parrilla is 43. Regina, the Evil Queen on "Once Upon a Time".
Diane Kruger is 44. Abigail Chase in the "National Treasure" movies.
Gabriel Iglesias is 44. Fluffy comedian who stars on the Netflix series "Mr. Iglesias". He was also the club DJ Tobias in "Magic Mike".
Brian Austin Green is 47. He was David Silver on "Beverly Hills 90210". And Derek Reese in "The Sarah Connor Chronicles". He's also ex-Mr. Megan Fox.
Scott Foley is 48. Jake Ballard on "Scandal", Noel on "Felicity", Bob Brown on "The Unit", and Henry on "Grey's Anatomy".
Eddie Griffin is 52. "Undercover Brother".
Adam Savage from "Mythbusters" is 53.
Jason Bonham is 54. Son of Led Zeppelin's drummer John Bonham. John passed in 1980, but Jason takes his dad's place on drums when the surviving members of Led Zeppelin perform.
Brigitte Nielsen is 57. "Red Sonja", Ivan Drago's wife in "Rocky IV", and Flavor Flav's woman on "The Surreal Life 3" and its spinoff, "Strange Love".
Forest Whitaker is 59. T'Challa's advisor Zuri in "Black Panther" and the rebel leader Saw Gerrera in "Rogue One".
Willie Aames is 60. "Charles in Charge" and "Eight Is Enough".
Joe Satriani is 64. He taught Metallica's Kirk Hammett how to play. (True.)
Marky Ramone is 64 or 68. The Ramones drummer. He replaced original drummer Tommy Ramone in 1978. All four original Ramones are dead, but Marky was in the band a lot longer than Tommy. Marky has a band now called Blitzkrieg.
Terry O'Quinn is 68. John Locke on "Lost".
Jesse Ventura is 69. Former Minnesota Governor.
Arianna Huffington is 70. Huffington Post.
Linda Ronstadt is 74. Rock & Roll Hall of Famer with a bad case of Parkinsons. In addition to her own stellar career, she's responsible for the formation of the Eagles. Original Eagles Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon were all members of her backing band.
Five News Stories of the Day
People Love Working from Home . . . But Have Trouble Keeping Their Family from Interrupting and Eat More Snacks (Story)
A Shirtless Selfie Hurts Men's Chances in Online Dating (Story)
If You Bought an iPhone a Few Years Ago, You Can Probably Get $25 from Apple's Lawsuit Settlement (Story)
Are You Messing Up These Common Phrases? (Story)
Nick Cannon Has Been Fired for Making Racist, Anti-Semitic Comments (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Have you ever learned about something new, like a word or a name then suddenly found it keeps coming up in your life? That's called the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.
2. The intro music to "Seinfeld" was slightly different in every episode . . . it was composed to match the pace and cadence of Jerry Seinfeld's stand-up in the intro.
3. Charles Dawes was Calvin Coolidge's vice president, and he's the only VP with a number one hit. Before he got into politics, he composed a song called "Melody in A Major". A singer named Tommy Edwards recorded a pop version with lyrics in 1958, and it was number one hit on the Billboard chart for six weeks.
4. In Pakistan's version of "Sesame Street", Oscar the Grouch is named Akhtar and he lives in a rusty oil barrel.
5. Superman was originally supposed to be a bad guy. Jerry Siegel created Superman in 1933 for a short story called "The Reign of the Superman". A year later, he decided it made more sense for him to be a hero.
Celebrity Birthdays
Tristan Wilds is 31. Dixon Wilson on "90210", and the deputy who shot the white kid in "Shots Fired".
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is 34. Black Manta in "Aquaman" and Dr. Manhattan on HBO's "Watchmen" series. He'll also star in this year's "Candyman" remake.
Taylor Kinney is 39. Lieutenant Severide on "Chicago Fire".
Travis Fimmel is 41. Ragnar Lothbrok on "Vikings". And the human hero of the "Warcraft" movie.
Lana Parrilla is 43. Regina, the Evil Queen on "Once Upon a Time".
Diane Kruger is 44. Abigail Chase in the "National Treasure" movies.
Gabriel Iglesias is 44. Fluffy comedian who stars on the Netflix series "Mr. Iglesias". He was also the club DJ Tobias in "Magic Mike".
Brian Austin Green is 47. He was David Silver on "Beverly Hills 90210". And Derek Reese in "The Sarah Connor Chronicles". He's also ex-Mr. Megan Fox.
Scott Foley is 48. Jake Ballard on "Scandal", Noel on "Felicity", Bob Brown on "The Unit", and Henry on "Grey's Anatomy".
Eddie Griffin is 52. "Undercover Brother".
Adam Savage from "Mythbusters" is 53.
Jason Bonham is 54. Son of Led Zeppelin's drummer John Bonham. John passed in 1980, but Jason takes his dad's place on drums when the surviving members of Led Zeppelin perform.
Brigitte Nielsen is 57. "Red Sonja", Ivan Drago's wife in "Rocky IV", and Flavor Flav's woman on "The Surreal Life 3" and its spinoff, "Strange Love".
Forest Whitaker is 59. T'Challa's advisor Zuri in "Black Panther" and the rebel leader Saw Gerrera in "Rogue One".
Willie Aames is 60. "Charles in Charge" and "Eight Is Enough".
Joe Satriani is 64. He taught Metallica's Kirk Hammett how to play. (True.)
Marky Ramone is 64 or 68. The Ramones drummer. He replaced original drummer Tommy Ramone in 1978. All four original Ramones are dead, but Marky was in the band a lot longer than Tommy. Marky has a band now called Blitzkrieg.
Terry O'Quinn is 68. John Locke on "Lost".
Jesse Ventura is 69. Former Minnesota Governor.
Arianna Huffington is 70. Huffington Post.
Linda Ronstadt is 74. Rock & Roll Hall of Famer with a bad case of Parkinsons. In addition to her own stellar career, she's responsible for the formation of the Eagles. Original Eagles Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon were all members of her backing band.
