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Five News Stories of the Day
A Drunk Person Forgot Where They Parked Their Car, and There's a Reward (Story)
The Best Sports City in America Is . . . (Story)
Is Eating Fast Food Without Your Partner as Bad as Cheating? One in 10 Fast Food Fans Say Yes (Story)
The Top Ways Parents Have Bonded with Their Kids in Lockdown (Story)
A Woman Shoots Her Boyfriend for Refusing to Argue with Her (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. NASA used to hold beauty pageants in the '50s and '60s. The title changed names from "Miss Guided Missile" to "Queen of Outer Space" to "Miss NASA."
2. Highlighters were originally yellow because they wouldn't leave a shadow when a paper was Xeroxed.
3. Tea bags were invented by accident in 1908. A salesman in New York sent samples of tea to people in silk bags, and they assumed they were supposed to put the entire bag into the pot. And the trend caught on.
4. Darius Rucker wasn't "Hootie" in Hootie and the Blowfish. Those were the nicknames of two of his best friends in college . . . one of whom had big eyes and looked like an owl, and one who had big cheeks.
5. Originally, Steven Spielberg was developing "Cape Fear" and Martin Scorsese was developing "Schindler's List". Neither of them were into their own project, so they decided to trade movies.
Celebrity Birthdays
Alycia Debnam-Carey is 27. Alicia on "Fear the Walking Dead". Before that she was Lexa on "The 100".
Scout Willis is 29. Fond of assless chaps.
Julianne Hough is 32. Country singer, former "Dancing with the Stars" pro, and star of "Footloose", "Rock of Ages", and "Grease Live!"
John Francis Daley is 35. Lance Sweets on "Bones".
Gisele Bündchen is 40. Mrs. Tom Brady.
Elliott Yamin is 42. His smooth voice got him third place on the fifth season of "American Idol" . . . even though a childhood illness left him 90% deaf in one ear.
Judy Greer is 45. Paul Rudd's ex-wife Maggie in "Ant-Man". She's Kitty on "Arrested Development", and the voice of Cheryl on "Archer".
Ray Allen is 45. Former NBA star.
Omar Epps is 47.
Sandra Oh is 49. Dr. Christina Yang on "Grey's Anatomy".
Josh Holloway is 51. Sawyer on "Lost". And Will Bowman on the USA Network show "Colony".
Stone Gossard is 54. Pearl Jam guitarist.
Dean Winters is 56. You've seen him in "Rescue Me", "30 Rock", and "Law & Order: SVU". Now he messes up cars in those Allstate insurance commercials.
Terri Irwin is 56. Steve "The Crocodile Hunter" Irwin's widow.
Frank Whaley is 57.
Carlos Alazraqui is 58. Deputy Garcia on "Reno 911!" but, more importantly, the voice of the Taco Bell Chihuahua. Remember "Yo quiero Taco Bell"? Remember the '90s?
Donna Dixon is 63. Garth's dream woman in "Wayne's World" and Tom Hanks' dream woman on "Bosom Buddies".
Carlos Santana is 73.
Kim Carnes is 75. "Bette Davis Eyes"
Diana Rigg is 82. Margaery's grandmother Lady Tyrell on "Game of Thrones". Before that she was Mrs. Peel on the 1960s TV spy show "The Avengers".
Five News Stories of the Day
A Drunk Person Forgot Where They Parked Their Car, and There's a Reward (Story)
The Best Sports City in America Is . . . (Story)
Is Eating Fast Food Without Your Partner as Bad as Cheating? One in 10 Fast Food Fans Say Yes (Story)
The Top Ways Parents Have Bonded with Their Kids in Lockdown (Story)
A Woman Shoots Her Boyfriend for Refusing to Argue with Her (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. NASA used to hold beauty pageants in the '50s and '60s. The title changed names from "Miss Guided Missile" to "Queen of Outer Space" to "Miss NASA."
2. Highlighters were originally yellow because they wouldn't leave a shadow when a paper was Xeroxed.
3. Tea bags were invented by accident in 1908. A salesman in New York sent samples of tea to people in silk bags, and they assumed they were supposed to put the entire bag into the pot. And the trend caught on.
4. Darius Rucker wasn't "Hootie" in Hootie and the Blowfish. Those were the nicknames of two of his best friends in college . . . one of whom had big eyes and looked like an owl, and one who had big cheeks.
5. Originally, Steven Spielberg was developing "Cape Fear" and Martin Scorsese was developing "Schindler's List". Neither of them were into their own project, so they decided to trade movies.
Celebrity Birthdays
Alycia Debnam-Carey is 27. Alicia on "Fear the Walking Dead". Before that she was Lexa on "The 100".
Scout Willis is 29. Fond of assless chaps.
Julianne Hough is 32. Country singer, former "Dancing with the Stars" pro, and star of "Footloose", "Rock of Ages", and "Grease Live!"
John Francis Daley is 35. Lance Sweets on "Bones".
Gisele Bündchen is 40. Mrs. Tom Brady.
Elliott Yamin is 42. His smooth voice got him third place on the fifth season of "American Idol" . . . even though a childhood illness left him 90% deaf in one ear.
Judy Greer is 45. Paul Rudd's ex-wife Maggie in "Ant-Man". She's Kitty on "Arrested Development", and the voice of Cheryl on "Archer".
Ray Allen is 45. Former NBA star.
Omar Epps is 47.
Sandra Oh is 49. Dr. Christina Yang on "Grey's Anatomy".
Josh Holloway is 51. Sawyer on "Lost". And Will Bowman on the USA Network show "Colony".
Stone Gossard is 54. Pearl Jam guitarist.
Dean Winters is 56. You've seen him in "Rescue Me", "30 Rock", and "Law & Order: SVU". Now he messes up cars in those Allstate insurance commercials.
Terri Irwin is 56. Steve "The Crocodile Hunter" Irwin's widow.
Frank Whaley is 57.
Carlos Alazraqui is 58. Deputy Garcia on "Reno 911!" but, more importantly, the voice of the Taco Bell Chihuahua. Remember "Yo quiero Taco Bell"? Remember the '90s?
Donna Dixon is 63. Garth's dream woman in "Wayne's World" and Tom Hanks' dream woman on "Bosom Buddies".
Carlos Santana is 73.
Kim Carnes is 75. "Bette Davis Eyes"
Diana Rigg is 82. Margaery's grandmother Lady Tyrell on "Game of Thrones". Before that she was Mrs. Peel on the 1960s TV spy show "The Avengers".
