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Five News Stories of the Day
This Kitchen Challenge Might Make You Throw Away Your Wooden Spoons (Story)
A Relationship Expert Says You Should Never Date a Man in His 30s (Story)
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says 'we are playing' but 'players need to be better' (Story)
A Man Who Lost His Junk to an Infection Is Now Growing a New Package Surgeons Built on His Arm (Story)
It's National Wine Day. See how popular your favorite wine ranks. (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The most checked out book at the New York Public Library since it opened in 1895 is "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats.
2. Broccoli is manmade. It was created by carefully breeding wild kale that had the right traits. Cauliflower and Brussels sprouts are manmade too.
3. In Florida, anyone can execute a criminal on death row. You apply and get paid $150 if they pick you to do it.
4. People are the only animals with chins.
5. The name "Gary" is only popular thanks to the actor Gary Cooper whose real name was actually Frank Cooper. He adopted the first name Gary after the city of Gary, Indiana, because it seemed like a TOUGH place and he wanted to be tough.
Celebrity Birthdays
Ryan Lochte is 36. Swimmer.
Mamie Gummer is 37. Meryl Streep's daughter. She's an actress too, and they worked together in a movie called "Ricki and the Flash" . . . but so far the closest Mamie's come to an Oscar is being in mom's belly while she was accepting her Best Actress award for "Sophie's Choice".
Hannah Simone is 40. Zooey Deschanel's best friend Cece on "New Girl".
Evangeline Lilly is 41. Kate on "Lost", the elf Tauriel in the "Hobbit" movies, and the Wasp in the "Ant-Man" movies.
Tom Brady is 43.
Michael Ealy is 47. "Sleeper Cell" guy who starred in Beyoncé's "Halo" video.
Spinderella of Salt-N-Pepa is 49. "Push It", "Shoop", "Let's Talk About Sex".
Isaiah Washington is 57. He was Chancellor Jaha on "The 100" and Dr. Preston Burke on "Grey's Anatomy".
James Hetfield is 57. Metallica singer.
John C. McGinley is 61. Dr. Cox on "Scrubs" and Bob Slydell in "Office Space".
Jay North is 69. Dennis the Menace.
John Landis is 70. Director of "Animal House", "The Blues Brothers", "The Kentucky Fried Movie", "An American Werewolf in London", "Trading Places", "Coming to America", and Michael Jackson's "Thriller".
Martha Stewart is 79.
Martin Sheen is 80. His impressive credits also include "The West Wing", "Badlands", "Apocalypse Now", "Ghandi", "Wall Street", and "Gettysburg". Now he's Jane Fonda's gay ex-husband on "Grace & Frankie".
Tony Bennett is 94.
Five News Stories of the Day
This Kitchen Challenge Might Make You Throw Away Your Wooden Spoons (Story)
A Relationship Expert Says You Should Never Date a Man in His 30s (Story)
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says 'we are playing' but 'players need to be better' (Story)
A Man Who Lost His Junk to an Infection Is Now Growing a New Package Surgeons Built on His Arm (Story)
It's National Wine Day. See how popular your favorite wine ranks. (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The most checked out book at the New York Public Library since it opened in 1895 is "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats.
2. Broccoli is manmade. It was created by carefully breeding wild kale that had the right traits. Cauliflower and Brussels sprouts are manmade too.
3. In Florida, anyone can execute a criminal on death row. You apply and get paid $150 if they pick you to do it.
4. People are the only animals with chins.
5. The name "Gary" is only popular thanks to the actor Gary Cooper whose real name was actually Frank Cooper. He adopted the first name Gary after the city of Gary, Indiana, because it seemed like a TOUGH place and he wanted to be tough.
Celebrity Birthdays
Ryan Lochte is 36. Swimmer.
Mamie Gummer is 37. Meryl Streep's daughter. She's an actress too, and they worked together in a movie called "Ricki and the Flash" . . . but so far the closest Mamie's come to an Oscar is being in mom's belly while she was accepting her Best Actress award for "Sophie's Choice".
Hannah Simone is 40. Zooey Deschanel's best friend Cece on "New Girl".
Evangeline Lilly is 41. Kate on "Lost", the elf Tauriel in the "Hobbit" movies, and the Wasp in the "Ant-Man" movies.
Tom Brady is 43.
Michael Ealy is 47. "Sleeper Cell" guy who starred in Beyoncé's "Halo" video.
Spinderella of Salt-N-Pepa is 49. "Push It", "Shoop", "Let's Talk About Sex".
Isaiah Washington is 57. He was Chancellor Jaha on "The 100" and Dr. Preston Burke on "Grey's Anatomy".
James Hetfield is 57. Metallica singer.
John C. McGinley is 61. Dr. Cox on "Scrubs" and Bob Slydell in "Office Space".
Jay North is 69. Dennis the Menace.
John Landis is 70. Director of "Animal House", "The Blues Brothers", "The Kentucky Fried Movie", "An American Werewolf in London", "Trading Places", "Coming to America", and Michael Jackson's "Thriller".
Martha Stewart is 79.
Martin Sheen is 80. His impressive credits also include "The West Wing", "Badlands", "Apocalypse Now", "Ghandi", "Wall Street", and "Gettysburg". Now he's Jane Fonda's gay ex-husband on "Grace & Frankie".
Tony Bennett is 94.
