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Five News Stories of the Day
A Study Found COVID-19 Symptoms Usually Happen in This Order (Story)
Pumpkin Spice Hard Seltzer Is Coming This Fall (Story)
What's the Male Equivalent of a "Karen"? The Data Says . . . Terry (Story)
A Bugatti, Porsche, and Mercedes Were Involved in a $4 Million Car Crash (Story)
The Top 10 Ways People Are Trying to Actually Sleep During the Pandemic (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Ancient Romans loved their orgies so much that "orgy planner" became an actual job. And if they did a great job on the planning, they might be invited to participate.
2. Pineapples were such a major status symbol in Europe in the 1700s, you could rent one to take to a party. Buying one could cost the equivalent of $8,000 in today's dollars.
3. The time machine in "Back to the Future" was NOT originally a DeLorean . . . it was a refrigerator. But Robert Zemeckis was worried it would lead to kids locking themselves in refrigerators, so they changed it.
4. There's a law in Arizona that baby names can't be more than 141 characters: 45 for the first name, 45 for the middle, 45 for the last, and six for a suffix.
5. Karl Marx's last words were, quote, "Last words are for fools who haven't said enough."
Celebrity Birthdays
Taissa Farmiga is 26. Zoe on "American Horror Story: Coven", and Violet on the first season, "Murder House". Vera Farmiga from "Bates Motel" and the "Conjuring" movies is her sister, even though they're 22 years apart.
Bryton McClure is 34. Richie on "Family Matters". Bryton used to look EXACTLY like a Mini Rick James. These days he's Devon on "The Young and The Restless".
Giuliana Rancic is 46. "Fashion Police" host and breast cancer survivor. She married "Apprentice" winner Bill Rancic.
Donnie Wahlberg is 51. Former New Kid On The Block who now plays Detective Danny Reagan on "Blue Bloods". He also played Detective Eric Matthews in the second, third, and fourth "Saw" movies.
Gilby Clarke is 58. Guns 'N Roses rhythm guitarist who replaced Izzy Stradlin. His last gig was Rockband Supernova, which he formed with Tommy Lee, Jason Newsted and that guy Lukas Rossi, who won their reality TV competition.
Sean Penn is 60.
Belinda Carlisle is 62. Lead singer of The Go-Go's. She hit #1 with "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" as a solo artist, while the best the Go-Go's ever attained was #2 on the charts with "We Got the Beat".
Rick Hilton is 65.
Kevin Rowland is 67. Lead singer of Dexy's Midnight Runners.
Robert De Niro is 77.
Five News Stories of the Day
A Study Found COVID-19 Symptoms Usually Happen in This Order (Story)
Pumpkin Spice Hard Seltzer Is Coming This Fall (Story)
What's the Male Equivalent of a "Karen"? The Data Says . . . Terry (Story)
A Bugatti, Porsche, and Mercedes Were Involved in a $4 Million Car Crash (Story)
The Top 10 Ways People Are Trying to Actually Sleep During the Pandemic (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Ancient Romans loved their orgies so much that "orgy planner" became an actual job. And if they did a great job on the planning, they might be invited to participate.
2. Pineapples were such a major status symbol in Europe in the 1700s, you could rent one to take to a party. Buying one could cost the equivalent of $8,000 in today's dollars.
3. The time machine in "Back to the Future" was NOT originally a DeLorean . . . it was a refrigerator. But Robert Zemeckis was worried it would lead to kids locking themselves in refrigerators, so they changed it.
4. There's a law in Arizona that baby names can't be more than 141 characters: 45 for the first name, 45 for the middle, 45 for the last, and six for a suffix.
5. Karl Marx's last words were, quote, "Last words are for fools who haven't said enough."
Celebrity Birthdays
Taissa Farmiga is 26. Zoe on "American Horror Story: Coven", and Violet on the first season, "Murder House". Vera Farmiga from "Bates Motel" and the "Conjuring" movies is her sister, even though they're 22 years apart.
Bryton McClure is 34. Richie on "Family Matters". Bryton used to look EXACTLY like a Mini Rick James. These days he's Devon on "The Young and The Restless".
Giuliana Rancic is 46. "Fashion Police" host and breast cancer survivor. She married "Apprentice" winner Bill Rancic.
Donnie Wahlberg is 51. Former New Kid On The Block who now plays Detective Danny Reagan on "Blue Bloods". He also played Detective Eric Matthews in the second, third, and fourth "Saw" movies.
Gilby Clarke is 58. Guns 'N Roses rhythm guitarist who replaced Izzy Stradlin. His last gig was Rockband Supernova, which he formed with Tommy Lee, Jason Newsted and that guy Lukas Rossi, who won their reality TV competition.
Sean Penn is 60.
Belinda Carlisle is 62. Lead singer of The Go-Go's. She hit #1 with "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" as a solo artist, while the best the Go-Go's ever attained was #2 on the charts with "We Got the Beat".
Rick Hilton is 65.
Kevin Rowland is 67. Lead singer of Dexy's Midnight Runners.
Robert De Niro is 77.
