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Five News Stories of the Day
A Woman's Facebook Rant Telling Her Neighbors to Give Out Better Halloween Candy Goes Viral (Story)
What's the Most Popular Way to Cook Bacon? In a Pan or in the Oven? (Story)
The Average American's Commute Just Hit a Record High of 27 Minutes One Way (Story)
The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s (Story)
Check Out the Top Pop Culture Costume from the Year You Were Born (Slideshow)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Your head ages faster than your feet . . . although just by nanoseconds. It's because your head is slightly closer to Earth's gravitational field.
2. The largest country in Europe is Ukraine. t's about 22,000 square miles bigger than France.
3. It's legal to own a flamethrower in 48 states. Only California and Maryland have banned them.
4. The Village People didn't come up with the "Y-M-C-A" arm movements people do to the song. The audience started doing it when they performed on "American Bandstand" in 1979, so they decided to incorporate it into their act.
5. Crayola has been owned by Hallmark since 1984.
Celebrity Birthdays
Bella Thorne is 22.
Angus T. Jones is 26. The half man on "Two and a Half Men".
Molly Quinn is 26. Alexis Castle, Nathan Fillion's daughter on "Castle".
Bruno Mars is 34.
Nick Cannon is 39.
J.R. Ramirez is 39. Detective Jared Vasquez on "Manifest", and Oscar on "Jessica Jones".
Mike "The Miz" Mizanin is 39. WWE superstar.
Kristanna Loken is 40. "Terminator 3" villain.
Matt Damon is 49.
Jeremy Davies is 50. Dickie Bennett on "Justified", and Daniel Faraday on "Lost".
Emily Procter is 51. Calleigh Duquesne on "CSI: Miami".
Teddy Riley is 52. Super-Producer and member of BLACKstreet, Guy, and Wreckx-N-Effect.
Karyn Parsons is 53. Hilary Banks on "Fresh Prince of Bel Air".
Stephanie Zimbalist is 63. Detective Laura Holt on "Remington Steele".
Darrell Hammond is 64. "SNL" Master Impressionist.
Robert "Kool" Bell from Kool & The Gang is 69.
Sigourney Weaver is 70. Ellen Ripley in the "Alien" movies, Dr. Grace Augustine in the "Avatar" movies, and Dana in "Ghostbusters".
Chevy Chase is 76.
R.L. Stine is 76. Author of the "Goosebumps" series.
Jesse Jackson is 78.
Paul Hogan is 80. "Crocodile Dundee".
Rona Barrett is 83. Former entertainment TV reporter. Now she's an advocate for Seniors in Need.
Five News Stories of the Day
A Woman's Facebook Rant Telling Her Neighbors to Give Out Better Halloween Candy Goes Viral (Story)
What's the Most Popular Way to Cook Bacon? In a Pan or in the Oven? (Story)
The Average American's Commute Just Hit a Record High of 27 Minutes One Way (Story)
The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s (Story)
Check Out the Top Pop Culture Costume from the Year You Were Born (Slideshow)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Your head ages faster than your feet . . . although just by nanoseconds. It's because your head is slightly closer to Earth's gravitational field.
2. The largest country in Europe is Ukraine. t's about 22,000 square miles bigger than France.
3. It's legal to own a flamethrower in 48 states. Only California and Maryland have banned them.
4. The Village People didn't come up with the "Y-M-C-A" arm movements people do to the song. The audience started doing it when they performed on "American Bandstand" in 1979, so they decided to incorporate it into their act.
5. Crayola has been owned by Hallmark since 1984.
Celebrity Birthdays
Bella Thorne is 22.
Angus T. Jones is 26. The half man on "Two and a Half Men".
Molly Quinn is 26. Alexis Castle, Nathan Fillion's daughter on "Castle".
Bruno Mars is 34.
Nick Cannon is 39.
J.R. Ramirez is 39. Detective Jared Vasquez on "Manifest", and Oscar on "Jessica Jones".
Mike "The Miz" Mizanin is 39. WWE superstar.
Kristanna Loken is 40. "Terminator 3" villain.
Matt Damon is 49.
Jeremy Davies is 50. Dickie Bennett on "Justified", and Daniel Faraday on "Lost".
Emily Procter is 51. Calleigh Duquesne on "CSI: Miami".
Teddy Riley is 52. Super-Producer and member of BLACKstreet, Guy, and Wreckx-N-Effect.
Karyn Parsons is 53. Hilary Banks on "Fresh Prince of Bel Air".
Stephanie Zimbalist is 63. Detective Laura Holt on "Remington Steele".
Darrell Hammond is 64. "SNL" Master Impressionist.
Robert "Kool" Bell from Kool & The Gang is 69.
Sigourney Weaver is 70. Ellen Ripley in the "Alien" movies, Dr. Grace Augustine in the "Avatar" movies, and Dana in "Ghostbusters".
Chevy Chase is 76.
R.L. Stine is 76. Author of the "Goosebumps" series.
Jesse Jackson is 78.
Paul Hogan is 80. "Crocodile Dundee".
Rona Barrett is 83. Former entertainment TV reporter. Now she's an advocate for Seniors in Need.
