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Five Stories of the Day
Our Favorite Things About Fall Include the Leaves, Scary Movies, and Sweaters (Story)
Do Couples Start to Look Alike Over Time? (Story)
The Pandemic Has Been Harder on Introverts Than Extroverts? (Story)
9% of People Will Spend More on Holiday Gifts This Year . . . and 23% Have Already Started Shopping (Story)
Here's the Newest List of the Best Places to Live in America (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The first thing anyone bought online in a secure retail transaction was Sting's CD "Ten Summoner's Tales" in 1994. A guy from Philadelphia bought it from a company called Net Market in New Hampshire.
2. In the early 1900s, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich was considered a delicacy and only eaten by rich people. But by the 1920s, the price of peanut butter went way down, and PB&J's became more popular.
3. In an NHL game, if all of a team's goalies are injured, the team has the option to suit up anyone as their goalie . . . even someone from the stands.
4. Colgate started selling a line of frozen dinners in 1982 . . . but they failed miserably because people associated their logo with toothpaste, not good food.
5. The first person to use the phrase "founding fathers" was Warren G. Harding, when he accepted his party's nomination for president in 1920.
Celebrity Birthdays
Tiffany Trump is 27. Donald's daughter with Marla Maples.
Himesh Patel is 30. The star of "Yesterday", that movie about a guy who wakes up in a world where no one's heard of The Beatles.
Ashanti is 40. R&B singer.
Sacha Baron Cohen is 49. Ali G. and Borat.
Rhett Akins is 51. Country singer whose son goes by the name Thomas Rhett.
Nancy Kerrigan is 51. Tonya Harding's whoop-ass victim. She once wanted to be an Olympic gold medalist. But that turned out to be a pipe dream.
Tisha Campbell is 52. Gina on "Martin", Damona on "Dr. Ken", and Damon Wayans' wife on "My Wife and Kids".
Kate Walsh is 53. Addison on "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice".
Christopher Judge is 56. Teal'c . . . the alien on "Stargate SG-1".
Jerry Rice is 58. NFL legend.
Marie Osmond is 61.
Chris Carter is 64. Creator of "The X-Files".
John Ford Coley is 72. Half of England Dan & John Ford Coley. Biggest Hit: "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight".
Susan Blommaert is 73. Mr. Kaplan on "The Blacklist".
Sammy Hagar is 73. "I Can't Drive 55".
Demond Wilson is 74. Lamont Sanford on "Sanford & Son".
Paul Simon is 79.
Five Stories of the Day
Our Favorite Things About Fall Include the Leaves, Scary Movies, and Sweaters (Story)
Do Couples Start to Look Alike Over Time? (Story)
The Pandemic Has Been Harder on Introverts Than Extroverts? (Story)
9% of People Will Spend More on Holiday Gifts This Year . . . and 23% Have Already Started Shopping (Story)
Here's the Newest List of the Best Places to Live in America (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The first thing anyone bought online in a secure retail transaction was Sting's CD "Ten Summoner's Tales" in 1994. A guy from Philadelphia bought it from a company called Net Market in New Hampshire.
2. In the early 1900s, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich was considered a delicacy and only eaten by rich people. But by the 1920s, the price of peanut butter went way down, and PB&J's became more popular.
3. In an NHL game, if all of a team's goalies are injured, the team has the option to suit up anyone as their goalie . . . even someone from the stands.
4. Colgate started selling a line of frozen dinners in 1982 . . . but they failed miserably because people associated their logo with toothpaste, not good food.
5. The first person to use the phrase "founding fathers" was Warren G. Harding, when he accepted his party's nomination for president in 1920.
Celebrity Birthdays
Tiffany Trump is 27. Donald's daughter with Marla Maples.
Himesh Patel is 30. The star of "Yesterday", that movie about a guy who wakes up in a world where no one's heard of The Beatles.
Ashanti is 40. R&B singer.
Sacha Baron Cohen is 49. Ali G. and Borat.
Rhett Akins is 51. Country singer whose son goes by the name Thomas Rhett.
Nancy Kerrigan is 51. Tonya Harding's whoop-ass victim. She once wanted to be an Olympic gold medalist. But that turned out to be a pipe dream.
Tisha Campbell is 52. Gina on "Martin", Damona on "Dr. Ken", and Damon Wayans' wife on "My Wife and Kids".
Kate Walsh is 53. Addison on "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice".
Christopher Judge is 56. Teal'c . . . the alien on "Stargate SG-1".
Jerry Rice is 58. NFL legend.
Marie Osmond is 61.
Chris Carter is 64. Creator of "The X-Files".
John Ford Coley is 72. Half of England Dan & John Ford Coley. Biggest Hit: "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight".
Susan Blommaert is 73. Mr. Kaplan on "The Blacklist".
Sammy Hagar is 73. "I Can't Drive 55".
Demond Wilson is 74. Lamont Sanford on "Sanford & Son".
Paul Simon is 79.
