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Five News Stories of the Day
Here Are the Most Popular Baby Names of 2020 . . . How Much Did "Karen" Fall? (Story)
A Woman Brings 23 Relatives on a Blind Date to Test the Guy's Generosity . . . He Dines and Dashes on the Bill (Story)
There's a New Elf on the Shelf Cereal Coming to Stores (Story)
Have You Ever Hidden a Gift So Well You Forgot Where You Put It? (Story)
What's the Moment When You Realized "Wow, I'm Old"? (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The first candy produced by a machine was Necco Wafers. A guy named Oliver Chase made them with a lozenge cutting machine in 1847.
2. There was a team that only lasted for ONE game in the NFL. The Tonawanda Kardex Lumbermen from Tonawanda, New York joined the NFL in 1921 . . . lost 45-to-nothing to the Rochester Jeffersons . . . and disbanded.
3. The Guinness world record for the most keys removed from a key ring by a parrot is 22 in two minutes.
4. The cheeseburger was invented in 1926 at a restaurant called the Rite Spot in Pasadena, California. The owner's 16-year-old son randomly threw cheese onto a patty on the grill. Then they added it to their menu, and called it a "cheese hamburger."
5. Anytime your food has carmine, cochineal extract, or natural red 4 in its ingredients . . . it means the color comes from crushed up bugs.
Celebrity Birthdays
Jonathan Lipnicki is 30. Ray Boyd in "Jerry Maguire". "D'you know the human head weighs eight pounds?" Also Bow Wow's friend in "Like Mike".
Corey Hawkins is 32. Eric Carter in "24: Legacy" and Dr. Dre in "Straight Outta Compton".
Zachary Hanson is 35. The youngest Hanson. Biggest hit: "Mmmbop".
Michael Fishman is 39. Roseanne's son D.J. on "The Conners".
Jon Foreman is 44. Switchfoot singer. Biggest hit: "Dare You to Move".
Jesse Tyler Ferguson is 45. Mitchell on "Modern Family".
Carmen Ejogo is 47. Seraphina Picquery in the "Fantastic Beasts" movies, Coretta Scott King in "Selma", and Amelia Reardon on "True Detective".
Ichiro Suzuki is 47. Fiesty Baseball stud for the Seattle Mariners.
Saffron Burrows is 48. Lorraine on "Boston Legal" and Jeff Goldblum's partner, Serena Stevens, on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent".
Shelby Lynne is 52. Country singer.
Shaggy is 52.
Carlos Mencia is 53. Joke-lifting comedian.
Brian Boitano is 57. Olympic figure skater who inspired the inspirational, yet profanity-filled "South Park" song, "What Would Brian Boitano Do?"
Bob Odenkirk is 58. Saul on "Breaking Bad" and the spinoff "Better Off Saul". He wrote for "SNL" for almost a decade, and did "Mr. Show" with David Cross.
Jeff Goldblum is 68.
Leslie West is 75. One-legged guitarist for Mountain who still rocks as hard as ever. Biggest hit: "Mississippi Queen".
Christopher Lloyd is 82. Doc Brown in "Back to the Future", Jim Ignatowski on "Taxi", Uncle Fester in the "Addams Family" movies, and the Klingon bastard who killed Kirk's son in "Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock".
Five News Stories of the Day
Here Are the Most Popular Baby Names of 2020 . . . How Much Did "Karen" Fall? (Story)
A Woman Brings 23 Relatives on a Blind Date to Test the Guy's Generosity . . . He Dines and Dashes on the Bill (Story)
There's a New Elf on the Shelf Cereal Coming to Stores (Story)
Have You Ever Hidden a Gift So Well You Forgot Where You Put It? (Story)
What's the Moment When You Realized "Wow, I'm Old"? (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The first candy produced by a machine was Necco Wafers. A guy named Oliver Chase made them with a lozenge cutting machine in 1847.
2. There was a team that only lasted for ONE game in the NFL. The Tonawanda Kardex Lumbermen from Tonawanda, New York joined the NFL in 1921 . . . lost 45-to-nothing to the Rochester Jeffersons . . . and disbanded.
3. The Guinness world record for the most keys removed from a key ring by a parrot is 22 in two minutes.
4. The cheeseburger was invented in 1926 at a restaurant called the Rite Spot in Pasadena, California. The owner's 16-year-old son randomly threw cheese onto a patty on the grill. Then they added it to their menu, and called it a "cheese hamburger."
5. Anytime your food has carmine, cochineal extract, or natural red 4 in its ingredients . . . it means the color comes from crushed up bugs.
Celebrity Birthdays
Jonathan Lipnicki is 30. Ray Boyd in "Jerry Maguire". "D'you know the human head weighs eight pounds?" Also Bow Wow's friend in "Like Mike".
Corey Hawkins is 32. Eric Carter in "24: Legacy" and Dr. Dre in "Straight Outta Compton".
Zachary Hanson is 35. The youngest Hanson. Biggest hit: "Mmmbop".
Michael Fishman is 39. Roseanne's son D.J. on "The Conners".
Jon Foreman is 44. Switchfoot singer. Biggest hit: "Dare You to Move".
Jesse Tyler Ferguson is 45. Mitchell on "Modern Family".
Carmen Ejogo is 47. Seraphina Picquery in the "Fantastic Beasts" movies, Coretta Scott King in "Selma", and Amelia Reardon on "True Detective".
Ichiro Suzuki is 47. Fiesty Baseball stud for the Seattle Mariners.
Saffron Burrows is 48. Lorraine on "Boston Legal" and Jeff Goldblum's partner, Serena Stevens, on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent".
Shelby Lynne is 52. Country singer.
Shaggy is 52.
Carlos Mencia is 53. Joke-lifting comedian.
Brian Boitano is 57. Olympic figure skater who inspired the inspirational, yet profanity-filled "South Park" song, "What Would Brian Boitano Do?"
Bob Odenkirk is 58. Saul on "Breaking Bad" and the spinoff "Better Off Saul". He wrote for "SNL" for almost a decade, and did "Mr. Show" with David Cross.
Jeff Goldblum is 68.
Leslie West is 75. One-legged guitarist for Mountain who still rocks as hard as ever. Biggest hit: "Mississippi Queen".
Christopher Lloyd is 82. Doc Brown in "Back to the Future", Jim Ignatowski on "Taxi", Uncle Fester in the "Addams Family" movies, and the Klingon bastard who killed Kirk's son in "Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock".
