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Five News Stories of the Day
The Nationals Beat the Odds and Won the World Series . . . Without Bryce Harper (Story)
18% of People Will Pretend Not to be Home If Trick-or-Treaters Come By (Story)
People Who Are Always Late Are Healthier and Happier (Story)
Are These the 10 Scariest Songs of All Time? (Story)
Michael Jackson is Still the Top-Earning Dead Celebrity (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The reason the majority of police uniforms are blue is because after the Civil War, there was a surplus of blue Army uniforms which were repurposed for police departments. And the color stuck.
2. There are nine states with more cows than people: Idaho . . . Iowa . . . Kansas . . . Montana . . . Nebraska . . . North Dakota . . . Oklahoma . . . South Dakota . . . and Wyoming.
3. Sprint's name was originally an acronym for Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Networking Telecommunications.
4. Chumbawamba holds the world record for longest album title. They released an album in 2008 that has a title that's 865 characters long. But it's usually just referred to by the five words at the beginning: "The Boy Bands Have Won".
5. "Beauty and the Beast" was the first animated movie to get an Oscar nomination for Best Picture when it got one in 1992. "Up" was the second animated movie to get nominated, in 2009 . . . and "Toy Story 3" was the third and last in 2010.
Celebrity Birthdays
Willow Smith is 19.
Danielle Rose Russell is 20. Hope Mikaelson on the "Vampire Diaries" spin-off "Legacies".
Sydney Park is 22. Cyndie on "The Walking Dead".
Letitia Wright is 26. T'Challa's sister Shuri in "Black Panther".
Eddie Kaye Thomas is 39. Toby on "Scorpion" and Finch in "American Pie".
Piper Perabo is 43. Annie Walker on "Covert Affairs".
Linn Berggren from Ace of Base is 49. "The Sign", "All That She Wants", and "Don't Turn Around".
NolanNorth is 49. Spencer's dad on "Pretty Little Liars". He does quite a few voices for cartoons and video games to include Nathan Drake in the "Uncharted" series, Desmond in the "Assassin's Creed" games, and Ghost in "Destiny 2".
Vanilla Ice is 52. "Ice Ice Baby".
Adam Horovitz is 53. King Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys. Biggest hit: "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)".
Annabella Lwin is 53. Bow Wow Wow singer. "I Want Candy".
Mike O'Malley is 53. Kurt's dad on "Glee" and Jim Kazinsky on "Parenthood".
Darryl Worley is 55. Country singer. "Have You Forgotten?"
Rob Schneider is 56. Elle King is his daughter.
Dermot Mulroney is 56. "My Best Friend's Wedding" with Julia Roberts AND "The Wedding Date" with Debra Messing, and the dad in "Insidious 3".
Mikkey Dee is 56. Drummer from Motörhead and the Scorpions.
Peter Jackson is 58. Unkempt director of the "Lord of the Rings" movies, and the "King Kong" remake. He also directed the three "Hobbit" movies.
Larry Mullen Jr. from U2 is 58. He's their drummer.
Xavier Roberts is 64. He made a fortune inventing Cabbage Patch Kids. Each doll is either hand signed or has his signature stamped on the left buttock.
Dan Rather is 88.
Michael Collins is 89. During Apollo 11, he stayed in the ship while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.
Five News Stories of the Day
The Nationals Beat the Odds and Won the World Series . . . Without Bryce Harper (Story)
18% of People Will Pretend Not to be Home If Trick-or-Treaters Come By (Story)
People Who Are Always Late Are Healthier and Happier (Story)
Are These the 10 Scariest Songs of All Time? (Story)
Michael Jackson is Still the Top-Earning Dead Celebrity (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The reason the majority of police uniforms are blue is because after the Civil War, there was a surplus of blue Army uniforms which were repurposed for police departments. And the color stuck.
2. There are nine states with more cows than people: Idaho . . . Iowa . . . Kansas . . . Montana . . . Nebraska . . . North Dakota . . . Oklahoma . . . South Dakota . . . and Wyoming.
3. Sprint's name was originally an acronym for Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Networking Telecommunications.
4. Chumbawamba holds the world record for longest album title. They released an album in 2008 that has a title that's 865 characters long. But it's usually just referred to by the five words at the beginning: "The Boy Bands Have Won".
5. "Beauty and the Beast" was the first animated movie to get an Oscar nomination for Best Picture when it got one in 1992. "Up" was the second animated movie to get nominated, in 2009 . . . and "Toy Story 3" was the third and last in 2010.
Celebrity Birthdays
Willow Smith is 19.
Danielle Rose Russell is 20. Hope Mikaelson on the "Vampire Diaries" spin-off "Legacies".
Sydney Park is 22. Cyndie on "The Walking Dead".
Letitia Wright is 26. T'Challa's sister Shuri in "Black Panther".
Eddie Kaye Thomas is 39. Toby on "Scorpion" and Finch in "American Pie".
Piper Perabo is 43. Annie Walker on "Covert Affairs".
Linn Berggren from Ace of Base is 49. "The Sign", "All That She Wants", and "Don't Turn Around".
NolanNorth is 49. Spencer's dad on "Pretty Little Liars". He does quite a few voices for cartoons and video games to include Nathan Drake in the "Uncharted" series, Desmond in the "Assassin's Creed" games, and Ghost in "Destiny 2".
Vanilla Ice is 52. "Ice Ice Baby".
Adam Horovitz is 53. King Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys. Biggest hit: "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)".
Annabella Lwin is 53. Bow Wow Wow singer. "I Want Candy".
Mike O'Malley is 53. Kurt's dad on "Glee" and Jim Kazinsky on "Parenthood".
Darryl Worley is 55. Country singer. "Have You Forgotten?"
Rob Schneider is 56. Elle King is his daughter.
Dermot Mulroney is 56. "My Best Friend's Wedding" with Julia Roberts AND "The Wedding Date" with Debra Messing, and the dad in "Insidious 3".
Mikkey Dee is 56. Drummer from Motörhead and the Scorpions.
Peter Jackson is 58. Unkempt director of the "Lord of the Rings" movies, and the "King Kong" remake. He also directed the three "Hobbit" movies.
Larry Mullen Jr. from U2 is 58. He's their drummer.
Xavier Roberts is 64. He made a fortune inventing Cabbage Patch Kids. Each doll is either hand signed or has his signature stamped on the left buttock.
Dan Rather is 88.
Michael Collins is 89. During Apollo 11, he stayed in the ship while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.
