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Five Stories of the Day
Here Are the Seven Most Amazingly Gluttonous Things We've Done During the Holiday Season (Story)
The First Christmas Song for Dogs Has Been Released (Story)
Can the "Shopping Cart Theory" Determine If You're a Good or Bad Person? (Story)
Most Parents Give Themselves an "A" or a "B" for How They've Handled Remote Learning (Story)
80% of People Think They Can Get a New Job Next Year If They Want One (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Greenland is icier than Iceland.
2. The woman who invented the chocolate chip cookie was Ruth Wakefield . . . she sold the recipe to Nestle in the 1930s in exchange for a lifetime supply of chocolate.
3. Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dogg went to the same school in Long Beach, California . . . and she says she's pretty sure she bought weed from him.
4. You're about 2,200 times more likely to die in a car accident than you are in a plane crash. So, in other words, it's WAY more dangerous to drive to the airport than to get on a flight.
5. Biscotti comes from the Latin words "bis" and "coctum," which means "baked twice."
Celebrity Birthdays
Michael Clifford from 5 Seconds of Summer is 25. "Youngblood".
Dan Byrd is 35. Travis Cobb on "Cougar Town".
Jeremy Jordan is 36. Winn Schott on "Supergirl". You might also remember him as Katherine McPhee's boyfriend Jimmy on "Smash".
Future is 37. "Mask Off".
Andrea Riseborough is 39. Mandy in the Nicolas Cage horror movie "Mandy", Tom Cruise's lover in "Oblivion", and Michael Keaton's girlfriend in "Birdman".
Nadine Velazquez is 42. Catalina on "My Name Is Earl", Sofia on the FX sitcom "The League", and Deputy D.A. Emma Rios on TNT's "Major Crimes".
Josh Turner is 43. Country singer. "Why Don't We Just Dance".
Dierks Bentley is 45. "What Was I Thinkin'" and "Drunk on a Plane".
Joel McHale is 49. Jeff Winger on "Community", and the host of "The Soup".
Callie Thorne is 51. Dr. Dani Santino on "Necessary Roughness".
Mike D from The Beastie Boys is 55.
Ming-Na is 57. Melinda May on "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", Dr. Chen on "ER", and the voice of Disney's "Mulan".
Sean Young is 61. The android Harrison Ford falls for in "Blade Runner" and the transsexual cop in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective".
Bo Derek is 64. '80s goddess: "10", "Bolero", and "Tarzan the Ape Man".
Joe Walsh is 73. The Eagles and leader of The James Gang.
Veronica Hamel is 77. D.A. Joyce Davenport on "Hill Street Blues".
President Elect Joe Biden is 78.
Norman Greenbaum is 78. Biggest smash: 1969's "Spirit in the Sky".
Dick Smothers is 81.
Five Stories of the Day
Here Are the Seven Most Amazingly Gluttonous Things We've Done During the Holiday Season (Story)
The First Christmas Song for Dogs Has Been Released (Story)
Can the "Shopping Cart Theory" Determine If You're a Good or Bad Person? (Story)
Most Parents Give Themselves an "A" or a "B" for How They've Handled Remote Learning (Story)
80% of People Think They Can Get a New Job Next Year If They Want One (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Greenland is icier than Iceland.
2. The woman who invented the chocolate chip cookie was Ruth Wakefield . . . she sold the recipe to Nestle in the 1930s in exchange for a lifetime supply of chocolate.
3. Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dogg went to the same school in Long Beach, California . . . and she says she's pretty sure she bought weed from him.
4. You're about 2,200 times more likely to die in a car accident than you are in a plane crash. So, in other words, it's WAY more dangerous to drive to the airport than to get on a flight.
5. Biscotti comes from the Latin words "bis" and "coctum," which means "baked twice."
Celebrity Birthdays
Michael Clifford from 5 Seconds of Summer is 25. "Youngblood".
Dan Byrd is 35. Travis Cobb on "Cougar Town".
Jeremy Jordan is 36. Winn Schott on "Supergirl". You might also remember him as Katherine McPhee's boyfriend Jimmy on "Smash".
Future is 37. "Mask Off".
Andrea Riseborough is 39. Mandy in the Nicolas Cage horror movie "Mandy", Tom Cruise's lover in "Oblivion", and Michael Keaton's girlfriend in "Birdman".
Nadine Velazquez is 42. Catalina on "My Name Is Earl", Sofia on the FX sitcom "The League", and Deputy D.A. Emma Rios on TNT's "Major Crimes".
Josh Turner is 43. Country singer. "Why Don't We Just Dance".
Dierks Bentley is 45. "What Was I Thinkin'" and "Drunk on a Plane".
Joel McHale is 49. Jeff Winger on "Community", and the host of "The Soup".
Callie Thorne is 51. Dr. Dani Santino on "Necessary Roughness".
Mike D from The Beastie Boys is 55.
Ming-Na is 57. Melinda May on "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", Dr. Chen on "ER", and the voice of Disney's "Mulan".
Sean Young is 61. The android Harrison Ford falls for in "Blade Runner" and the transsexual cop in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective".
Bo Derek is 64. '80s goddess: "10", "Bolero", and "Tarzan the Ape Man".
Joe Walsh is 73. The Eagles and leader of The James Gang.
Veronica Hamel is 77. D.A. Joyce Davenport on "Hill Street Blues".
President Elect Joe Biden is 78.
Norman Greenbaum is 78. Biggest smash: 1969's "Spirit in the Sky".
Dick Smothers is 81.
