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Five Stories of the Day
We Slept an Average of 47 Minutes Less Every Night This Year (Story)
Cops Arrest a Pizza Delivery Guy . . . Then Deliver the Pizza (Story)
Costco Is Selling a Gigantic, $800 Bottle of Champagne for New Year's (Story)
The Worst Things About Winter Include Shorter Days, Icy Windshields, and Heating Bills (Story)
Here Are the Cities People Moved to and Away from in 2020 (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Pumpkin beer dates back to early colonists in the U.S. who didn't have enough grains available to make normal beer, so they used the cheapest substitute, which was pumpkin.
2. The founder of Timex watches picked the name in honor of his father . . . because his father loved reading "Time" magazine and using Kleenex.
3. The term "anorexia" was created by a British doctor in the 1800s named Sir William Gull. And there are theories that he might've been Jack the Ripper.
4. The "Guinness Book of World Records" holds a world record . . . for being the best-selling copyrighted book of all time, even ahead of Webster's dictionary.
5. In Quebec, it's illegal for a woman to take her husband's last name after they get married.
Celebrity Birthdays
Stefania Owen is 23. Hugh Laurie's daughter Nicole on the Hulu series "Chance". You might also remember her as Beth in "Krampus" and as Carrie's rebellious younger sister Dorrit on "The Carrie Diaries".
Alana Haim is 29. "The Wire", "Want You Back", and "Days Are Gone".
Nichole Sakura is 31. Cheyenne on "Superstore". "Shameless" fans might also remember her as Lip's girlfriend Amanda.
Camilla Luddington is 37. British lass who plays Dr. Jo Wilson on "Grey's Anatomy" and Lara Croft for the latest "Tomb Raider" video game trilogy.
Charlie Cox is 38. Matt Murdock on Marvel's "Daredevil" Netflix series. Some of you might also remember him as Owen Slater on "Boardwalk Empire".
Michelle Dockery is 39. Badass Alice Fletcher on the Netflix western miniseries "Godless". Hard to believe she's also Lady Mary Crawley on "Downton Abbey".
Adam Brody is 41. Nick on Crackle's "Startup" and Seth Cohen on "The O.C.".
Stuart Townsend is 48. Rock 'n roll vampire Lestat in "Queen of the Damned". He was also originally hired to play Aragorn in the "Lord of the Rings" movies . . . but he was dropped and Viggo Mortensen took over the role.
Michael Shanks is 50. Dr. Daniel Jackson on the "Stargate" TV series. More recently he was Dr. Charlie Harris on "Saving Hope"
Helen Slater is 57. She was "Supergirl" in 1984 and her Earth mom, Eliza Danvers, on the CW's "Supergirl" series.
Nick Beggs from Kajagoogoo is 59. Remember the '80s? Yoouu'rre "Too Shy" shy . . . hush-hush, eye to eye.
Reginald Hudlin is 59. Director of "House Party" AND "The Ladies Man".
Paul Simonon from The Clash is 65. That's him smashing his bass on the cover of their third album, 1979's "London Calling", which included the title track and "The Guns of Brixton", an amazing jam that he wrote.
Don Johnson is 71. Sonny Crockett on "Miami Vice". "Nash Bridges". More recently he starred on HBO's "Watchmen". His daughter Dakota Johnson stars in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" movies.
Dave Clark is 78. Drummer and leader of the Dave Clark Five. Their hits included "Glad All Over", "Because", "Over and Over", and "I Like It Like That".
Cindy Birdsong is 81. She joined The Supremes . . . after Florence Ballard was pushed out of the group in 1967.
Five Stories of the Day
We Slept an Average of 47 Minutes Less Every Night This Year (Story)
Cops Arrest a Pizza Delivery Guy . . . Then Deliver the Pizza (Story)
Costco Is Selling a Gigantic, $800 Bottle of Champagne for New Year's (Story)
The Worst Things About Winter Include Shorter Days, Icy Windshields, and Heating Bills (Story)
Here Are the Cities People Moved to and Away from in 2020 (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Pumpkin beer dates back to early colonists in the U.S. who didn't have enough grains available to make normal beer, so they used the cheapest substitute, which was pumpkin.
2. The founder of Timex watches picked the name in honor of his father . . . because his father loved reading "Time" magazine and using Kleenex.
3. The term "anorexia" was created by a British doctor in the 1800s named Sir William Gull. And there are theories that he might've been Jack the Ripper.
4. The "Guinness Book of World Records" holds a world record . . . for being the best-selling copyrighted book of all time, even ahead of Webster's dictionary.
5. In Quebec, it's illegal for a woman to take her husband's last name after they get married.
Celebrity Birthdays
Stefania Owen is 23. Hugh Laurie's daughter Nicole on the Hulu series "Chance". You might also remember her as Beth in "Krampus" and as Carrie's rebellious younger sister Dorrit on "The Carrie Diaries".
Alana Haim is 29. "The Wire", "Want You Back", and "Days Are Gone".
Nichole Sakura is 31. Cheyenne on "Superstore". "Shameless" fans might also remember her as Lip's girlfriend Amanda.
Camilla Luddington is 37. British lass who plays Dr. Jo Wilson on "Grey's Anatomy" and Lara Croft for the latest "Tomb Raider" video game trilogy.
Charlie Cox is 38. Matt Murdock on Marvel's "Daredevil" Netflix series. Some of you might also remember him as Owen Slater on "Boardwalk Empire".
Michelle Dockery is 39. Badass Alice Fletcher on the Netflix western miniseries "Godless". Hard to believe she's also Lady Mary Crawley on "Downton Abbey".
Adam Brody is 41. Nick on Crackle's "Startup" and Seth Cohen on "The O.C.".
Stuart Townsend is 48. Rock 'n roll vampire Lestat in "Queen of the Damned". He was also originally hired to play Aragorn in the "Lord of the Rings" movies . . . but he was dropped and Viggo Mortensen took over the role.
Michael Shanks is 50. Dr. Daniel Jackson on the "Stargate" TV series. More recently he was Dr. Charlie Harris on "Saving Hope"
Helen Slater is 57. She was "Supergirl" in 1984 and her Earth mom, Eliza Danvers, on the CW's "Supergirl" series.
Nick Beggs from Kajagoogoo is 59. Remember the '80s? Yoouu'rre "Too Shy" shy . . . hush-hush, eye to eye.
Reginald Hudlin is 59. Director of "House Party" AND "The Ladies Man".
Paul Simonon from The Clash is 65. That's him smashing his bass on the cover of their third album, 1979's "London Calling", which included the title track and "The Guns of Brixton", an amazing jam that he wrote.
Don Johnson is 71. Sonny Crockett on "Miami Vice". "Nash Bridges". More recently he starred on HBO's "Watchmen". His daughter Dakota Johnson stars in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" movies.
Dave Clark is 78. Drummer and leader of the Dave Clark Five. Their hits included "Glad All Over", "Because", "Over and Over", and "I Like It Like That".
Cindy Birdsong is 81. She joined The Supremes . . . after Florence Ballard was pushed out of the group in 1967.
