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Five News Stories of the Day
A Dead Body Was Found Inside a Porta-Potty at the Ravens' Stadium (Story)
The 10 Most Annoying Phone and Social Media Things We Deal with During the Holidays (Story)
Here Are the 10 Apps That Were Downloaded the Most This Decade (Story)
The Top Seven Things That Stress Us Out at Work (Story)
A Girl with Autism Spoke for the First Time Because of Her Neighbor's Massive Christmas Display (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Paul McCartney and John Lennon both wrote different songs called "Woman" . . . McCartney's in 1966 and Lennon's in 1980. It's the only time they wrote separate songs with the same title.
2. Less than 1% of people in China are left-handed. At least, that's how many people admit it. It's considered a biological flaw in China if you're left-handed, so people won't admit it, and they train themselves to do things with their right hand.
3. There's a secret room hidden behind Lincoln's head on Mount Rushmore to store important documents.
4. "Houston, we have a problem" isn't the exact quote. When Jack Swigert was communicating from Apollo 13, he actually said, quote, "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here."
5. "Schindler's List" and the Vanilla Ice movie "Cool As Ice" had the same cinematographer . . . a guy named Janusz Kaminski. He's won the Oscar for Best Cinematography twice, for "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan".
Celebrity Birthdays
Nat Wolff is 25. Quentin in "Paper Towns" and Isaac in "The Fault in Our Stars".
Kiersey Clemons is 26. She's starring in an upcoming "Zorro" movie. You know her as the dog's owner, Darling, in the live-action "Lady and the Tramp" remake. She's also supposed to play Iris West in the "Flash" movie.
Shannon Woodward is 35. Programmer Elsie Hughes on HBO's "Westworld".
Manny Pacquiao is 41. Boxer / singer / politician.
Katheryn Winnick is 42. Lagertha on "Vikings".
Milla Jovovich is 44. The villain in the "Hell Boy" remake, Alice in the "Resident Evil" flicks, and the Leeloo in "The Fifth Element".
Sarah Paulson is 45. "American Horror Story" star. She and Evan Peters were in the first eight seasons of the show, but they both opted out of Season 9. She'll also be in "Glass" and Sandra Bullock's "Bird Box".
Giovanni Ribisi is 45. Phoebe's brother Frank on "Friends", and conman Pete Murphy on Amazon's "Sneaky Pete".
Rian Johnson is 46. Director of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi". He's coming back to direct the next "Star Wars" trilogy. But first J.J. Abrams will wrap up the current trilogy in "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker".
Sean Patrick Thomas is 49. Jimmy James in Ice Cube's "Barbershop" movies.
Laurie Holden is 50. Andrea on the first three seasons of "The Walking Dead".
Chuck Liddell is 50. Former UFC light-heavyweight champion.
Tracy Byrd is 53. Country superstar.
Sara Dallin from Bananarama is 58. Biggest hits: "Venus", "Cruel Summer", and "I Heard a Rumour".
Mike Mills from R.E.M. is 61. "Shiny Happy People", "Losing My Religion", "Man on the Moon", "Everybody Hurts", and "What's the Frequency, Kenneth".
Peter Farrelly is 63. "Green Book" director. He's also one of the Farrelly Brothers, responsible for the comedies "Kingpin", "Shallow Hal", "There's Something About Mary", "Dumb and Dumber", "Stuck on You", "Fever Pitch", "The Heartbreak Kid", and "The Three Stooges".
Bill Pullman is 66. Detective Ambrose in "The Sinner". He was also Lone Starr in "Spaceballs", and the president in "Independence Day".
Eugene Levy is 73. Jim's Dad in the "American Pie" movies. He also kicks all manner of comedy ass in "Waiting for Guffman" . . . "Splash" . . . "Bringing Down the House" . . . "A Mighty Wind" . . . and "Best in Show"
Ernie Hudson is 74. Winston in "Ghostbusters".
Pope Francis is 83.
Five News Stories of the Day
A Dead Body Was Found Inside a Porta-Potty at the Ravens' Stadium (Story)
The 10 Most Annoying Phone and Social Media Things We Deal with During the Holidays (Story)
Here Are the 10 Apps That Were Downloaded the Most This Decade (Story)
The Top Seven Things That Stress Us Out at Work (Story)
A Girl with Autism Spoke for the First Time Because of Her Neighbor's Massive Christmas Display (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Paul McCartney and John Lennon both wrote different songs called "Woman" . . . McCartney's in 1966 and Lennon's in 1980. It's the only time they wrote separate songs with the same title.
2. Less than 1% of people in China are left-handed. At least, that's how many people admit it. It's considered a biological flaw in China if you're left-handed, so people won't admit it, and they train themselves to do things with their right hand.
3. There's a secret room hidden behind Lincoln's head on Mount Rushmore to store important documents.
4. "Houston, we have a problem" isn't the exact quote. When Jack Swigert was communicating from Apollo 13, he actually said, quote, "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here."
5. "Schindler's List" and the Vanilla Ice movie "Cool As Ice" had the same cinematographer . . . a guy named Janusz Kaminski. He's won the Oscar for Best Cinematography twice, for "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan".
Celebrity Birthdays
Nat Wolff is 25. Quentin in "Paper Towns" and Isaac in "The Fault in Our Stars".
Kiersey Clemons is 26. She's starring in an upcoming "Zorro" movie. You know her as the dog's owner, Darling, in the live-action "Lady and the Tramp" remake. She's also supposed to play Iris West in the "Flash" movie.
Shannon Woodward is 35. Programmer Elsie Hughes on HBO's "Westworld".
Manny Pacquiao is 41. Boxer / singer / politician.
Katheryn Winnick is 42. Lagertha on "Vikings".
Milla Jovovich is 44. The villain in the "Hell Boy" remake, Alice in the "Resident Evil" flicks, and the Leeloo in "The Fifth Element".
Sarah Paulson is 45. "American Horror Story" star. She and Evan Peters were in the first eight seasons of the show, but they both opted out of Season 9. She'll also be in "Glass" and Sandra Bullock's "Bird Box".
Giovanni Ribisi is 45. Phoebe's brother Frank on "Friends", and conman Pete Murphy on Amazon's "Sneaky Pete".
Rian Johnson is 46. Director of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi". He's coming back to direct the next "Star Wars" trilogy. But first J.J. Abrams will wrap up the current trilogy in "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker".
Sean Patrick Thomas is 49. Jimmy James in Ice Cube's "Barbershop" movies.
Laurie Holden is 50. Andrea on the first three seasons of "The Walking Dead".
Chuck Liddell is 50. Former UFC light-heavyweight champion.
Tracy Byrd is 53. Country superstar.
Sara Dallin from Bananarama is 58. Biggest hits: "Venus", "Cruel Summer", and "I Heard a Rumour".
Mike Mills from R.E.M. is 61. "Shiny Happy People", "Losing My Religion", "Man on the Moon", "Everybody Hurts", and "What's the Frequency, Kenneth".
Peter Farrelly is 63. "Green Book" director. He's also one of the Farrelly Brothers, responsible for the comedies "Kingpin", "Shallow Hal", "There's Something About Mary", "Dumb and Dumber", "Stuck on You", "Fever Pitch", "The Heartbreak Kid", and "The Three Stooges".
Bill Pullman is 66. Detective Ambrose in "The Sinner". He was also Lone Starr in "Spaceballs", and the president in "Independence Day".
Eugene Levy is 73. Jim's Dad in the "American Pie" movies. He also kicks all manner of comedy ass in "Waiting for Guffman" . . . "Splash" . . . "Bringing Down the House" . . . "A Mighty Wind" . . . and "Best in Show"
Ernie Hudson is 74. Winston in "Ghostbusters".
Pope Francis is 83.
