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Um . . . Apparently a Shocking Number of People Don't Use Deodorant (Story)
"Avengers: Endgame" is Coming Back to Theaters with New Footage (Story)
A Woman Whose Real Name Is Marijuana Pepsi Just Got Her Doctorate (Story)
The Newest Version of Monopoly Is Cashless . . . with a Voice-Activated Banker (Story)
The 10 Most Common "Summer Fails" Include Sunburns, Sitting Around all Day, and Too Much Drinking (Story)
Five Things You Might Not Know About UV Damage (Story)
The XFL Will Have a Bonus Team of Players Staying in Shape to Serve as Injury Replacements (Story)
The David Ortiz Shooting Was a Case of Mistaken Identity (Story)
Random Facts for Today
Mushrooms and other fungi share more DNA with PEOPLE than they do with vegetables. (Story)
The movie "Footloose" was originally called "Cheek to Cheek". (Story)
There are six U.S. presidents who'd never been elected to any office before they became president: Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Donald Trump. (Story)
Haggis is the national dish of Scotland . . . but it was actually invented in England. So THEY get the credit for chopping up a sheep's heart and lungs, mixing it with a bunch of other crap, jamming it all in a stomach casing, and calling it food. (Story)
Steven Spielberg turned down an offer to direct the first "Harry Potter" movie because he thought it wouldn't be challenging . . . and that it should have been animated. (Story)
Celebrity Birthdays Today
Sage the Gemini (27)
Grace Potter (36)
Tika Sumpter (39) - Michelle Obama in Southside with You.
Chuck Wicks (40)
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (41)
Robert Rodriguez (51)
Nicole Kidman (52)
Dan Tyminski (52)
John Taylor (59)
Koko B. Ware (62)
Michael Anthony (65) - Van Halen bassist.
John Goodman (67)
Lionel Richie (70)
Anne Murray (74)
Brian Wilson (77)
Danny Aiello (86)
Good Morning from the Big 12
Texas Baseball: Chicago Cubs sign 3B draftee Ryan Reynolds (Story)
Lyons asks fans to ‘be realistic’ about expectations for WVU football in 2019 (Story)
NBA draft: Jaxson Hayes’ remarkable rise from high school benchwarmer to likely first-round pick (Story)
Um . . . Apparently a Shocking Number of People Don't Use Deodorant (Story)
"Avengers: Endgame" is Coming Back to Theaters with New Footage (Story)
A Woman Whose Real Name Is Marijuana Pepsi Just Got Her Doctorate (Story)
The Newest Version of Monopoly Is Cashless . . . with a Voice-Activated Banker (Story)
The 10 Most Common "Summer Fails" Include Sunburns, Sitting Around all Day, and Too Much Drinking (Story)
Five Things You Might Not Know About UV Damage (Story)
The XFL Will Have a Bonus Team of Players Staying in Shape to Serve as Injury Replacements (Story)
The David Ortiz Shooting Was a Case of Mistaken Identity (Story)
Random Facts for Today
Mushrooms and other fungi share more DNA with PEOPLE than they do with vegetables. (Story)
The movie "Footloose" was originally called "Cheek to Cheek". (Story)
There are six U.S. presidents who'd never been elected to any office before they became president: Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Donald Trump. (Story)
Haggis is the national dish of Scotland . . . but it was actually invented in England. So THEY get the credit for chopping up a sheep's heart and lungs, mixing it with a bunch of other crap, jamming it all in a stomach casing, and calling it food. (Story)
Steven Spielberg turned down an offer to direct the first "Harry Potter" movie because he thought it wouldn't be challenging . . . and that it should have been animated. (Story)
Celebrity Birthdays Today
Sage the Gemini (27)
Grace Potter (36)
Tika Sumpter (39) - Michelle Obama in Southside with You.
Chuck Wicks (40)
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (41)
Robert Rodriguez (51)
Nicole Kidman (52)
Dan Tyminski (52)
John Taylor (59)
Koko B. Ware (62)
Michael Anthony (65) - Van Halen bassist.
John Goodman (67)
Lionel Richie (70)
Anne Murray (74)
Brian Wilson (77)
Danny Aiello (86)
Good Morning from the Big 12
Texas Baseball: Chicago Cubs sign 3B draftee Ryan Reynolds (Story)
Lyons asks fans to ‘be realistic’ about expectations for WVU football in 2019 (Story)
NBA draft: Jaxson Hayes’ remarkable rise from high school benchwarmer to likely first-round pick (Story)
