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For the First Time Ever, We Now Spend More Time on Our Phones Than Watching TV (Story)
Taco Bell Ran Out of Tacos . . . and a Customer Called 911 (Story)
A Woman in a Restaurant Line Calls a Guy "Fat" . . . so He Buys up All the Fried Chicken so She Can't Get Any (Story)
The Germiest Spot in Your Car Isn't Your Steering Wheel (Story)
A Woman Was Kicked Out of a Buffet for Dressing "Too Provocatively" . . . Was She? (Story)
"Tetris" Turns 35 Years Old Today (Story)
Here's Nightmare Fuel: An Artist Created a Coin Purse That Looks Like a Very Realistic Human Mouth (Story)
Now "Avengers" Fans Have Started a Petition to Bring **** *** Back to Life (Story)
Random Facts for Today
The producers of "Deadpool" had to pay $10,000 for Ryan Reynolds to be able to wear a T-shirt with Bea Arthur's face on it in the movie. (Story)
Only one Major League Baseball player has ever committed suicide during the season. A catcher for the Cincinnati Reds named Willard Hershberger killed himself in August of 1940 . . . right in the middle of a bad hitting slump. (Story)
There are 10 U.S. military bases named after Confederate generals and leaders: Fort Lee . . . Fort Hood . . . Fort Benning . . . Fort Gordon . . . Fort Bragg . . . Fort Polk . . . Fort Pickett . . . Fort A.P. Hill . . . Fort Rucker . . . and Camp Beauregard. (Story)
Even though it sounds Japanese, Sudoku was invented in France in the late 19th century. It got its name when a company in Japan started publishing the puzzles and called them "Sudoku" in 1986. (Story)
"The 12 Days of Christmas" is about the 12 days AFTER Christmas, not before. They end on January 6th, which is a holiday called the Feast of the Epiphany. (Story)
Celebrity Birthdays Today
Aubrey Anderson-Emmons (12) - Cameron and Mitchell's adopted daughter Lily on Modern Family.
DeAndre Hopkins (27)
Sonya Walger (45) - Penny on Lost.
Uncle Kracker (45)
James "Munky" Shaffer (49)
Max Casella (52)
Paul Giamatti (52)
Jason Isaacs (56) - Captain Lorca on Star Trek: Discovery. Malfoy's dad in Harry Potter.
Tom Araya (58) - Slayer singer.
Colin Quinn (60)
Sandra Bernhard (64)
Harvey Fierstein (65)
Robert Englund (72)
Good Morning from the Big 12
Texas Rangers take different philosophy early in draft, opting for college players (Story)
87 Days Until Kansas Football: Examining the Big 12 Road Losing Streak (Story)
The MLB Draft affirms how good Big 12 baseball was this season (Story)
For the First Time Ever, We Now Spend More Time on Our Phones Than Watching TV (Story)
Taco Bell Ran Out of Tacos . . . and a Customer Called 911 (Story)
A Woman in a Restaurant Line Calls a Guy "Fat" . . . so He Buys up All the Fried Chicken so She Can't Get Any (Story)
The Germiest Spot in Your Car Isn't Your Steering Wheel (Story)
A Woman Was Kicked Out of a Buffet for Dressing "Too Provocatively" . . . Was She? (Story)
"Tetris" Turns 35 Years Old Today (Story)
Here's Nightmare Fuel: An Artist Created a Coin Purse That Looks Like a Very Realistic Human Mouth (Story)
Now "Avengers" Fans Have Started a Petition to Bring **** *** Back to Life (Story)
Random Facts for Today
The producers of "Deadpool" had to pay $10,000 for Ryan Reynolds to be able to wear a T-shirt with Bea Arthur's face on it in the movie. (Story)
Only one Major League Baseball player has ever committed suicide during the season. A catcher for the Cincinnati Reds named Willard Hershberger killed himself in August of 1940 . . . right in the middle of a bad hitting slump. (Story)
There are 10 U.S. military bases named after Confederate generals and leaders: Fort Lee . . . Fort Hood . . . Fort Benning . . . Fort Gordon . . . Fort Bragg . . . Fort Polk . . . Fort Pickett . . . Fort A.P. Hill . . . Fort Rucker . . . and Camp Beauregard. (Story)
Even though it sounds Japanese, Sudoku was invented in France in the late 19th century. It got its name when a company in Japan started publishing the puzzles and called them "Sudoku" in 1986. (Story)
"The 12 Days of Christmas" is about the 12 days AFTER Christmas, not before. They end on January 6th, which is a holiday called the Feast of the Epiphany. (Story)
Celebrity Birthdays Today
Aubrey Anderson-Emmons (12) - Cameron and Mitchell's adopted daughter Lily on Modern Family.
DeAndre Hopkins (27)
Sonya Walger (45) - Penny on Lost.
Uncle Kracker (45)
James "Munky" Shaffer (49)
Max Casella (52)
Paul Giamatti (52)
Jason Isaacs (56) - Captain Lorca on Star Trek: Discovery. Malfoy's dad in Harry Potter.
Tom Araya (58) - Slayer singer.
Colin Quinn (60)
Sandra Bernhard (64)
Harvey Fierstein (65)
Robert Englund (72)
Good Morning from the Big 12
Texas Rangers take different philosophy early in draft, opting for college players (Story)
87 Days Until Kansas Football: Examining the Big 12 Road Losing Streak (Story)
The MLB Draft affirms how good Big 12 baseball was this season (Story)
