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Five News Stories of the Day
A Study Finds a Great Way to Lose Weight Is To Stop Eating After 2:00 P.M. (Story)
How Much Would You Pay for All Your Streaming Services? (Story)
A Woman Wins the Lottery, Then Gets Busted for Drugs Hours Later (Story)
What Do You Do on Your Lunch Break? Poll at the bottom of the story (Story)
Have Trouble Sleeping? Take a Hot Bath 90 Minutes Before Bed (Story)
Random Facts of the Day
1. The guy who invented USB wanted it to be flippable, but that doubled the cost, so we got what we got: USB devices that only plug in one way. And always, somehow, the opposite of the way you try to plug them in on your first try.
2. Belize is the only country in Central America that's never gotten a visit from a U.S. president, even though we've always had good relations with them.
3. "The Jetsons" came out 57 years ago, in 1962 . . . and was set in 2062, which is 43 years from now. In other words, we're now much closer to the future it predicted than the year it came out.
4. The reason your fingers prune up in water is so it's easier to grab wet things.
5. The 10 highest mountains in the U.S. are all in Alaska. The 11th highest is Mount Whitney in California.
Celebrity Birthdays
Matt LeBlanc is 52. Joey Tribbiani on "Friends"
Roger Clinton is 63. Brother of Bill
Iman is 64. David Bowie's widow.
Verdine White is 68. Earth, Wind & Fire.
Walter Payton (1954 - 1999)
Five News Stories of the Day
A Study Finds a Great Way to Lose Weight Is To Stop Eating After 2:00 P.M. (Story)
How Much Would You Pay for All Your Streaming Services? (Story)
A Woman Wins the Lottery, Then Gets Busted for Drugs Hours Later (Story)
What Do You Do on Your Lunch Break? Poll at the bottom of the story (Story)
Have Trouble Sleeping? Take a Hot Bath 90 Minutes Before Bed (Story)
Random Facts of the Day
1. The guy who invented USB wanted it to be flippable, but that doubled the cost, so we got what we got: USB devices that only plug in one way. And always, somehow, the opposite of the way you try to plug them in on your first try.
2. Belize is the only country in Central America that's never gotten a visit from a U.S. president, even though we've always had good relations with them.
3. "The Jetsons" came out 57 years ago, in 1962 . . . and was set in 2062, which is 43 years from now. In other words, we're now much closer to the future it predicted than the year it came out.
4. The reason your fingers prune up in water is so it's easier to grab wet things.
5. The 10 highest mountains in the U.S. are all in Alaska. The 11th highest is Mount Whitney in California.
Celebrity Birthdays
Matt LeBlanc is 52. Joey Tribbiani on "Friends"
Roger Clinton is 63. Brother of Bill
Iman is 64. David Bowie's widow.
Verdine White is 68. Earth, Wind & Fire.
Walter Payton (1954 - 1999)
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