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Five News Stories of the Day
A Superintendent Donates $10,000 to Cover Kids' College Application Fees (Story)
A Mom Who's Charging $82 to Attend Her Kid's Birthday Party Is Getting Slammed (Story)
A Man Karaoke'd So Hard He Collapsed His Lung (Story)
A Drunk Driver Fails to Hit the Brakes and Crashes Into a "Brakes 4 Less" Store (Story)
Amazon's Next Move: Opening Liquor Stores? (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The U.S. had a lesbian First Lady. Grover Cleveland's sister Rose was the First Lady for the first 14 months of his first term, before he got married. Rose went on to be with a woman named Evangeline Simpson and they're now buried next to each other.
2. The cartoon version of "Inspector Gadget" never revealed his real name. But in the 1999 movie with Matthew Broderick, they say his name is John Brown.
3. Mr. Pibb was originally called Peppo when Coke started selling it in 1972. But Dr. Pepper sued them for trademark infringement, so they changed the name to Dr. Pibb. So Dr. Pepper sued AGAIN, and it became Mr. Pibb. (It's now known as Pibb Xtra.)
4. George Clooney starred in a sitcom on CBS from 1984 to 1985 called "E/R", but it was spelled 'E' forward slash 'R.' It only lasted one season. Then he starred in the REAL "ER" on NBC 10 years later, which was obviously much more successful.
5. Both George Washington and Andrew Jackson hosted cockfights on the White House lawn.
Celebrity Birthdays
Cara Delevingne is 27. Enchantress in "Suicide Squad".
Casey Affleck is 44.
Peter Krause is 54. Adam Braverman on "Parenthood" and Nate Fisher on "Six Feet Under".
Sir Mix-A-Lot is 56.
Bruce Greenwood is 63. Christopher Pike in the "Star Trek" reboot, the president in "National Treasure 2", and John F. Kennedy in "Thirteen Days".
Sam Jones is 65.
News in the Big 12
Texas Football: Keaontay Ingram, Kirk Johnson both injured in fall camp (Story)
‘He brings great energy.’ Former QB Kenny Hill becoming valuable member of TCU staff (Story)
Rams’ Dakota Allen making most out of second chance (Story)
