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Five News Stories of the Day
Are These the Ten Most Stressful "Life Moments"? (Story)
Pumpkin Spice Spam . . . Yes, Spam . . . Is Now a Real Thing (Story)
A Boyfriend's Insane List of Rules for His Girlfriend's Trip to a Music Festival Is Going Viral (Story)
Here Are the Foods We Want to Eat Deep Fried at a State Fair . . . From Bacon to Butter (Story)
What's the Best Food on a Stick? (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. One witness of Lincoln's assassination lived so long he was able to be interviewed about it on TV. Samuel Seymour was at Ford's Theater and was interviewed about it in 1956, at age 96, on a show called "I've Got a Secret".
2. Duffel bags are named after a town in Belgium called Duffel, where the fabric for the bags originally came from.
3. "Public school" in England is the equivalent of "private school" in the U.S. It's a school you have to pay for. Our "public schools" are called "state schools" over there.
4. The only planet that's not named after a Roman god or goddess is ... Earth.
5. The tradition of presidents wearing an American flag pin started because of a Robert Redford movie from 1972 called "The Candidate". He wore one in the movie, Nixon's chief of staff saw it, and had the REAL president start wearing one.
Celebrity Birthdays
Brianna Hildebrand is 23. Negasonic Teenage Warhead in "Deadpool" and "Deadpool 2".
Tim Tebow is 32.
Mila Kunis is 36.
Halle Berry is 53.
Susan Olsen is 58. Cindy on "The Brady Bunch".
Marcia Gay Harden is 60. Oscar winner.
Magic Johnson is 60.
Rusty Wallace is 63. NASCAR. He drove the #2 Dodge Intrepid for Miller Lite.
Bob Backlund is 70. WWE Hall of Famer and world champ for FIVE YEARS, from 1978 to 1983 then again for THREE DAYS in 1994.
Joseph Marcell is 71. Geoffrey on "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air".
Antonio Fargas is 73. Huggy Bear on "Starsky & Hutch", Flyguy in "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" and last, but not least, Doodlebug Simkins in "Cleopatra Jones"!
Steve Martin is 74.
David Crosby is 78.
