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Five News Stories of the Day
People Are Losing It Over a Report Saying You Should Keep Your House at 78 Degrees . . . or 82 When You Sleep (Story)
12 Comedies That Could Never Get Made Today (Story)
A Tennessee Football Fan Posts a Craigslist Ad Looking for a Woman to Go to Games With Him . . . and It Gets Unappealing Fast (Story)
At What Age Did You Have Your First Kiss, First Job, and First Cell Phone? (Story)
Having Kids Makes You Happier . . . Once They Eventually Move Out (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, was so good at "Tetris" he used to dominate the top charts in "Nintendo Power" magazine. He even started submitting under fake names when they refused to print so many of his scores.
2. The submarine was invented during the Civil War by an engineer for the Confederacy named Horace Hunley. And he died in 1863 when he was testing one and it SANK.
3. The "defrost" setting on your microwave doesn't use a different wattage or type of energy. It just alternates between 100% power and 0% power.
4. Long Island, New York is legally considered a peninsula, not an island.
5. The color mauve was discovered by accident. A chemist saw a purplish-magenta color when he was trying to make a medicine to treat malaria in 1856, and realized it would be a great dye.
Celebrity Birthdays
Demi Lovato is 27.
Andrew Garfield is 36.
Monique Powell is 44. Lead singer of Save Ferris. Biggest hit: Their cover of "Come on Eileen".
Amy Adams is 45.
Jonathan Ke Quan is 48. The kid with the gadgets in "The Goonies" AND Short Round in "Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom".
Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit is 49.
Al Roker is 65.
Rudy Gatlin is 67. The Gatlin Brothers.
Robert Plant is 71. Led Zeppelin legend.
