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Five News Stories of the Day
Disney Will Offer Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ for $12.99 a Month (Story)
Spiked Seltzers Are the Drink of the Summer and Their Sales Are Skyrocketing (Story)
Here's How Much Caffeine We Need to Get Through a Day of Work (Story)
What Would You Rather Hear First: The Bad News or the Good News? (Story)
Half of People Under 21 Don't Think College Is Necessary Anymore (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The Nintendo character Kirby is named after an attorney named John Kirby . . . who successfully defended Nintendo in court when they were sued because Universal said Donkey Kong was a rip-off of King Kong.
2. Five people have won a presidential election even though they lost the popular vote: John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, George W. Bush and Donald Trump.
3. The pie chart, bar chart, and line graph were all invented by an engineer named William Playfair from Scotland in the late 1700s.
4. There are about 20 quintillion animals total living on Earth. That's 20 billion billion. And about half are insects.
5. The movie "Dirty Harry" was originally going to be called "Dead Right", and Frank Sinatra was going to be the star instead of Clint Eastwood.
Celebrity Birthdays
Francesca Eastwood is 26. Clint Eastwood’s daughter.
Mike Trout is 28.
Charlize Theron is 44.
David Duchovny is 59. “X-Files” and “Californication”
Bruce Dickinson is 61. Iron Maiden lead singer.
