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Five News Stories of the Day
Kids Actually Want to Hang Out With Their Parents . . . and Here's What They Want to Do (Story)
Do You Use the Five-Second Rule to Eat Things Like Cookies, Spaghetti, or Ice Cream off the Floor? (Story)
The Average Person Now Gains 36 Pounds in a Long-Term Relationship (Story)
Parents Will Spend Over $500 on Back-to-School Shopping This Year (Story)
A Woman Gets in a High-Speed Police Chase in a Stolen Tesla . . . and Is Busted When the Battery Runs Out (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Red Lobster ran an "all-you-can-eat crab" promotion in 2003 and wound up taking a $3.3 million loss . . . because they seriously underestimated how much people can eat.
2. George Washington went shopping early on July 4th, 1776, before the Declaration of Independence was signed. His expense report from that day includes veal, beets, potatoes, and a broom.
3. John Mayer has a song called "Love Is a Verb" where he uses the word "love" 17 times . . . all as a noun.
4. Of the top 10 highest grossing movies in U.S. history, "Titanic" is the only one that isn't part of a franchise. The other nine movies have a sequel out, have a sequel coming soon, or were a sequel themselves.
5. CDs hold 74 minutes of music because when Sony and Philips were creating them, they wanted to make sure one disc could hold Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" . . . which comes in at right around 74 minutes.
Celebrity Birthdays
Whitney Houston would have been 56. (1963 - 2012)
Bill Skarsgard is 29. Pennywise the Clown in the "It" remake, the Shawshank Prisoner in "Castle Rock", and Roman Godfrey on "Hemlock Grove".
Anna Kendrick is 34.
Eric Bana is 51.
Deion Sanders is 52.
Hoda Kotb is 55. Jenna Bush's co-host on the "Today" show.
Amanda Bearse is 61. Marcy D'Arcy on "Married With Children".
Sam Elliott is 75.
