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Five News Stories of the Day
Businesses Get More Calls Today Than Any Other Day of the Year (Story)
A College Kid with an Insane Five-Inch Thumb Is Going Viral (Story)
Is Another Wave of Legendary Musician Deaths on the Horizon? (Story)
Posting Too Many Selfies Makes You Look Like a Loser (Story)
A Woman Fell Asleep in Her Car . . . When She Woke Up, It Was Gone (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. The Girl Scouts are the second-largest cookie company in America, with around $800 million-a-year in revenue. They're only behind Oreo.
2. The term "honeymoon" comes from a medieval tradition. When couples got married, their families would give them a bunch of honey wine to drink for one full, 28-day cycle of the moon. The wine was supposed to be an aphrodisiac.
3. There are approximately 25 to 50 active serial killers in the U.S. at any given moment. And a serial killer is defined as someone who's killed two or more people at different times.
4. Enya has never gone on tour. And she's sold at least 80 million albums.
5. A guy named John Holahan invented Lucky Charms in 1964, when he decided to see how it tasted to put pieces of Brach's Circus peanuts in his Cheerios.
Celebrity Birthdays
OMI is 33. "Cheerleader" singer. Real name: Omar Pasley.
Shaun White is 33. Olympic snowboarding superstar.
Garrett Hedlund is 35. Tim McGraw's son in "Friday Night Lights", Jeff Bridges' son in "TRON: Legacy" and country singer Beau Hutton in "Country Strong".
Jennie Finch is 39. Olympic softball pitcher.
Redfoo from LMFAO is 44.
Charlie Sheen is 54.
Todd Lewis is 54. Singer for The Toadies.
Steve Jones is 64. Sex Pistols guitarist.
Don Brewer is 71. Grand Funk Railroad drummer.
Eric Bell is 72. Thin Lizzy guitarist.
Al Jardine is 77. The Beach Boys.
