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Five News Stories of the Day
A Guy Knew He Was Getting Fired . . . So He Brought an Emotional Support Clown to the Meeting (Story)
It's National Guacamole Day! One in Five of Us Would Rather Swim With Sharks Than Give It Up for a Full Year (Story)
The Ten States Where You're Most Likely to Hit a Deer (Story)
Our Top 'Simple Pleasures' Include Long Showers, Ice Cream, and Sleeping In (Story)
A Man Beats Cancer Twice, Then Hits the Lottery for $4.6 Million (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. On Alicia Keys' debut album, "Songs in A Minor", only two of the 16 songs are actually in A Minor. (She may've picked the title because she was under 18 when she wrote most of the songs.)
2. Louis Armstrong is the oldest person to have a number one single. He was almost 63 when "Hello, Dolly!" hit number one on the Billboard chart in May of 1964.
3. Skype's name is a shortened version of its original name, "Sky Peer-to-Peer." The people who created it originally wanted to shorten it to "Skyper," but that domain name was taken.
4. The only state you can type with one row of keys on the keyboard is Alaska.
5. Before Jim Jones became a cult leader and eventually led more than 900 people to their deaths, he worked as a door-to-door pet monkey salesman in Indiana.
Celebrity Birthdays
Nick Jonas is 27.
Ian Harding is 33. Ezra on "Pretty Little Liars".
Sabrina Bryan is 35. Cheetah Girls singer.
Amy Poehler is 48.
Marc Anthony is 51.
Richard Marx is 56. "Should've Known Better", "Don't Mean Nothing", and his power ballad "Right Here Waiting".
Jennifer Tilly is 61. The killer doll Tiffany and herself in the "Chucky" movies.
Magician David Copperfield is 63.
Mickey Rourke is 67.
Five News Stories of the Day
A Guy Knew He Was Getting Fired . . . So He Brought an Emotional Support Clown to the Meeting (Story)
It's National Guacamole Day! One in Five of Us Would Rather Swim With Sharks Than Give It Up for a Full Year (Story)
The Ten States Where You're Most Likely to Hit a Deer (Story)
Our Top 'Simple Pleasures' Include Long Showers, Ice Cream, and Sleeping In (Story)
A Man Beats Cancer Twice, Then Hits the Lottery for $4.6 Million (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. On Alicia Keys' debut album, "Songs in A Minor", only two of the 16 songs are actually in A Minor. (She may've picked the title because she was under 18 when she wrote most of the songs.)
2. Louis Armstrong is the oldest person to have a number one single. He was almost 63 when "Hello, Dolly!" hit number one on the Billboard chart in May of 1964.
3. Skype's name is a shortened version of its original name, "Sky Peer-to-Peer." The people who created it originally wanted to shorten it to "Skyper," but that domain name was taken.
4. The only state you can type with one row of keys on the keyboard is Alaska.
5. Before Jim Jones became a cult leader and eventually led more than 900 people to their deaths, he worked as a door-to-door pet monkey salesman in Indiana.
Celebrity Birthdays
Nick Jonas is 27.
Ian Harding is 33. Ezra on "Pretty Little Liars".
Sabrina Bryan is 35. Cheetah Girls singer.
Amy Poehler is 48.
Marc Anthony is 51.
Richard Marx is 56. "Should've Known Better", "Don't Mean Nothing", and his power ballad "Right Here Waiting".
Jennifer Tilly is 61. The killer doll Tiffany and herself in the "Chucky" movies.
Magician David Copperfield is 63.
Mickey Rourke is 67.
