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Five News Stories of the Day
The Area 51 Raid Was Supposed to Go Down at 3:00 A.M. This Morning (Story)
The Most Popular Halloween Candy for Kids Is Reese's Peanut Butter Cups . . . Tootsie Rolls Came in Last (Story)
Is This New Wearable Chair the Ultimate Dad Gift? (Story)
A Guy's Bachelor Party Hangover Led to an Emergency Room Bill of $12,460 (Story)
Are These the Saddest Moments in TV History? (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Greenland extends north, south, east, and west of Iceland. (Here's a picture showing how.)
2. The marshmallows in Lucky Charms cereal have a name: Marbits.
3. Four of the main characters in "Frozen" are named Hans, Kristoff, Anna, and Sven . . . as a tribute to Hans Christian Andersen. The movie is based off his story "The Snow Queen".
4. Belarus is the largest country in the world without any mountains, at 80,155 square miles. Lithuania is the second-largest.
5. The last time a song that was just an instrumental was number one on the Billboard chart was . . . Jan Hammer's "Miami Vice Theme" in October of 1985.
Celebrity Birthdays
Sammi Hanratty is 24. Kassidi Gallagher on "Shameless".
Spencer Locke is 28. K-Mart in the "Resident Evil" movies and Melissa in "Insidious: The Last Key".
Phillip Phillips is 29. "American Idol" winner.
Jon Bernthal is 43. Frank Castle on "The Punisher". Before that you knew him as Shane on "The Walking Dead".
Moon Bloodgood is 44. Rox Valenzuela on "Code Black".
Asia Argento is 44. You know her from Vin Diesel's "XXX" and the horror flick "Land of the Dead".
Gunnar and Matthew Nelson are 52.
Kristen Johnston is 52. Holly on TV Land's "The Exes", Sally on "3rd Rock From The Sun", and Ivana Humpalot in "Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me".
Nuno Bettencourt is 53. Guitarist in Extreme. Biggest Hit: "More Than Words".
Gary Cole is 63. Kent Davidson on "Veep" and Andrew Klein on "Entourage".
Guy Lafleur is 68.
George R.R. Martin is 71. "Game of Thrones" author.
Chuck Panozzo is 71. The bassist in Styx.
John Panozzo (1948 - 1996) Chuck's twin and the drummer in Styx. He died from many years as an alcoholic.
Sophia Loren is 85. Legendary Italian actress. Audiences would mostly remember her for starring in "Grumpier Old Men".
Anne Meara (1929 - 2015) Jerry Stiller's wife, and Ben Stiller's mom.
Five News Stories of the Day
The Area 51 Raid Was Supposed to Go Down at 3:00 A.M. This Morning (Story)
The Most Popular Halloween Candy for Kids Is Reese's Peanut Butter Cups . . . Tootsie Rolls Came in Last (Story)
Is This New Wearable Chair the Ultimate Dad Gift? (Story)
A Guy's Bachelor Party Hangover Led to an Emergency Room Bill of $12,460 (Story)
Are These the Saddest Moments in TV History? (Story)
Five Random Facts of the Day
1. Greenland extends north, south, east, and west of Iceland. (Here's a picture showing how.)
2. The marshmallows in Lucky Charms cereal have a name: Marbits.
3. Four of the main characters in "Frozen" are named Hans, Kristoff, Anna, and Sven . . . as a tribute to Hans Christian Andersen. The movie is based off his story "The Snow Queen".
4. Belarus is the largest country in the world without any mountains, at 80,155 square miles. Lithuania is the second-largest.
5. The last time a song that was just an instrumental was number one on the Billboard chart was . . . Jan Hammer's "Miami Vice Theme" in October of 1985.
Celebrity Birthdays
Sammi Hanratty is 24. Kassidi Gallagher on "Shameless".
Spencer Locke is 28. K-Mart in the "Resident Evil" movies and Melissa in "Insidious: The Last Key".
Phillip Phillips is 29. "American Idol" winner.
Jon Bernthal is 43. Frank Castle on "The Punisher". Before that you knew him as Shane on "The Walking Dead".
Moon Bloodgood is 44. Rox Valenzuela on "Code Black".
Asia Argento is 44. You know her from Vin Diesel's "XXX" and the horror flick "Land of the Dead".
Gunnar and Matthew Nelson are 52.
Kristen Johnston is 52. Holly on TV Land's "The Exes", Sally on "3rd Rock From The Sun", and Ivana Humpalot in "Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me".
Nuno Bettencourt is 53. Guitarist in Extreme. Biggest Hit: "More Than Words".
Gary Cole is 63. Kent Davidson on "Veep" and Andrew Klein on "Entourage".
Guy Lafleur is 68.
George R.R. Martin is 71. "Game of Thrones" author.
Chuck Panozzo is 71. The bassist in Styx.
John Panozzo (1948 - 1996) Chuck's twin and the drummer in Styx. He died from many years as an alcoholic.
Sophia Loren is 85. Legendary Italian actress. Audiences would mostly remember her for starring in "Grumpier Old Men".
Anne Meara (1929 - 2015) Jerry Stiller's wife, and Ben Stiller's mom.
