Debrief: Reasons to be optimistic about every single NFL team (Story)
If these four teams keep winning, they'll make the College Football Playoff (Story)
Here Are People's Predictions for the Most Popular Halloween Costumes This Year (Story)
A Squirrel with Large Breasts Is Becoming a Social Media Sensation
The Top Basic Human "Rights" We Want in 2018 Include Free Wi-Fi and the Right to Party (Story)
The Music Industry Loses $2.65 Billion a Year from Coffee Shops and Other Small Businesses (Story)
The Five Best and Worst Things About Traveling for Work (Story)
Random Facts for Today
The people who created the mp3 used the same song over and over to test their compression: "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega. They picked it because, quote, "a warm, acapella voice" is the hardest thing to compress. (Story)
Even though M. Night Shyamalan gets a lot of heat for making a bunch of bombs, all but one of his movies have been profitable. The only movie he ever made that lost money was "Wide Awake" in 1998. (Link)
The fax machine was invented about 30 years before the telephone. (Link)
Every single Snickers bar, except the tiny Halloween-sized ones, are made in Waco, Texas. (Story)
"Paranormal Activity" is the most profitable movie ever, percentage wise. It cost $450,000 to make and made $89.3 million. That's a return on investment of 19,751%. (Link)
Celebrithy Birthdays on This Date
John Mayer 41
Flea 56 (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Caterina Scorsone 37 ("Grey's Anatomy")
Jeremy Jackson 38 ("Baywatch")
Tim Robbins 60
Suzanne Somers 72
Sports on TV Today
LPGA Legends Tour Golf: Senior LPGA Championship 3:00 P.M. GOLF
MLB Playoff Game 3 of the ALCS: Boston Red Sox @ Houston Astros 4:00 P.M. TBS
International Friendly Soccer: U.S. vs. Peru 7:00 P.M. ESPN2
NBA Basketball: Philadelphia 76ers @ Boston Celtics 7:00 P.M. TNT
NHL Hockey: Arizona Coyotes @ Minnesota Wild 7:00 P.M. NBCSN
WWE Smackdown 7:00 P.M. USA
MLB Playoff Game 3 of the NLCS: Milwaukee Brewers @ Los Angeles Dodgers 8:00 P.M. FS1
NBA Basketball: Oklahoma City Thunder @ Golden State Warriors 9:30 P.M. TNT
If these four teams keep winning, they'll make the College Football Playoff (Story)
Here Are People's Predictions for the Most Popular Halloween Costumes This Year (Story)
A Squirrel with Large Breasts Is Becoming a Social Media Sensation
The Top Basic Human "Rights" We Want in 2018 Include Free Wi-Fi and the Right to Party (Story)
The Music Industry Loses $2.65 Billion a Year from Coffee Shops and Other Small Businesses (Story)
The Five Best and Worst Things About Traveling for Work (Story)
Random Facts for Today
The people who created the mp3 used the same song over and over to test their compression: "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega. They picked it because, quote, "a warm, acapella voice" is the hardest thing to compress. (Story)
Even though M. Night Shyamalan gets a lot of heat for making a bunch of bombs, all but one of his movies have been profitable. The only movie he ever made that lost money was "Wide Awake" in 1998. (Link)
The fax machine was invented about 30 years before the telephone. (Link)
Every single Snickers bar, except the tiny Halloween-sized ones, are made in Waco, Texas. (Story)
"Paranormal Activity" is the most profitable movie ever, percentage wise. It cost $450,000 to make and made $89.3 million. That's a return on investment of 19,751%. (Link)
Celebrithy Birthdays on This Date
John Mayer 41
Flea 56 (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Caterina Scorsone 37 ("Grey's Anatomy")
Jeremy Jackson 38 ("Baywatch")
Tim Robbins 60
Suzanne Somers 72
Sports on TV Today
LPGA Legends Tour Golf: Senior LPGA Championship 3:00 P.M. GOLF
MLB Playoff Game 3 of the ALCS: Boston Red Sox @ Houston Astros 4:00 P.M. TBS
International Friendly Soccer: U.S. vs. Peru 7:00 P.M. ESPN2
NBA Basketball: Philadelphia 76ers @ Boston Celtics 7:00 P.M. TNT
NHL Hockey: Arizona Coyotes @ Minnesota Wild 7:00 P.M. NBCSN
WWE Smackdown 7:00 P.M. USA
MLB Playoff Game 3 of the NLCS: Milwaukee Brewers @ Los Angeles Dodgers 8:00 P.M. FS1
NBA Basketball: Oklahoma City Thunder @ Golden State Warriors 9:30 P.M. TNT
