Tuesday 1/24/23
Celebrate:
Beer Can Appreciation Day
Belly Laugh Day
Macintosh Computer Day
National "Just Do It" Day
Naitonal Compliment Day
National Edy's Pie Patent Day
National Lobster Thermidor Day
National Peanut Butter Day
Speak Up and Succeed Day
Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day
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James Cameron joined an exclusive club Sunday -- one that includes only himself ... he's the sole director in history with three movies that have crossed a huge money milestone.
That benchmark is the $2-billion line, which his latest film -- 'Avatar: The Way of Water' -- crossed Sunday ... now marking the third such flick of his to have achieved it at the international box office. His other two crown jewels ... 'Avatar' ($2.9B) and 'Titanic' ($2.1B).
Only three other films have passed $2 bil ... all of 'em Disney-owned. There's 'Avengers: Endgame' (#2, $2.7B), 'Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens' (#4, $2.071B) and 'Avengers: Infinity War' (#5, $2.052B). 'Avatar 2' is now the 6th highest-grossing movie ever.
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Pizza Hut announced they just broke a world record last week for the biggest pizza ever . . . just under 14,000 square feet. It's the equivalent of 68,000 slices.
They assembled it on the floor of the Los Angeles Convention Center, and used a bank of heaters to cook it from above. It took about 48 hours start-to-finish. (Here's a video.)
It clocked in at 13,990 square feet. Here's what went into it: 13,653 pounds of dough . . . just under 5,000 pounds of sauce . . . over 8,800 pounds of cheese . . . and more than 630,000 slices of pepperoni.
Pizza Hut says they made sure the 68,000 slices won't go to waste. They donated all the pizza to charities in L.A.
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There's a new survey out on American landmarks, and one question they asked was: "What was your least favorite U.S. landmark?" And there were more than 30 choices.
The one that got the most hate was the Hollywood Sign, which isn't shocking. The locals have restricted access to the Hollywood Hills, so it's hard to see it up close . . . legally. So you're just seeing it from afar, like in pictures.
% of people who had seen the Hollywood Sign said it was their least favorite landmark. Other unpopular ones are: The Brooklyn Bridge . . . Times Square . . . and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
On the flipside, when people were asked about their favorite landmark, Arlington National Cemetery was #1. 7% of people said it was the best. Other popular ones were: Mount Rushmore . . . the National Mall in D.C. . . . the Pearl Harbor National Memorial . . . and the Statue of Liberty.
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A three-year-old in the U.K. just became one of the youngest people ever accepted into Mensa, the high-IQ group. He taught himself to read by the time he was 26 months old, and can already count to 100 in six different languages.
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Here's a fun new trend: A town in Maine just approved a five-year-old girl's permit to keep a unicorn in her yard if she ever finds one. Los Angeles County just did the same thing last month after a six-year-old applied.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - In the 1800s, there was a superstition in the New England area that tuberculosis was caused by vampires.
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