Thursday 1/4/24
Celebrate:
Dimpled Chad Day
Free Flower Basket Day
National Spaghetti Day
National Trivia Day
Pop Music Chart Day
Tom Thumb Day
World Braille Day
World Hypnotism Day
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Last year Winnie the Pooh entered the Public Domain, now It's Micky Mouse, and in the same trajectory, We get a horror movie.
A trailer for a slasher film "Mickey’s Mouse Trap" dropped on Monday, including clips from the 1928 "Steamboat Willie" as a masked Mickey terrorizes college-aged kids during their trip to the arcade. "The mouse is out," the teaser declares at the end.
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So there's No Shave November..ladies...It's your turn.
"JanuHairy" is the name someone came up with to encourage women to stop shaving, waxing, and plucking for the first month of the year to help normalize body hair on women.
It's fairly new but not a brand-new thing. It debuted in 2019, so it's the sixth year people have done it.
The official JanuHairy Instagram account has over 40,000 followers. It says their goals include "promoting self-confidence, challenging societal beauty standards, and creating a supportive community where people can share their journey."
One of the founders says dedicating a whole month to it is "liberating because it gets you thinking about the way you treat your body and why."
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The average person hits a wall at 3:00 P.M., and their slump lasts a total of 29 minutes. According to the survey, here are the top five things that can cause it.
1. The caffeine wore off.
2. General boredom.
3. A lack of energy.
4. You need to eat.
5. You're underslept.
Sitting in one place for too long and not taking breaks also made the Top 10. A lot of people said they tend to have more of those moments in winter too.
The top things we do to break out of a slump include going for a walk . . . grabbing something to eat . . . and if you can get away with it, taking a nap.
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Snoop Dogg will assist NBC in covering this summer's Olympics in Paris, as part of their primetime coverage.
Snoop will explore city landmarks, attend competitions and events, and visit with the athletes and their friends and families.
He says, quote, "We're going to have some amazing competitions and, of course, I will be bringing that Snoop style to the mix . . .
"Let's elevate, celebrate, and make these games unforgettable, smoke the competition, and may the best shine like gold. Peace and Olympic LOVE, ya dig?"
The Summer Olympics start July 26th. You can catch them on NBC and Peacock.
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Lake Superior State University in Michigan released its annual list of words and phrases that need to be BANISHED in the New Year. Here are the ones they say we should stop using or overusing in 2024 . . .
1. "Hack"
2. "Impact" . . . especially as a verb, instead of "affect."
3. "At the end of the day"
4. "Rizz" . . . even though it was recently named the "Word of the Year" by the Oxford University Press. It's basically a shortened form of "charisma."
5. "Slay"
6. "Iconic"
7. "Cringe-worthy"
8. "Obsessed" . . . The casual use of "obsessed" to describe routine interests.
9. "Side hustle"
10. "Wait for it" . . . If we're watching a video, then we're already waiting for it, right? Plus, over-hyping something under-cuts the pay-off.
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In a new poll, 33% of people said they have made New Year's resolutions. Another 16% say they plan to, but haven't gotten around to it yet . . . and 45% said they just aren't doing the resolution thing this year.
In a separate poll, people were asked what kinds of resolutions they're making, and the most common choices were: Saving money . . . being happy . . . eating healthier . . . exercising more . . . and "improving their physical health."
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - Navy bean soup has been served at the U.S. Senate cafeteria every single day for over 100 years. But no one knows exactly how the tradition got started.
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