1/9/26 - Cozy Movies, Keep Your Pen Safe, and Bruno Mars!
- bribriny
- 10 hours ago
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Friday 1/9/26
Celebrate:
Balloon Ascension Day
International Choreographers Day
National Apricot Day
National Cassoulet Day
National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
National Static Electricity Day - this is the peak month as the air in your house is at it’s driest
National Word Nerd Day
Play God Day
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Ranker.com is ranking The 20 Coziest Movies To Watch When The Temperatures Drop
1. While You Were Sleeping - Sandra Bullock and Peter Gallagher
2. You've Got Mail - Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan
3. Groundhog Day - Bill Murray and Andy McDowell
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - feeling warm and fuzzy about characters you know and love as little kids
5. The Holiday - Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz
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CES 2026 is wrapping up in Las Vegas, and the breakout star is a stair-climbing robot vacuum. The Roborock Saros Rover uses "legs" to navigate steps, finally solving the one problem that has plagued robot vac owners for a decade. Your multi-level home cleaning just got a lot more automated.
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Bruno Mars has officially announced his first global stadium tour in nearly a decade. "The Romantic Tour" will span 40 shows across North America and Europe, coinciding with the release of his new single today and a full album arriving on February 27th
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It has been revealed that Tom Cruise filmed a secret lightsaber duel for Shawn Levy’s upcoming Star Wars: Starfighter. Photos of the actor on set have sent fan theories into overdrive, with many wondering if the action icon will finally be making a permanent jump into the galaxy far, far away.
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Do you have pen thieves at work? Keep them away by putting a blue ink cartridge in a red pen. No one steals red pens.
Or...be like a former co-worker who would chew on his pens and they would drool out if you borrowed it! (ew)
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - On January 9, 1951, the United Nations headquarters officially opened in New York City.
The Useless Detail: While the building is in Manhattan, the land it sits on is technically international territory. It has its own fire department and security force, and it even issues its own postage stamps (though you can only mail letters from inside the building).
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