Monday 10/23/23
Celebrate:
Event Organizers Day
National Boston Cream Pie Day
National Canning Day
National Croc Day
National Horror Movie Day
National iPod Day
National Mole Day
National Slap Your Irritating Co-Worker Day
Paralegal Day
Swallows Depart from San Juan Capistrano Day
TV Talk Show Host Day
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The Weekend Box Office
1. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour $31.0M The first concert film to be #1 two weeks in a row, and cross the $100 Million mark.
2. Killers of the Flower Moon $23.0M
3. The Exorcist: Believer $5.6M
4. PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie $4.5M
5. The Nightmare Before Christmas $4.1M 30th Anniversary release
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Uber Eats just released a new report, which includes a list of the most popular special requests when ordering food for delivery. And "no onions" was the MOST common request.
"Dressing on the side" is second, followed by: "Ranch" . . . "extra soy sauce" . . . "spicy" . . . "sauce on the side" . . . "no lettuce" . . . "no jalapeños" . . . "extra gravy" . . . and "no slaw."
Here are a few other random details from the report:
Overall, the most ordered items are: French fries . . . garlic naan . . . Pad Thai . . . miso soup . . . and California roll.
The most popular "delivery combos" are: Burrito bowls with cheese . . . French fries with salt . . . chicken sandwiches with shredded lettuce . . . cheeseburgers with mustard . . . and wings with ranch.
The most unexpected food combos are: Steak with jelly . . . cottage cheese with mustard . . . condensed milk with avocado . . . seaweed with pasta sauce . . . and butter with pickled onions.
The most frequently paired food and booze are: Ribeye and vodka . . . cheeseburger and frozen margarita . . . chicken and frozen piña colada . . . lobster tails and apple whiskey . . . and tamales and daiquiris.
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In a new survey, less than a quarter of Gen Z'ers use periods, commas, and quotation marks in casual chats.
For comparison, more than half of people over the age of 65 say they are ALWAYS sticklers for proper grammar while texting or posting online.
The numbers are similar when it comes to using capital letters. Just a quarter of those between 18 and 24 make sure to use capital letters correctly, compared to 61% of seniors.
Overall, 69% of people say they are more likely to use correct spelling and punctuation in text messages.
Less than 10% of people say they make sure to use proper grammar on social apps like TikTok and Snapchat.
Most young adults say as long as the meaning is conveyed, the technical accuracy of the writing doesn't matter anymore. And only a third of Gen Z'ers bother to proofread their messages before sending them.
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - Today is Boston Cream Pie Day, and yes it originated in Boston.
The Original
1856 it was created and served at the grand opening of Boston's Parker House.
It's also not technically a pie, it's a cake.
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