Tuesday 12/10/24
Celebrate:
Dewey Decimal System Day
Festival for the Souls of Dead Whales
Human Rights Day
National Lager Day
Nobel Prize Day
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According to a study from Insuranceopedia, songs with over 120 beats per minute can lead to dangerous driving habits.
Here are the Top 10 Christmas hits that can lead to vehicular disaster:
1. "Frosty the Snowman", Gene Autry: 172 beats per minute (BPM)
2. "All I Want for Christmas Is You", Mariah Carey: 150 BPM
3. "Feliz Navidad", José Feliciano: 149 BPM
4. "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", The Jackson 5: 147 BPM
5. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", John Lennon, Yoko Ono , and The Plastic Ono Band: 146 BPM
6. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", Frank Sinatra: 143 BPM
7. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer": 142 BPM
8. "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday", Wizzard: 140 BPM
9. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", Judy Garland: 137 BPM
10. "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", The Jackson 5: 129 BPM
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The "world's most expensive Christmas tree" has just been "unveiled" in Germany. It's not one of those mammoth ones that people plop in the middle of a town square. It's not even a real tree.
It's 10-feet tall, solid gold, and was created from 2,024 gold "Vienna Philharmonic" coins.
Calling it a Christmas tree is a stretch. It doesn't even look like an actual tree . . . it's just the coins in a tetrahedron shape. Which is a "cone" with four sides. And it's topped with a 24-karat gold coin instead of a star or angel.
The "tree" is worth more than $5 MILLION and was created by a precious metals company for publicity, so it's not for sale.
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There's a list making the rounds of "collector's items" that aren't really worth collecting. Here are a few things you might want to stop hanging onto.
Beanie Babies. Nearly all of them are worth under $20. You can find whole lots of them on eBay for less than that.
Most vinyl records. The market is so saturated, they don't really hold much value. They're great to listen to. Just don't expect to get rich.
Pez Dispensers. Even the "good" ones sell for a buck or two.
Pogs. Nearly all of them are worth less than the cost of shipping.
Baseball cards. The really old ones can be worth money.
But then they got mass produced. If you've held onto a bunch of random cards from the '80s, you probably haven't made much.
Newer comic books. Again, it's all about the vintage ones.
Cabbage Patch Kids. If they're in mint condition in the box, they might be worth money. But if they've been played with, probably not much.
Porcelain dolls. They still aren't worth much but they're just as terrifying, if that helps.
Old VHS tapes and DVDs. Stop lying to yourself. They're worthless.
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Tons of actors have played Santa Claus in the movies but who played him the best? According to a new list, the answer is Tim Allen.
Here are the Top 10 Santas on film:
1. Tim Allen, "The Santa Clause" (1994)
2. Richard Attenborough, "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)
3. Ed Asner, "Elf" (2003)
4. Tom Hanks, "The Polar Express" (2004)
5. Kurt Russell, "The Christmas Chronicles" (2018)
6. Edmund Gwenn, "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947)
7. David Harbour, "Violent Night" (2022)
8. JK Simmons, "Klaus" (2019)
9. Billy Bob Thornton, "Bad Santa" (2003) (well...he's not really Santa)
10. Ed Ivory, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993)
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A couple in Philadelphia named Marjorie Fiterman and Bernie Littman now officially hold the world record for oldest couple to marry . . . at a combined age of 202 years old. They've been together a decade and got married in May. He'll be 101 in February. She just turned 103 last month.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Green peas are a popular pizza topping in Brazil.
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