Saturday 3/26/22
Celebrate Brother' and Sisters', Earth Hour, National Nougat, Spinach, Purple, Legal Assistants, National Make Up Your Own Holiday, and Solitude Day
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Ever wonder about the origin of some of your favorite bands' names?
Led Zeppelin: After The Yardbirds broke up, Jimmy Page started The New Yardbirds with Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham. Keith Moon told Jimmy that the project would crash and burn like a, quote, "lead balloon".
Green Day: They all shared a fondness for marijuana, so they decided to use a Bay Area slang term for spending an entire day doing nothing but smoking pot.
Fall Out Boy: It came from "The Simpsons" Fallout Boy is the name of Radioactive Man's sidekick.
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Steve Wilhite, the creator of the beloved GIF, died earlier this month due to complications from Covid-19. The tragic news has sparked an outpouring of love and condolences from the many internet denizens who use the popular file format almost like a second language.
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