Wednesday 3/27/24
Celebrate:
American Red Cross Giving Day
A Whole Day for Whole Grain
Celebrate Exchange Day
International Whisky Day
Manatee Appreciation Day
National Joe Day
National Little Red Wagon Day
National Scribble Day
National Spanish Paella Day
Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day
World Theatre Day
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Do you ever battle "sunshine guilt"?
It's when there's a string of days with bad weather . . . then it's sunny . . . but you just don't feel like going out. Early spring is prime "sunshine guilt" season.
It's loosely related to other trendy terms like FOMO, bed rotting, and "hurkle-durkling". That's a Scottish term for staying in bed when it's time to get up.
Your sunshine guilt might cut even deeper if you check social media and see your friends out enjoying the nice weather.
A woman on TikTok is blowing up after she said she was having a perfectly okay day indoors, until her sunshine guilt ruined everything.
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If you have ditched cable and miss flipping through channels, here's a throwback that will waste the rest of your day. It's TV the way you remember it from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s. Things playing on different channels in real time.
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The floating "door" (it's a piece of wood paneling) that saved Rose in "Titanic" just sold at an auction for $718,750.
Director James Cameron has previously confirmed Jack and Rose could fit, but they wouldn't both survive because it wouldn't be buoyant enough.
It was the highest-selling item at the auction, but here are some of the other cool props that brought in a lot of money:
1. Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones whip from "Temple of Doom": $525,000
2. Bill Murray's red rose bowling ball from "Kingpin": $350,000
3. Wayne Knight's shaving cream can he used to smuggle dinosaur embryos in "Jurassic Park": $250,000
4. Jack Nicholson's ax from "The Shining": $125,000
5. Tobey Maguire's black symbiote suit from "Spider-Man 3": $125,000
6. Kate Winslet's chiffon dress from the end of "Titanic": $125,000
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A poll found 84% of Americans will go out of their way to "pay it forward" whenever they can. The average person estimates they have five generous "random act of kindness" moments a week, or 260 a year.
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A World War Two vet in Texas named Karl Schlessinger just turned 106. And he offered some practical advice for anyone who wants to make it to his age . . .
.....just do your best to NOT DIE.
Well, He’s not wrong!
He obviously hasn't lost his sense of humor.
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On Ranker.com, people are voting on what comedies they think are the best of all time. Comedy can be pretty subjective, so see if you agree with the Top 20:
1. "Blazing Saddles" (1974)
2. "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" (1989)
3. "Airplane!" (1980)
4. "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975)
5. "The Princess Bride" (1987)
6. "Trading Places" (1983)
7. "National Lampoon's Vacation" (1983)
8. "My Cousin Vinny" (1992)
9. "Young Frankenstein" (1974)
10. "Caddyshack" (1980)
11. "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (1987)
12. "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!" (1988)
13. "Office Space" (1999)
14. "Spaceballs" (1987)
15. "Happy Gilmore" (1996)
16. "Coming to America" (1988)
17. "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986)
18. "The Blue Brothers" (1980)
19. "Shaun of the Dead" (2004)
20. "National Lampoon's Animal House" (1978)
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A poll of 2,000 adults was taken, and here are the top ten animals people would want to see in the wild:
1. Elephant
2. Tiger
3. Dolphin
4. Lion
5. Whale
6. Giant Panda
7. Giraffe
8. Penguin
9. Polar Bear
10. Kangaroo
See the rest of the list here.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Neil Simon intentionally wrote a bad Broadway play called "Fools", because his ex-wife had just won the rights to his next play in their divorce. So he wanted to make one that would flop. And it did . . . it only ran for one month in 1981.
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