Wednesday 5/24/23
Celebrate:
Asparagus Day
Aviation Maintenance Technician Day
Brother's Day
International Tiara Day
National Escargot Day
Scavenger Hunt Day
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What's the most overrated movie you've ever seen? Buzzfeed asked its readers for their suggestions.
Here are some highlights:
1. "Avatar", 2009. "Beautiful visuals but forgettable story."
2. "The Notebook", 2004. "I don't understand people who prefer Noah to Lon. Lon was everything."
3. "Forrest Gump", 1994. "Good boy who does what he's told gets accolades and fame, while the girl who overcomes trauma and gets into radical politics dies of AIDS. Great message!"
4. "La La Land", 2016. "None of the songs resonated or stuck with me, and the whole storyline was boring."
5. "Gravity", 2013. "As I call it: Sandra Bullock Falls for Two Hours."
6. "Frozen", 2013. "There are so many other better, similar Disney movies. It's, like, a 7 out of 10, not a 10 out of 10."
7. "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", 1986. "The characters are all extremely unlikable. A friend of mine described it as being 'extremely smug,' which is a great description."
8. "Titanic", 1997. "It's just a bloated, drawn-out love story whose ending was never going to be a surprise."
9. "The Dark Knight", 2008. "Nothing about it makes sense if you think more than two seconds about it."
10. "The Shawshank Redemption", 1994. "It's a good film, but it's the Coldplay of cinema. If you tell me your favorite film is 'The Shawshank Redemption', I'm going to immediately wish I wasn't having a conversation about cinema with you."
What movie do you think is overrated???
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The iconic Metrocenter Mall in Phoenix, Ariz., which was featured in the 1989 movie Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, is set to be demolished this summer, and the surrounding community came together on Sunday for one last adventure of their own.
Long-time patrons shared their memories of the mall, and there was even a screening of the movie that made it famous. The mall, which opened its doors in 1973, was once called the "crown jewel" of the desert.
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A new study shows that climate change is making it harder to fall asleep. The study, published in Cell Press over the weekend, shows that millions of people are already sleeping less because of higher overnight temperatures. The study looked at people in 68 countries and found that when nights were hotter than 86 degrees, people slept 14 minutes less. That averages out to over 44 hours per year. Here in the U.S., at least 30 percent of adults in most areas reported sleeping less than 7 hours per night, with as many as 43 percent in areas of the south and west. The elderly and people in low-income countries were the most impacted, with the study citing a lack of air conditioning as an issue.
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Every few months, a video will go viral on TikTok or another site where someone says you have to THROW AWAY your underwear every six months, or nine months, or year . . . because it's building up bacteria. Even if you wash it.
But according to several doctors . . . that's not true. You don't have to replace your underwear every six months or every year. You can keep wearing it FOREVER. At least until it disintegrates.
Dr. Christine Greves, an OB/GYN in Orlando, says, quote, "If you're washing your underwear in warmer or hot water, you are cleaning the bacteria off them . . . as long as your underwear is clean, [it] should be okay."
Then again, your significant other might disagree. A survey found one out of eight adults say they're DISGUSTED by the state of their significant other's underwear . . . and, quote, "worn out pairs" are the top complaint. (Let me guess...more women than men are saying that..men will keep a pair of underwear with so many holes swiss cheese is jealous!)
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Four kids in Maryland were caught driving around in two different stolen cars last week. They were teenagers, and two adults were with them . . . an 18-year-old and a 21-year-old. It turned out they'd also just stolen stuff from a nearby store.
The two adults got thrown in jail, and the four kids were charged as juveniles. So that's six arrests, but we're just getting started.
The kids had to get picked up at jail by a guardian. And when the guardian showed up . . . the car she was in was ALSO stolen.
There were three women in it, and a guy was driving. Cops thought it might be hot because a back window was smashed.
After the three women got dropped off, cops tracked down the car and arrested FOUR more people inside it . . . the driver and three other teenagers. Meanwhile, the three women who got dropped off at the jail ALSO got arrested.
By now, you've lost count, so here's the final tally: A total of THIRTEEN people were arrested . . . seven juveniles and six adults.
They all apparently knew each other and were between 13 and 21 years old. It's not clear what the "guardian" situation was all about, or where their parents were during all this.
Cops say all three of the stolen cars were Hyundais. They're being stolen a lot right now thanks to a dumb social media thing about how easy they are to steal.
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Real Simple wants you to deal with your doom pile.
What is that???
Doom piles (or doom boxes or bags) may be trending on TikTok right now, but the concept has been around forever. It's when you gather together a bunch of random stuff that's cluttering your space, and neaten it up into a single spot, whether it's a pile on your desk or a box in your closet. Creating a doom pile helps reduce the visual clutter, but doesn't completely solve the problem—because now you have a huge pile of junk you still have to sift through at some point.
It's actually an acronym for "Didn't Organize, Only Moved."
How to deal with it??
Put limits on your doom pile. Have one basket or bin and deal with it hopefully before it becomes full.
Take stock of what's in it. If it's similar, make a permant space for that item.
Give everything a home. If it doesn't have a proper home, it's time to make one.
Of course, don't let it happen in the first place. Put things in their proper space.
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For more than a week, the 17,797-foot mountain just southeast of Mexico City and known affectionately as “El Popo,” has been increasingly explosive, spewing great plumes of gas, ash and incandescent rock into the air. The activity led the Mexican government to raise the warning level and on Monday, local, state and federal officials held drills for the possibility of evacuations. The situation in Mexico comes as active volcanoes also prompted warnings in Italy and the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days. That's three different continents by the way!
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Human brains are predisposed toward distraction . . . the average brain wanders for an average of 47% of the day.
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