6/15/26 - Lava in Your Mouth, Couch in the Road, and Get Kids Reading This Summer!

Monday 6/15/26

Celebrate:

Fly a Kite Day

Global Wind Day

Justice for Janitors Day

Magna Carta Day

National Electricity Day

National Kiss a Wookiee Day

National Lobster Day

National Megalodon Day

National Smile Power Day

Native American Citizenship Day

Nature Photography Day

Own Your Share of America Day

Ride To Work Day

Worldwide Day of Giving

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Weekend Box Office

1. Disclosure Day $44.0M

2. Obsession $19.0M - continues to do unprecedented business with $19 million in its fifth weekend of release, a 25% decline, and enough for second place on box office charts. What’s more impressive is that the breakout horror hit, directed by YouTube creator Curry Barker, has had four consecutive weekends that were larger than its already-impressive $17 million debut.

3. Scary Movie $14.5M

4. Backrooms $11.3M

5. Masters of the Universe  $8.7M

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A routine commute turned into an multi-mile highway extraction in Ohio when a runaway living room furniture set took over Interstate 71. Commuters began calling police after a flatbed truck accidentally dropped a massive, heavily cushioned three-seater leather sofa perfectly upright into the center lane. Because of the draft from passing semi-trucks, the couch began rolling smoothly down the highway at roughly 25 miles per hour on its built-in caster wheels. State troopers spent roughly 15 minutes pacing behind the moving furniture to safely herd it onto the shoulder, noting it was surprisingly aerodynamic and sustained absolutely zero damage during its unauthorized highway cruise.

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For members of Generation X and early millennials, there's a special memory about going to McDonald's and getting an apple pie.

The unique crunch of the crust. The lava-like apple filling that made you think you had third-degree burns in your mouth. Still, when you let the pie cool a bit and the crust was still crunchy, it was pure nirvana.

The simple reason is this – the pies were fried, not baked.

McDonald's is bringing back its old pie recipe to celebrate America's 250th anniversary.

McDonald's switched to baked apple pies in September of 1992. The change was geared toward having a healthier product.

Starting June 22nd they are back for a limited time!

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A high-end artisan bistro in Oregon has found itself locked in a bizarre, public culinary standoff. After the restaurant's chef announced the permanent removal of their signature, triple-cooked truffle fries due to rising ingredient costs, an anonymous regular local group retaliated. Over the weekend, the bistro began receiving physically clipped-out magazine ransom letters pinned to their front door, reading: "Bring back the crunch or the street patio plants get it." The owners have chosen to lean completely into the absurdity, posting the threats online and hosting an emergency customer poll to let the city decide the fate of both the fries and the greenery.

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I mentioned this a few weeks back. 

A staggering charity auction concluded over the weekend with a winning bid of $9 million. The prize? A private, closed-door lunch in New York with billionaire investor Warren Buffett and NBA superstar Stephen Curry, with all proceeds heading straight to local youth development initiatives.

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To boost summer reading registration numbers, a network of public libraries has launched an incredible new program. They are staging full-costume, action-packed indie wrestling matches right in the community rooms, where the wrestlers literally act out classic children's stories and folklore through theatrical body slams.

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A high-profile athlete has accidentally ignited a massive hygiene debate online after revealing their highly unusual morning routine. During a locker room interview, they casual admitted that they do not squeeze toothpaste onto the brush—they squeeze it directly onto their tongue first, then insert a dry brush.

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Police in Holland confiscated the car and driver’s license of a man caught speeding who said he was just trying to dry his car after he had washed it.

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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Most weather is unpredictable, but not "Hector the Convector." Thanks to a unique microclimate over the Tiwi Islands off the coast of Australia, a massive thunderstorm arrives there almost every single day at 3:00 PM from September to March.