Thursday 6/27/24
Celebrate:
Happy Birthday to You Day
Decide to Be Married Day
Hellen Keller Day
Industrial Workers of the World Day
National Bingo Day
National Bomb Pop Day
National Handshake Day
National Ice Cream Cake Day
National Indian Pudding Day
National Onion Day
National Orange Blossom Day
National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day
Sunglasses Day
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Spencer Milligan, who starred in the 1970s children’s series “Land of the Lost,” has died. He was 86.
Milligan played protagonist Rick Marshall in “Land of the Lost.”
The series, which aired on NBC from 1974 to 1976, followed Rick and his kids Will (Eure) and Holly (Coleman) as they are caught in an earthquake and transported into an alternate universe during prehistoric times.
Milligan quit the show after two seasons because of a dispute with producers. He wanted to be compensated for the show’s merchandise including lunch boxes and toys.
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Saw this post about thermostat recommendations.
It's a big fat NO!
78 When You're Home
85 When You're Away
82 When You're Sleeping.
Who are these maniacs????
Loved the original poster saying "Just know I'll let the entire power grid go down and ruin all of our lives before my thermostat is set at 78.
I agree with this commentor - 100% my comfort is everything 68 please at night 72 when im gone and 69-70 depending on my mood
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Should bosses be allowed to confiscate your phone, like you're a kid at school? Someone wrote in to an advice columnist and said it happened to them.
They just started working at a fast-food place, and their manager took their phone at the start of their first shift. He said they could have it back at the end of the day.
So is that actually allowed? According to the advice columnist, no . . . but that might not be the full story.
Someone asked a lawyer who specializes in this stuff, and they said that's only true if your boss uses "unlawful force."
It can depend on local laws. But in general, they usually CAN make you give up your phone and hold it until your shift is over. They just can't wrestle it away from you or steal it.
That said, company policy comes into play too. So HR might take your side.
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A woman online claims she filed for divorce . . . quote, "because my husband over-tightens ALL the jar lids."
She says it may seem like no big deal, but if EVERY jar in the house is over-tightened to the point where HE needs to be there to open them . . . then it's "so annoying" when he isn't around, and she can't get anything done.
She did confront her husband about it . . . many times . . . and it would get better for a while, before slowly becoming an issue again.
If he wasn't home, she'd regularly have to open a NEW jar of something, just because she couldn't get their current jar open.
The nail in the coffin was when she discovered that even the jars he would NEVER have opened were over-tightened . . . meaning: He was doing it on purpose, and not just out of habit.
One time when her husband was out of town she had a neighbor come over . . . and unscrew all the lids for her. And even HE couldn't get a couple of them. He even smashed a glass jar of figs trying to get it open.
Anyway, the woman claims her husband was blindsided, because "there were literally no other issues."
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A poll found people who love their car are more likely to name it.
49% of people who have a car they love have given it a name. That's compared to 20% of people who just "like" their car, and 14% who don't like their car.
So what's the top thing we consider when choosing a good name? The #1 answer was the car's personality . . . whatever that means.
1. Personality. 37% of people who've named their car said it's why they chose the name they did.
2. Make and model, 29%. Like calling your Kia Forte "Will" after Will Forte.
3. How it performs, 21%. Like "Zippy" because it's fast.
The poll found the top ways we show our car some love are by giving it regular maintenance . . . having the oil changed . . . getting it washed . . . and taking it out for a leisurely drive.
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There's a trend on TikTok where people are putting spring onions (or green onions) in their coffee. Supposedly, it started in China.
The most common preparation is a latte: You put cut spring onions into a glass, and muddle them. Add ice . . . milk . . . and a couple shots of espresso. And then you garnish it with even more spring onions.
Almost EVERYONE says this is an acquired taste, whether they're repulsed or not. Some people say they don't even get it, because the onion doesn't absorb into the latte . . . at some point you just end up with a mouthful of onions.
One person joked, "As if coffee breath wasn't bad enough . . ."
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Cup Noodles Ramen just unveiled a fun new flavor: DEADLY BLOWFISH.
It's flavored with fugu, a type of pufferfish that can kill you if it's not prepared right.
The fugu's skin, organs, bones, and blood are all loaded with poison. So they have to be prepared just right. Chefs in Japan train for two years before they're allowed to serve it.
The Cup Noodles version comes with a "special fugu seasoning oil" you pour on top. They haven't said how it's prepared, so dine at your own risk.
Well....you're safe it's only in Japan.
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The Kansas City Chiefs have a Hallmark Christmas movie in the works. It's called "Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story", and NO, it's not about Taylor and Travis.
Filming will start next month in Kansas City, which is also the hometown of Hallmark. Of course, it'll be filmed at Arrowhead Stadium, which will be the first time an NFL venue is in a Hallmark movie.
The movie will follow a female Chiefs fan, whose family are finalists to win the team's "Fan of the Year" contest. She starts to fall for the guy in charge of evaluating the contest.
But when her grandpa's vintage Chiefs "good luck winter hat" goes missing, she begins to doubt everything she believed about fate, unless, quote, "a little Christmas magic can throw a Hail Mary."
It'll premiere later this year during the channel's annual "Countdown to Christmas" programming.
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There was a story this month about a guy who sneezed and experienced "bowel evisceration." He'd recently had abdominal surgery, and part of his intestines came out through the wound.
Thankfully, he's okay. But someone decided to freak us all out by posting a list of even more ways a sneeze could kill you . . .
1. Herniated lungs. Part of your lung can pop out through your ribcage. It's more likely to happen if you smoke, or you're obese. Sneezing can also cause a collapsed lung, which can be life-threatening if it's not treated right away.
2. A stroke. There are documented cases of sneezes causing a type of stroke called a subarachnoid hemorrhage. (sub-uh-rack-noid) That's when there's bleeding between your brain and the membrane that surrounds it.
3. Torn arteries. A really big sneeze can cause acute aortic dissection. That's when the inner layer of your body's main artery ruptures.
There are also documented cases of people breaking bones in their face sneezing . . . and bones in their ear, which can cause hearing loss.
But whatever you do, don't try to hold one in. A guy in Scotland tried it last year and blew out his windpipe. Luckily, he's okay.
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"Forrest Gump" stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright star in a new movie called "Here". . . which also reunited them with "Gump" director Robert Zemeckis.
Don't worry, it's not a sequal.
"Here" takes place in a single room over a period of 100 years and the camera doesn't move at all.
Zemeckis says, quote, "The single perspective never changes, but everything around it does. It's actually never been done before."
Hanks and Wright play the central couple in the narrative, and they get de-aged for the earlier parts of the movie.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Each M&M takes up to 16 hours to make. Of course, they don't make them one-at-a-time . . . Mars is able to make one BILLION M&Ms every day.
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