Thursday 6/8/23
Celebrate:
Best Friends Day
Betty Picnic Day
Jelly-Filled Doughnut
Name Your Poison Day
Upsy Daisy Day
World Brain Tumor Day
World Oceans Day
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Prince Harry took the stand in his lawsuit against the British tabloid that he accuses of publishing stories about him with information from hacked voicemails. In the first testimony provided by a senior royal since the 1800s, Harry said 33 Daily Mirror stories — published from 1996 to 2011, when he was in his teens and 20s — pushed him into “bouts of depression and paranoia.”
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Creating the sets for the forthcoming Barbie film took so much pink paint the movie's supplier, Rosco, began to run low. Supply chain issues also played a role, but still: impressive.
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Pizza Hut in Japan has a new, limited-time menu item: Wiener Coffee Pizza.
It comes topped with coffee sauce and cream cheese and features a crust lined with wiener sausages. It also comes with a can of whipped cream to add on top of the pizza as you like.
It's tongue-in-cheek . . . based on a social media joke. "Wiener coffee" is how some Germans refer to "Viennese coffee" a sweet coffee with chocolate and whipped cream but some young people took it literally.
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Season 6 of "Black Mirror" hits Netflix next Thursday, but don't expect it to be written by a robot.
"Black Mirror" creator Charlie Booker asked ChatGPT to write an episode of the show. And it was GARBAGE.
He says, quote, "It comes up with something that, at first glance, reads plausibly, but on second glance, is [crap]. Because all it's done is look up all the synopses of 'Black Mirror' episodes, and sort of mush them together."
In other words, there was, quote, "not actually any real original thought here."
However, it turned out to be a useful exercise . . . because it pointed out some of the tropes he'd been overusing throughout the series, and encouraged him to "break [his] own rules."
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Hotels.com released its first-ever "Room Service Report," and it includes a list of the 10 most UNUSUAL room service requests. They are:
1. Diet water
2. Melted ice cream
3. Blowfish
4. Boiled bottled water.
5. A cooked fish that the guest brought with them.
6. Cockle popcorn. (Crispy coating with vinegar, chilli and salt)
7. No-egg-white omelet
8. Rice bowl for a dog
9. Bison
10. Eggless eggs in hell. Tofu eggs..it's a vegan dish called Shakshuka.
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Do you like a little nosh before bed??? Watch out! Some foods might not be good for you before bed!
First off, eating too close to bedtime can cause your blood sugar to spike and affect your circadian rhythm, which is your body’s natural sleep-wake cycle. A good idea is to stop eating two to three hours before bed.
Dairy is one to avoid so no cookies and milk, and the cookies add sugar which is also kind of bad.
Carbs are bad as well. A sleep specialist says “If the carbs come in a bag or a box with a barcode, they’re best avoided in the evening,”
Obviously, Spicy Foods. It raises your body temperature and can cause indigestion or acid reflux.
Alcohol is another to watch. It might make you sleepy but it increases the number of awakings and you don't get the quality sleep you need.
What should you eat?
Greek Yogurt, steamed or raw veggies, fruit, and peanut butter. Also Dark Chocolate!
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The Writers Guild of America is asking members that are nominated for the Tony Awards not to attend the ceremony on June 11, sources confirm to Deadline.
While the WGA is asking its members that are also nominated for the Tonys not to attend the award show, it has allowed them to pre-tape an acceptance speech in case they win. Another alternative the WGA is giving members is to ask a non-member to accept the award on their behalf.
The WGA said they would not picket the Tony Awards set to take place at the United Palace in New York City’s Washington Heights.
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There's an art piece at a museum in South Korea, which is a banana duct taped to a wall. That's it. An Italian artist named Maurizio Cattelan has "created" multiple versions of it, and one sold for $120,000 in 2019.
Last week, an art student walked up to the banana . . . removed it . . . ate it . . . then taped the PEEL back on to the wall.
The museum says the student told them he ate the banana "because he was hungry." The museum replaced the peel with a fresh banana. They notified the artist, but he "didn't have any reaction to it." That's possibly because this happened before . . . when the previous version was displayed in 2019.
That's probably the dumbest thing about this whole situation . . . everyone KNOWS this is ridiculous . . . except anyone who's tricked into BUYING IT.
The artwork is called "Comedian" . . . and the artist is known for SATIRICAL pieces. The museum replaces the banana every few days anyway, so there's nothing special about it. And the art student clearly knew that it was "art" . . . and not a free snack . . . so NO ONE is taking this seriously.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Holtsville, New York has the lowest ZIP code 00501. Ketchikan, Alaska has the highest. It's 99950.
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