Tuesday 7/25/23
Celebrate:
Culinarians Day
Health and Happiness with Hypnosis Day
International Red Shoes Day
Naitonal Carousel Day
National Hire a Veteran Day
National Hot Fudge Sundae Day
National Wine and Cheese Day
Thread the Needle Day
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"Barbie", starring Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie, snagged the top spot, raking in over $155 million in US box office receipts -- making "Barbie" the biggest opening of the year taking the top spot away from "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" at $146 million. Also the best domestic opening for a women director.
Director Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" landed in second place, taking in over $80.5 million domestically and $165 million globally, making it the third-strongest opening this year. (projected to make $50 because an R rated three hour movie.)
This weekend may end up being the fourth-biggest box office weekend of all time.
3. Sound of Freedom $20.1 Million
4. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 $19.5 Million
5. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny $6.7 Million
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Glaring historical error in Oppenheimer.
There's a scene in the movie where several people in a crowd are waving American flags. It takes place in 1945, and the flags have 50 stars on them.
If you know your history and/or civics, then you know that the American flag didn't have 50 stars until 1960, after Alaska and Hawaii became states. In 1945, it only had 48 stars.
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Elon Musk on Saturday night announced that he was changing the name of Twitter to X. He added, quote, "And soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds."
Once this happens, a Tweet will be called an X, and followers will be called viewers.
It's not clear if this had anything to do with it, but Elon and Grimes have a son whose name is just a bunch of nonsensical letters and symbols, and they call him "X".
New CEO Linda Yaccarino says, “It’s an exceptionally rare thing – in life or in business – that you get a second chance to make another big impression. Twitter made one massive impression and changed the way we communicate. Now, X will go further, transforming the global town square.”
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A recent study looked at just how hot they can get in summer . . . Researchers tested six different cars parked in the sun on a 100-degree day.
And after an hour, the steering wheels averaged 127 degrees. To put that in perspective, 111 is when we start to feel pain . . . first-degree burns can happen at 118 . . . and second-degree burns are possible at 130.
Here are a few more spots in your car, and how hot they can get . . .
1. The air temperature inside the car . . .116 degrees after an hour in the sun.
2. The seats . . . 123.
3. The dashboard . . . 157.
They also tested cars parked in the shade, and that definitely helped: Seats, 105 . . . steering wheel, 107 . . . and dashboard, 118. But the air temperature inside still hit 100, which can be deadly kids and pets.
(and the metal flaps on seatbelts...like touching the surface of the sun.)
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There's been some confusion over Ariana Grande's romantic life, so let's clear it up right now: Ariana is NOT dating SpongeBob SquarePants.
It was reported last week that Ariana is dating Ethan Slater. He's her co-star in the upcoming movie version of "Wicked", and he also played SpongeBob on BROADWAY. He's 31 years old.
But some people got it twisted and confused him with Tom Kenny, the guy who's been the voice of the CARTOON SpongeBob for more than 20 years. He's 61 years old, and he's been married for 27 years.
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People are still debating whether or not those social media influencers were RIGHT or WRONG to take selfies during a solemn moment of a Miranda Lambert concert earlier this month.
Now, LL Cool J is weighing in: And he's on TEAM SELFIE . . . sort of.
He says Miranda should chill, and let fans be fans. Quote, "Your job as an artist is to create art. The way people choose to interact with that art . . . is up to them . . .
"If you want to come to my show and eat a bowl of potato salad with a baseball hat down to your nose that's what you choose to do. You gotta let the fans do what they wanna do."
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Seems there's a new machine that will chill your drinks quickly. It spins your can and pours cold water over it. (seems like it would shake it up too much.)
So let's forget the machine. How do you do it in your own kitchen? Bowl if ice and water, and rotate and spin your can in the bowl. One minute and the can went from 75 - 54 degrees. The other way he did it was put it in liquid nitrogen (which we all have in our kitchen.) It made it 48 degrees with solid ice in the bottom.
Your best bet is to plan ahead or just pour over ice cubes.
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Seafood doesn’t get any more fresh than this! At this uniquely interactive restaurant in Shinsekai, Osaka, you can use a rod to choose a type of fish, catch it, then have it cooked for you to eat!
There are signs on the walls and in the pools that explain the type of fish found in each area!
After you catch a fish, a staff member will come and take it, and ask how you’d like it prepared. You will then be asked to choose 2 out of 4 cooking options: sashimi (raw), salt-grilled, simmered, or tempura (deep-fried) skewers, or there is a small grill on each table, so you can order any kind of fish you want, and cook it yourself to your own liking!
It's about $36 for two.
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A recent poll asked 8,000 people how often they re-wear socks.
Which is interesting, because it isn't quite as nasty as underwear, but it's a LOT more nasty than, say, a sweater.
33% of people said they NEVER re-wear socks once they've been removed . . . 30% said they "maybe" re-wear them once, if they feel like they're still clean . . . 12% said they'll re-wear them "only if I take a shower in the middle of the day."
22% said socks can last "multiple days" . . . and 3% of people claimed they NEVER wash their socks.
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When you were growing up, you may have dreamed of one day being a MILLIONAIRE. But these days, having a million bucks is NOT enough to make you rich. Neither is TWO million.
According to a new "Modern Wealth" survey from Charles Schwab, Americans consider themselves wealthy if they have an average of $2.2 million in ASSETS, which includes cash, property, cars, and bling.
That number is actually DOWN from before the pandemic. In early 2020, Americans said that $2.6 million was the magic number to be rich. But there's a difference between BEING wealthy and FEELING wealthy.
They surveyed 1,000 random people between the ages of 21 to 75, who had an average net worth of $560,000 in assets. And 48% of them said they already "feel wealthy," even if they're well below $2.2 million.
That's because many people . . . especially younger adults . . . say money alone doesn't equal wealth, and that there's also "currency" in experiences and relationships.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - The trend of men leaving the bottom button of their suit unbuttoned started in the early 1900s, when King Edward the Seventh of England was too chubby to button the bottom of his jacket . . . which started a fashion trend.
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