Wednesday 7/31/24
Celebrate:
National Avocado Day
National Cotton Candy Day
National Jump for Jelly Beans Day
National Mutt Day
National Raspberry Cake Day
National SPAM Day
Shredded Wheat Day
Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day
World Ranger Day
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Gorilla Sofas are trending on TikTok this month. But they are AI created.
Until now!
A furniture company in China is making them. They apparently tossed the A.I. images up online with a hefty price tag. Then they had to figure out how to make them once people started placing orders.
If you're one of those people, prepare to be disappointed. Yes, you're getting a gorilla couch. But they don't look like the A.I. version.
Someone at a factory in China posted a video, and the quality is much worse. It's got a head and hands, and it's definitely a gorilla. It's just not very realistic.
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A new study asked 322 moms: Who's handling more of the mental load when it comes to 30 common household tasks? And they said they're handling the majority of it for 29 tasks.
Moms estimate that overall, they're handling 73% of the mental load. Dads are handling just 27%.
Here are the Top 10 tasks moms say they're keeping track of way more than dads are . . .
1. Medical stuff. Like remembering your kid's doctor and dentist appointments.
2. Paying attention to their mental health.
3. Tidying up.
4. Bringing stuff with you when you go out. Like remembering the diaper bag.
5. Extracurriculars, not including sports. So, things like piano lessons.
6. Their social life, including play dates.
7. Keeping track of your shared calendar.
8. Packing lunches.
9. Helping with homework.
10. Extracurriculars that ARE related to sports.
Here are a few more things moms say they're handling: Bath time . . . potty training . . . babysitters . . . meals . . . laundry . . . groceries . . . the mail . . . getting your kids ready for school . . . and helping in the middle of the night.
The only task dads carry most of the mental load on is . . . taking out the TRASH.
Most moms agreed dads also handle a good amount of the mental load when it comes to these five things: Fixing stuff around the house, paying bills, doing dishes, helping at bedtime, and taking care of the pets.
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Cops in Florida pulled over a car on Saturday when they saw the driver wasn't wearing a seatbelt. During the traffic stop, they noticed that the passenger was moving things around suspiciously.
The 41-year-old woman was named Lauren Riley. The cops spotted drug paraphernalia, so they launched a full search of the vehicle.
Inside Lauren's purse, they found a bag labeled, quote, "BAG OF DRUGS." It contained crack cocaine, powdered cocaine, crystal meth, Xanax pills, and other drugs. There was also a needle, straws, a metal spoon, and four glass pipes. So yeah, it was accurately labeled.
Lauren was arrested on a variety of felony charges, and a misdemeanor paraphernalia count. She's in jail, and her "Bag of Drugs" is being held in a police evidence locker.
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A 77-year-old woman in England named Mary Jacobs is trying to offload her unique collection of 163 bedpans. Each one is different. She's been collecting them for 40 years.
She bought her first bedpan at a Salvation Army in 1984, and decided to keep buying more because, quote, "I just wanted to collect something different, [and] it snowballed."
She put them up for auction this month. But shockingly, no one bid on them even though she says they're "clean, washed, and in fantastic condition."
Is there a toilet museum that she could get them to???
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More Auction News.
The infamous gold bikini worn by Princess Leia in the "Star Wars" movie "Return of the Jedi" sold for $175,000 at an auction.
That auction also included a Y-wing model used on-screen during the final battle of "A New Hope". The miniature sold for $1.6 million . . . making it the third-most expensive "Star Wars" prop ever sold at auction.
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According to a recent study, Americans are consuming over 50% more internationally produced TV shows and books than they were five years ago. And a large chunk of that is YOUNG PEOPLE.
Overall, roughly 48% of the TV shows we watch are internationally sourced . . . along with 46% of the books. And 41% believe that international content is higher quality than American-made content. And 38% say it's "more original."
Gen Z'ers (42%) and millennials (40%) were more likely to favorite international content, over Gen X'ers (28%) and boomers (21%).
One reason for this change is the proliferation of foreign titles on streaming services . . . whether that's new content, or licensed by, say, Netflix. There's just more access to them now than even five years ago. For books, some of that foreign boost comes from manga graphic novels from Japan.
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - The inventor of the children's ball pit got the idea when he was looking at pickled onions floating in a jar and thought about what it'd be like to try to crawl through them.
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