7/8/25 - 10 Years of Apple Music, Best Sci-Fi, and #1 Summer Activity
- bribriny
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Tuesday 7/8/25
Celebrate:
Be a Kid Again Day
Cow Appreciation Day
Math 2.0 Day
National Blueberry Day
National Freezer Pop Day
National Ice Cream Sundae Day
National Milk Chocolate With Almonds Day
SCUD Day - It's an acronym for "Savor the Comic, Unplug the Drama." a day to remind people of the benefits of spending more time in the Comic Zone and less in the Drama Zone. A little more humor and a little less drama, who can't get behind that?
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Joey Chestnut reclaimed the Mustard Belt for a 17th time at Nathan's Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest on the Fourth of July.
He missed last year's competition due to a conflict of interest over a sponsorship with a vegan hot dog brand.
Joey scarfed down a total of 70-and-a-half hot dogs in 10 minutes. He didn't beat his own personal record though, which he set in 2021 with 76.
The second-place winner, who dominated last year in Joey's absence, only managed to eat 46-and-a-half hot dogs.
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Apple Music is celebrating 10 Years, and Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" is the most-streamed song, and Drake has the most songs on the chart with 27. Taylor Swift follows Drake with 14 songs.
2. "Blinding Lights", The Weeknd
3. "God's Plan", Drake
4. "Sunflower", Post Malone and Swae Lee
5. "Rockstar", Post Malone featuring 21 Savage
6. "One Dance", Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla
7. "Sicko Mode", Travis Scott
8. "Perfect", Ed Sheeran
9. "No Guidance", Chris Brown featuring Drake
10. "Bad Guy", Billie Eilish
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I am a huge Sci-Fi fan, and I am livid that Doctor Who is #3 on this list.
Ok.. Twilight Zone I get, but Battlestar Galactica?
"Entertainment Weekly" has ranked the 30 best sci-fi TV shows of all time. Here's their Top 15:
1. "The Twilight Zone" (1959 - 1964)
2. "Battlestar Galactica" (2003 - 2009)
3. "Dr. Who" (1963 - present)
4. "Star Trek" (1966 - 1969)
5. "Mystery Science Theatre 3000" (1988 - 2022)
6. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987 - 1994)
7. "The X-Files" (1993 - 2002, 2016 - 2018)
8. "Firefly" (2002)
9. "Lost" (2004 - 2010)
10. "Quantum Leap" (1989 - 1993)
A new poll looked at the most popular summer activities. And #1 involves food but NOT the grill.
Eating ICE CREAM is America's favorite summertime thing to do. Technically, it says "ice cream OR popsicles" . . . but ice cream is doing the heavy lifting there.
60% love it, and another 35% like it. Only 1% said they HATE eating ice cream in summer.
Here are the 10 most popular summer activities, in order . . .
1. Eating ice cream or popsicles
2. Going on vacation
3. Grilling
4. Road trips
5. Going to the beach
6. Hiking or nature walks
7. Swimming in a pool
8. Stargazing
9. Watching fireworks. 16% of Americans are NOT fans.
10. Having a picnic
A few more that ranked high include boating . . . relaxing in a hammock . . . roasting marshmallows . . . and going to an amusement park.
One that ranked surprisingly low was sunbathing. Half of Americans enjoy it to some degree, and half would rather not. Only 14% of Americans love laying out. 18% hate it.
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Dolly Parton's inviting you to help tell her story! The country legend is putting together an audiobook for her upcoming memoir "Star of the Show: My Life on Stage" . . . and she wants fans to be part of it.
In an Instagram post, Dolly asked fans to share their favorite concert memories, special moments, or ways her music has touched their lives. Some of those stories will be featured in the official audiobook.
She says, "My story isn't complete without yours." Fans can leave a voice message through the link in her bio.
Dolly's audiobook comes out on November 11th and is available for pre-order now.
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - The origins of the Ice Cream Sundae are disputed, but one place that claims it is Ithaca, NY.
Supporting Ithaca's claim to be "the birthplace of the ice cream sundae", researchers at The History Center in Tompkins County, New York, provide an account of how the sundae came to be: On Sunday, April 3, 1892, in Ithaca, John M. Scott, a Unitarian Church minister, and Chester Platt, co-owner of Platt & Colt Pharmacy, created the first historically documented sundae. Platt covered dishes of ice cream with cherry syrup and candied cherries on a whim. The men named the dish "Cherry Sunday" in honor of the day it was created. The oldest-known written evidence of a sundae is Platt & Colt's newspaper ad for a "Cherry Sunday" placed in the Ithaca Daily Journal on April 5, 1892. By May 1892, the Platt & Colt soda fountain also served "Strawberry Sundays" and later, "Chocolate Sundays".
Platt & Colt's "Sundays" grew so popular that by 1894, Chester Platt attempted to trademark the term ice cream "Sunday"
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