8/17/26

Monday 8/17/26

Celebrate:

Baby Boomers Recognition Day

Balloon Airmail Day

National #2 pencil Day

National Black Cat Appreciation Day

National I LOVE My Feet Day

National Meaning of "Is" Day

National Nonprofit Day

National Pineapple Juice Day

National Thrift Shop Day

National Vanilla Custard Day

Stay Home with Your Kids Day

World Eggplant Day

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Weekend Box Office

1. Spider-Man: Brand New Day  $70M the second-fastest film to join the $2 billion club after 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” which accomplished the rare feat in 11 days.

2. The Odyssey $23.2M

3. The End of Oak Street $21M

4. PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie 20.5M

5. Katseye: Wild Hearts $3.8M

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Lesson learned..always take the stairs.

In Germany two thieves trying to rob an office building were forced to call police after they became stuck in a malfunctioning elevator.

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What's the weirdest/most inspired thing you have in your freezer?

Reddit Responds!

Beef fat from brisket recently smoked for making sausage. Someone else said chicken skin, again for cooking later on.

Tomato paste: I put it in an ice cube tray so that each cube is 2 tablespoons.

Lemons & limes: that way I can use the zest and juice as needed.

Jalapeño & habanero peppers: My uncle gifted me some from his garden, and I refuse to waste food.

Multiple bags for making stock / broth: one for chicken bones, one for beef, one for pork, one for shrimp, and one for veggies.

Ginger: I buy it in bulk, and I find it easier to grate from frozen.

Mosquito larvae. The found some after a rain in the reservoirs froze them in ice cubes to feed to their fish that love them!

Corn cobs to make corn cob jelly. People think I'm weird until they try it.

A frozen tub of homemade skin ointment made with calendula and lard my grandma gave me eight years ago. After she passed away a few years ago I don't dare use it. I just want to keep it as memory.

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A 26-year-old man was arrested and fined after climbing onto the roof of a hospital in Wales while dressed as the Grim Reaper and staring down at patients, visitors and staff, according to multiple reports.

He later pleaded guilty to causing a nuisance or disturbance on National Health Service premises without a reasonable excuse, according to The Independent. No explanation was given in court for why he dressed as the Grim Reaper and climbed onto the hospital roof.

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Lunchbox Trend Goes Viral

Adults are packing classic 1990s-style school lunches—complete with juice boxes, fruit snacks, and handwritten note cards—for their corporate office workdays as a fun mood booster.

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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Graceland, the famous Memphis mansion Elvis bought in 1957 for just $102,500, is now the second-most visited home in the United States—surpassed only by the White House.