INTERPREP ★ MAY 5, 2017
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DATEBOOK: MAY 5, 2017
This is day 125 of 2017. There are 240 days remaining.
BIRTHDAYS
• Michael Palin (Monty Python) is 74
• John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings, Raiders of the Lost Ark) is 73
• Kurt Loder is 72
• Brian Williams is 58
• Tina Yothers (Family Ties) is 44
• Danielle Fishel (Boy Meets World) is 36
• Henry Cavill (Man of Steel) is 34
• Adele is 29
• Chris Brown is 28
IT HAPPENED TODAY
• 1923: Syracuse University refused to let a student, Bernice Goldstein, graduate because she could not learn to swim.
• 1925: John T. Scopes was served an arrest warrant for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
• 1961: Alan Shepard became the first American to travel into space, making a sub-orbital flight of 15 minutes.
• 1999: A man who admitted making thousands of obscene phone calls over a 3-year-period was arrested in Vienna, Austria, after one of the women told him she was busy and would return his call. So he gave her his phone number.
• 2004: Picasso’s 1905 painting “Boy with a Pipe” sold for $104 million at Sotheby’s in New York, setting a new record for an auctioned painting.
• 2005: A 38-year-old suburban New York City man allegedly admitted to police he drank 10 beers before lighting a commercial-grade firework inside his home, blowing up the house and burning himself and a female companion. A sheriff’s spokesman said the firework — designed to spread a pattern up to 50 feet across — was set in an 8 by 8 room.
• 2009: A new study revealed that the French spend more time at the table and in bed than other nations.
• 2015: Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, announced the name of their baby girl, Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Cartoonists Day
• Cinco de Mayo
• Astronaut Day
• Revenge of the Fifth (Star Wars Sith)
• Tuba Day
UPCOMING
• May 5: Cinco de Mayo
• May 6: Kentucky Derby
• May 14: Mother’s Day
• May 20: Armed Forces Day
• May 29: Memorial Day
• June 14: Flag Day
• June 18: Father’s Day
DATEBOOK WEEKEND
SATURDAY, MAY 6
• Bob Seger is 72. Former British PM Tony Blair is 64. Tom Bergeron is 62. Roma Downey is 57. George Clooney is 56. Adrianne Palicki is 34. Gabourey Sidibe is 34.
• Nurses Day. Kentucky Derby. No Diet Day. Dandelion Day. Free Comic Book Day. Homebrew Day. Scrapbooking Day. No Homework Day. Naked Gardening Day.
SUNDAY, MAY 7
• Breckin Meyer is 43. Alexander Ludwig is 25. Dylan Gelula is 23.
• World Laughter Day. Roast Leg of Lamb Day. Lemonade Day.
NUMBER FOR THE DAY
12: Horses that have won the Triple Crown (Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes)
NEWS ATTACK!
A Russian opposition leader was attacked with a toxic green dye. [Then he had to endure racial slurs at Fenway Park.]
In Florida a man returned to the house where he had had sex hours earlier with a woman he meet on a dating app and robbed her at gunpoint. [Call me old fashioned, but I thought that a gentleman didn’t do that until at least the third date.]
Canada is recalling a shipment of Bombay Sapphire London Dry Gin because it contains nearly twice as much alcohol as it should. [Isn’t that like leaving Disney World because the kids are having too much fun?]
An Oregon man working for a tree service company tried to push his co-worker into the wood chipper. [This is not going to look good on his quarterly review.]
The former business manager for Alanis Morissette is on his way to prison for embezzling. The prosecutor asked for five years, but the judge made it six years. [In other words, the judge dropped his own extended remix.]
At 95 Prince Phillip is retiring from his royal duties. He was mostly known for making embarrassingly sexist and racist comments. [Now he will just sit on the front porch yelling wildly inappropriate things at passing cars.]
American Airlines is reducing the legroom in economy class. [But you’ll still be able to squeeze into your chair. All seats will be coated with a non-stick cooking spray.]
Be careful. There’s a fake Facebook coupon for Mother’s Day making the rounds. [Just use some common sense. How many mothers would be interested in 30% off an afternoon of paintball?]
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, co-hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, announced that they are engaged. [The wedding will be held with limited commercial interruption.]
A new survey was conducted to determine what metropolitan areas have the healthiest eating habits. [Statisticians noticed that the healthiest areas are the ones farthest removed from a Paula Deen restaurant.]
NEWS & NUGGETS
HUMAN NOISE IN U.S. PARKS THREATENS WILDLIFE _ Tourists who visit national parks are there, in part, to get a break from the sights and sounds of their everyday lives. But evading human soundscapes isn’t easy. A new study (Colorado State University in Fort Collins) finds many protected areas are surprisingly noisy — noise generated by humans threaten the survival of plant and animal species across the country.
SOCCER PLAYER HAS 100 MILLION INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS _ Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has reached a couple of impressive milestones online. The Portuguese soccer god this week became the first athlete — and the first male — to hit 100 million followers on Instagram. The only other celebrities who can claim 100 million followers on Instagram are Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Selena Gomez. But Ronaldo is the first person to rack up more than 100 million followers on both Instagram and Facebook, where he has more than 120 million fans.
74 PERCENT OF MILLENNIAL MOMS SAID THEY’VE SWORN IN FRONT OF CHILDREN _ AUDIO 🎧 No matter how hard they try, moms are very human — and that’s exactly what Kraft Macaroni & Cheese aims to portray in its new campaign to celebrate “perfectly imperfect” moms. As part of the campaign, Kraft conducted a survey of 1,000 millennial parents and found that 74 percent of moms admitted to swearing in front of their children — even more than dads. To help parents find kid-friendly alternatives to swearing, the Kraft enlisted the help of Melissa Mohr, author of Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing. • VIDEO
COMPANY WILL PAY YOU TO DRIVE AROUND THE COUNTRY IN A MOBILE WINE BAR _ An Oregon winery is searching for a “Canbassador” to travel the United States this summer in a mobile wine bar. The job: Promote Union Wine Company’s canned wine. The Canbassador will join the winery’s Road Trip Events team in traveling to festivals, store openings, and other outdoor events to promote its canned adult beverages. And while the position requires anywhere from one to four months away from home, those weeks away include drinking wine, meeting lots of new people and living out of a van.
JUST 30 SECONDS OF THIS WILL IMPROVE YOUR OUTLOOK, HEALTH, AND ENERGY _ What if I told you that there’s one thing you could do for 30-90 seconds each morning that would have an immediate positive impact on your health, your energy level, your brain chemistry, and your attitude? What is this miracle elixir? An icy cold shower. Not a coldish shower, but a blast of 38 degree icy cold water that causes you to gasp for air and let loose with a stream of obscenities. For at least 30 seconds. Some of the benefits:
• It triggers deep breathing which in turn increases your oxygen levels, your heart rate, and your overall cardiac function.
• It improves circulation and helps your arteries more efficiently pump blood.
• It lowers blood pressure, boosts your immune systems.
• Repeated cold showers have been shown to toughen you up, increasing your resilience to stress, or what’s called hardening.
• It activates your brown fat (this is the good fat that increases you metabolic rate so that you can burn more calories).
GUYS, CARGO SHORTS COULD BE RUINING YOUR LOVE LIFE _ Ever wonder what qualities set the hot apart from the not-so-hot on dating apps? Hater, which matches people based on their shared distaste for things, has mined its mountain of data about what their male users liked and and despise. Then it looked at the guys’ perceived attractiveness.
… The biggest points of contention between the two groups were cargo shorts and PBR. The least attractive 10 percent was more fond of cargo shorts compared to their more attractive counterparts. The hotties dug PBR considerably more than those at the bottom of the pile did.
CAFFEINATED BAGELS _ Einstein Bros Bagel chain just launched the world’s first caffeinated bagel called the “Espresso Buzz Bagel.” The bagels each contain 32 milligrams of caffeine, which is about a third of the amount found in an eight-ounce cup of coffee.
SPEED BUMPS FOR PEDESTRIANS INSTALLED TO SLOW DOWN TOURISTS _ Chinese tourists are being forced to slow down when they walk past a historic site because authorities were concerned that it wasn’t being appreciated enough. There are more than 50 bumps that basically force people to slow down as they walk past the historic site.
AIRLINE DID EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO HELP A MOTHER IN NEED _ Passenger Peggy Uhle will be forever grateful to Southwest Airlines after they helped her through a real family trauma. When Peggy boarded her flight from Chicago to Columbus, Ohio, she turned off her cell phone as the plane rolled away from the gate. But she and her fellow passengers didn’t get very far, because the plane suddenly turned around on the tarmac at Midway Airport and taxied back toward the gate. Peggy and the rest of the passengers had no idea what was happening. Once the plane was anchored at the gate, a flight attendant approached Peggy and asked her to get off. Peggy thought she had boarded the wrong plane, but when she got back inside the terminal, a gate agent told her to call her husband. He had been forced to contact Southwest Airlines because Peggy’s phone was turned off. But luckily, the airline managed to get the two spouses in contact with each other at the last moment. It turned out that Peggy’s 24-year-old son had suffered a serious head injury and was in a coma in Denver. Peggy had barely taken in the shocking news before a staffer explained that the airline had reticketed her on the next direct flight to Denver and arranged all of the other practical details.
… They offered a private waiting area, rerouted her luggage, allowed her to board first, and packed a lunch for when she got off the plane in Denver. Her luggage was delivered to where she was staying, and she even received a call from Southwest asking how her son was doing. Today, her son has fully recovered from his serious head injury.
WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO _ MEN TYPICALLY SAY “I LOVE YOU” FIRST _ A study found that when it comes to confessions of love, men often are the first to declare their feelings. Contrary to popular belief, women aren’t as quick as men to confess their love, despite their reputation for being emotionally-driven and relationship-oriented. According to the study (in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology) two-thirds of couples report that male partners said “I love you” first.
… However, although men say “I love you” first, researchers caution that their motivations for sharing their feelings are different than a woman’s motivations. The study found that while men consider saying “I love you” a full six weeks before their partners, they are also more likely to enjoy hearing those words if they haven’t yet had sex. On the other hand, women are more likely to enjoy hearing “I love you” if sex already has occurred.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: GANG OF RONALD MCDONALDs JERRORIZED A KFC _ A gang of rugby fans dressed as Ronald McDonald clowns walked inside a KFC in Hampshire, England and chanted insults. The group held beer cans and shouted expletives inside the fast-food restaurant. It wasn’t some bizarre marketing stunt on behalf of McDonald’s. It’s thought the group were a bunch of inebriated rugby fans on their way to see a game.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: MAN CHARGED WITH ATTACKING NEIGHBOR WITH A BOWLING PIN _ A Montana (Missoula) man allegedly attacked his neighbor with a bowling pin. He’s been charged.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: MAN GOES INTO HOME, DISCHARGES FIRE EXTINGUISHER, PRAYS WITH RESIDENT _ In Ohio (Wayne County) a man walked into the home of a couple, discharged a fire extinguisher and then laid at the foot of their bed. Then the man of the house and the intruder had a short time of prayer before the intruder left into the darkness. After leaving the house, the man stole a golf cart from a nearby business. When deputies pulled over the golf cart, the man identified himself as “Jesus.”
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: STUDENTS CLIMB THROUGH CEILING DUCTS TO STEAL EXAMS _ A pair of students at the University of Kentucky who broke into the campus to steal final exams were caught by their professor. One of the students climbed into their professor’s office through the ceiling ducts at 2 AM on Wednesday. The other student was waiting outside for the first to open the door to their professor’s office. Their professor was on campus working late and foiled the potential theft.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: VADER COSTUME FORCES SCHOOL EVACUATION _ A high school in Wisconsin (Ashwaubenon) missed the memo, forcing its students to evacuate the building yesterday (Thursday) after an overly concerned parent called the police on “someone walking into the school wearing dark clothing and a mask.” A student came to school wearing a Darth Vader mask for Star Wars Day.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: DRIVER WITH CHICKEN IN HIS LAP RAN A-FOWL OF THE LAW _ Some drivers are distracted by texting. Others by a juicy hamburger or the GPS. Police in St. Paul, Minnesota, pulled over a 52-year-old man who failed to stop for three pedestrians in a crosswalk while his chicken was right there with him behind the wheel. The pedestrians were not hit, but the man got a ticket.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: CAR THIEF CAUGHT A SECOND TIME _ Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, got a tracking signal from a reported stolen vehicle. They found it parked at an apartment complex just as two men got in it and drove away. They followed them — to a nearby courthouse. The men parked and went inside. The driver was there to get an ankle monitor, a condition of his release from jail a few days before: he was out on bail after allegedly stealing a different car at gunpoint.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: WEED EATER _ Baton Rouge police say they noticed a man weaving in and out of lanes — and there was no license plate on his car. Once he pulled over the man’s breath had a strong smell of weed. A search turned up multiple drugs, but perhaps less than it might have. The man told police he didn’t want the officers to find pot in his car so he was trying to eat it all.
ON TELEVISION
FRIDAY
UNDERCOVER BOSS (8p ET, CBS) — New. The CEO and founder of Associa, a property management company, goes undercover to meet the employees.
FIRST DATES (8p ET, NBC) — New. A dater is shocked to find out her match is already a fan.
THE TOY BOX (8p ET, ABC) — Toy inventions in this new edition include dolls with interchangeable hair, a scooter with a built-in pogo stick, a maze-building toy, and a game for aspiring wizards to use wands to toss spells at each other.
LUCIFER (8p ET, FOX) — Repeat
THE ORIGINALS (8p ET, CW) — New. Freya places a protection spell on the compound.
HAWAII FIVE-O (9p ET, CBS) — New. McGarrett gets a tip that someone is plotting a terrorist attack on Oahu.
SHARK TANK (9p ET, ABC) — Products featured in this new episode include a solution to underarm sweat marks and stains, a belt buckle that doubles as a wallet, and multi-purpose mixing bowls.
DATELINE (9p ET, NBC) — A new, 2-hour edition
LETHAL WEAPON (9p ET, FOX) — Repeat
REIGN (9p ET, CW) — New. Catherine’s son Henri tries to claim the throne from Charles.
AL MADRIGAL: SHRIMPIN’ AIN’T EASY (9p ET, Showtime) — Comic and former Daily Show correspondent Al Madrigal has an all-new stand-up special.
SEASON FINALE: BLUE BLOODS (10p ET, CBS) — When Danny intercepts a shipment of several million dollars that was heading to a drug cartel in Mexico, he becomes a target. Blue Bloods will return for season 8.
20/20 (10p ET, ABC) — New
SEASON PREMIERE: SENSE8 (Netflix) — After 2 years, Season 2 of this sci fi drama begins. Picking up where season one left off, the eight protagonists come together.
SATURDAY
THE 143rd KENTUCKY DERBY (2:30p ET, NBC) — The Kentucky Derby is not just about the racing! Coverage of the hats, mint juleps and more begins this afternoon, with the actual race time of 6:34p ET.
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (11:30p ET, NBC) — Once again, Saturday Night Live will air live across the country: 10:30p Central time; 9:30p Mountain; 8:30p Pacific. For the Mountain and Pacific time zones, SNL will be repeated at 11:30p. Chris Pine hosts, with musical guest LCD Soundsytem.
SUNDAY
NCIS: LOS ANGELES (8p ET, CBS) — New. Followed by new episodes of Madam Secretary and Elementary.
LITTLE BIG SHOTS (8p ET, NBC) — Kids features in this new edition includes a talented group of step dancers, an amazing piano prodigy who has performed at Carnegie Hall, and triplets who perform a unique card-throwing act.
ONCE UPON A TIME (8p ET, ABC) — New.
CHICAGO JUSTICE (9p ET, NBC) — This new episode is followed by a new Shades of Blue.
THE LAST 100 DAYS OF DIANA (9p ET, ABC) — ABC News’ Martin Bashir hosts this 2-hour special that revisits Princess Diana’s first and last summer as a single woman following her divorce from Prince Charles, until her tragic death in a car accident in Paris, France in 1997.
2017 MTV MOVIE AND TV AWARDS (8p ET, MTV, Comedy Central, Spike, VH1, BET) — Adam Devine (Pitch Perfect) hosts this annual awards show, with a twist this year and the inclusion of TV show awards. Also for the first time, the awards will feature exclusively non-gendered categories. See the nominees here: http://www.mtv.com/movie-and-tv-awards/vote/
… The Fast & Furious franchise will be given the Generation Award, one of the night’s biggest honors. Vin Diesel will accept the award with support from costars Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, and Jordana Brewster. J Balvin, Pitbull and Camila Cabello will perform their hit song from the movie’s soundtrack.
ENTERTAINMENT
IN THEATERS TODAY _ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will take the box office. It’s expected to make over $130 million this weekend (North America).
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (PG-13) – Set to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team’s adventures as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Kurt Russell
… Opening next weekend: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and Snatched.
HBO IS DEVELOPING 4 DIFFERENT GAME OF THRONES SPIN-OFFS _ Game Of Thrones has been a massive worldwide success for HBO. But with the series finale now in sight the network is looking for ways to keep the money train rolling, so it’s pitting four different writers, each developing their own Game Of Thrones spin-off, against each other — with no guarantees on how many of the shows will make it to air.
… Two of the shows have series creator George R.R. Martin involved in their creation, and all four writers are TV and/or movie veterans.
ALANIS MORISSETTE’S FORMER MANAGER GETS 6 YEARS IN JAIL _ Alanis Morissette won a legal battle against her ex-manager Jonathan Todd Schwartz. The manager was sentenced to six years behind bars after pleading guilty to embezzling million of dollars from his client. He was charged of wire fraud and filing a false tax return. Schwartz stole nearly $5 million from the singer over the course of seven years, admitting to have gambling addiction. During her testimony, Morisette revealed that Schwartz told her she was being disrespectful whenever she asked about the details of her financials.
SCOOBY-DOOBY DELAY _ Wait, there’s going to be a Scooby-Doo reboot? Yes, there is — and it’s been delayed. Its release date has shifted from September 21, 2018 to May 15, 2020. There’s no official word on whether Shepard is still involved.
TWIN PEAKS TEASER SHOWS US SOME NEW FOOTAGE FROM THE SHOWTIME REVIVAL _ We’re getting a first official glimpse of footage from Showtime’s Twin Peaks revival, revisiting some of our favorite characters 25 years after the original series ended. Familiar faces you should recognize include Big Ed Hurley (Everett McGill); Fat Trout trailer park owner Carl Rodd (Harry Dean Stanton); the long-suffering Sarah Palmer (Grace Zabriskie) cruising the booze aisle; weak-stomached Deputy Andy Brennan (Harry Goaz); Deputy Tommy “Hawk” Hill (Michael Horse); and FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan). • VIDEO
… The 18-hour Twin Peaks limited series revival premieres Sunday, May 21 on Showtime.
CHRIS PRATT APOLOGIZES TO HEARING IMPAIRED FANS _ Earlier this week Chris Pratt uploaded a video to his Instagram where he asked viewers to listen with the volume on instead of reading the subtitles. Almost immediately after uploading the video, Chris’s followers began criticizing him for not being sensitive to the needs of those watching with hearing impairments. (The video, which Pratt uploaded to promote his upcoming film, Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2, has since been removed.) Pratt shared a follow-up video Thursday to issue a sincere apology. In the video, Chris makes an important gesture by apologizing entirely in American Sign Language, saying in the caption: “Now… I know some of you are going to say, ‘Hey, Chris only apologized because his publicist made him!’ Well. That is not the case. As always I control my social media. Nobody else. And I am doing this because I’m actually really sorry.” • VIDEO
… He goes on to say that “Apologies are powerful. I don’t dole them out Willy-Nilly. This is one of those moments where I screwed up and here’s me begging your pardon. I hope you accept my apology.”
… Chris ends his video with a call for Instagram to make closed-captioning an option on its app for those with hearing impairments.
CHRIS PRATT RAVES ABOUT $350 CAVIAR FACIAL _ When he’s not fighting to save the Marvel universe or being a doting dad, Chris Pratt indulges himself with a good pampering. The Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 star recently revealed that wife Anna Faris treated him to a $350 white caviar facial at a spa inside the Ritz-Carlton hotel in New York City. Pratt said, “I got a facial at the hotel, yes, I did. I was going to get a massage and a facial. At one point they were asking me if I wanted caviar rubbed on my face. Just when you think I’m a super-humble, normal guy, just remember that I got caviar rubbed on my face. It felt so good. Popped all the zits on my nose. My blackheads were gone.”
MSNBC CO-HOSTS JOE SCARBOROUGH AND MIKA BRZEZINSKI ARE ENGAGED _ Longtime Morning Joe co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are engaged. The 54-year-old Scarborough and 50-year-old Brzezinski have led the MSNBC morning show together since its inception in 2007.
MILEY CYRUS TALKS MARIJUANA AND LIAM HEMSWORTH _ Miley Cyrus says she’s “completely clean” after giving up marijuana. Miley told Billboard magazine that she hadn’t smoked marijuana in three weeks. She says that’s the longest she’s ever gone without it. Miley also opened up about her relationship with fiance Liam Hemsworth. She says they had to “refall for each other” after their 2013 breakup.
HARRY POTTER WILL MAKE BROADWAY JUMP IN SPRING 2018 _ The stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has become London’s theater event of the year. Now Broadway will shortly be under its spell, too. Producers said Thursday that the show will come to The Lyric Theatre in the spring of 2018, with an opening set for April. The play recently won nine Olivier Awards in London, including best new play.
AUDIO
Find these audio files on the Pro Audio page.
• SWEARING MOMS: The Kraft Mac ‘n Cheese moms swear viral video. → May 5 News & Nuggets
• PHONER: Date night fails. 1 real caller
• WHAT IS THE FACEBOOK: Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 explaining The Facebook in a TV interview.
INTERPREP PROSHARE
BITS & BREAKS
WHAT’S UP WITH CINCO DE MAYO?
It’s May 5. In Spanish, today’s date is “Cinco de Mayo,” and celebrations will be held in many cities across the U.S., as well as Mexico. The origin of the day’s observance is the Battle of Puebla in 1862, when outnumbered Mexican troops defeated the invading French forces of Napoleon III. Over the years, the celebration has evolved from one of military victory to a colorful and vibrant event celebrating Mexican culture. There are 31.7 million people of Mexican descent in the U.S. — 10 percent of the total population.
IF YOU WERE FORCED TO OPEN A BAKERY, WHAT WOULD YOU NAME IT?
Some suggestions from the citizens of reddit.
• I’d combine it with a flower shop and call it Buns and Roses.
• Much Ado About Muffins
• Rolling Scones
• Glazed and Confused
• Beauty and the Yeast
• Bake My Day
• The Pie Hole. That way when it was closing time, I could yell, “Shut The Pie Hole!”
• Bake to the Future
TOP HATES BY ZODIAC
The app Hater matches people based on their dislikes. Here are the top hates by zodiac.
• Capricorn – Dirty bathrooms
• Libra – Bad manners
• Aries – Bullies
• Gemini – Being ignored
• Pisces – Nuclear bombs
• Leo – Loud chewing
• Sagittarius – People who don’t use their car blinker
• Aquarius – Hangovers
• Cancer – Losing one sock
• Scorpio – Mosquito bites
FUN & GAMES
TRIVIA: In the past 90 years, 1,090 popular song titles have started out with this word. (Mother or Mom)
TRIVIA: If you suffer from siderodromophobia, what are you afraid of? (Trains)
RIDDLE
I’m called by three letters
Though I have a long name.
I’m in all of you,
But I’m never the same.
I’m all coiled up
So that I am quite small,
But if you stretch me out
I’ll be really tall.
I could be the root
Of certain disease;
If man can unlock me
He’ll solve many mysteries.
Answer: DNA. (Normally, DNA is coiled up inside chromosomes; however, if you were to stretch out a single strand, it would be between 6-9 feet long!)
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Street dancing grandpa.
https://youtu.be/NnoC0QJLr5E
IMAGE OF THE DAY
https://www.instagram.com/p/BRrpKCgF9g1/
DATEBOOK: MAY 8, 2017
This is day 128 of 2017. There are 237 days remaining.
BIRTHDAYS
• Toni Tennille is 77
• Alex Van Halen of Van Halen is 64
• Bill de Blasio is 56
• Melissa Gilbert (Little House on the Prairie) is 53
• Enrique Iglesias is 42
• Julia Whelan (Once and Again) is 33
IT HAPPENED TODAY
• 1847: Robert W. Thompson patented rubber tires, which he called “air wheels.”
• 1886: Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invented a carbonated beverage that would later be named “Coca-Cola”.
• 1945: President Harry S. Truman announced in a radio address that World War II had ended in Europe. May 8 is called V-E Day.
• 1961: New Yorkers chose a name for their new National League baseball franchise. The “Mets” were born.
• 1977: County Commissioners in Parker County voted Buck Naked, Texas, out of existence. They decided that Buck Naked’s road signs caused too many misunderstandings. Residents had chosen the name as a joke.
• 1987: Gary Hart, dogged by questions about his personal life, withdrew from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
• 1989: A 23-year-old University of Kansas student died from injuries suffered when a soft drink machine fell on him. He had rocked the machine after it took his money but didn’t release a drink.
• 2001: An armed raider threatened a bank teller with a pistol in Bordeaux, France, and demanded $13,700. When the teller said he didn’t have nearly that much, the bandit lowered his demand to $6,800. When the clerk again refused, the robber asked to withdraw a small amount of cash from his own account. The clerk asked for his identity card. Police captured the suspect at his home.
• 2005: The new Canadian War Museum opened, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of V-E Day.
• 2010: The last piece of Yankee Stadium fell in the Bronx, New York, marking the end of the two year demolition process.
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Etiquette Week
• Nurses Week
• Be Kind To Animals Week
• Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week
• Hurricane Preparedness Week
• Correctional Officer’s Week
• Pet Week
• Teacher Appreciation Week
• Stuttering Awareness Week
• No Socks Day
UPCOMING
• May 14: Mother’s Day
• May 20: Armed Forces Day
• May 29: Memorial Day
• June 14: Flag Day
• June 18: Father’s Day