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FRIDAY 9/16/22

• Patagonia founder skirts $700 million tax hit from giving up company
• Fast fashion giant Shein is getting even faster
• SNL introduces new cast members
• Taylor Swift’s new album covers can be put together to form a clock
• NASA is going to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid
• New VR football game coming to Meta Quest 2
• Michael Jordan jersey sells for more than $10 million at auction
• Watch what it was like to send an email in 1984
• Star Wars movie Rogue Squadron pulled from Lucasfilm schedule
• KS Rhoads is singing children’s songs in the style of popular musicians on TikTok
• Fans are upset about a rare correction on Jeopardy!

THURSDAY 9/15/22

• Brookfield Zoo mourns the loss of their 27-year old brown bear Jim
• Patagonia founder gives company away to fight climate change
• Simon Cowell shares story of how he missed out on Baby One More Time
• Brian Baumgartner, who played Kevin on The Office, releases chili cookbook
• Two Buck Chuck founder Fred Franzia dies
• The Home Free Guys sing the viral corn song
• Fright Fest kicks off this Saturday at Six Flags Great America
• Massachusetts town is sad after Dunkin Donuts closes
• Evans Family 7 video of kids giving group hug goes viral

THURSDAY 9/1/22

• Southwest Airlines pilot threatens to return plane to get if passenger doesn’t stop airdropping nude photos
• Tomato fight returns to Spain
• Dwayne The Rock Johnson reportedly brings his own food to restaurants
• You can have The Rock’s French Toast shipped to your house
• ComEd is putting goats to work to clear brush
• Diddy and Dr. Dre collaborate on a track for the first time
• The honest trailer for Top Gun: Maverick
• New Wordle-style “Listed” game lets you guess how much a property sold for
• New book features incredible restored NASA images
• Pink Diamond could fetch $21 million at auction
• Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell shares hilarious lesson in adversity
• Regis Philbin had a “free McDonald’s for life” card that never worked

WEDNESDAY 8/31/22

• People loved Jimmy Fallon’s Hawaiian shirt at the VMAs
• Tom Hanks trivia game coming to the Apple Arcade
• Instagram adding ways to flag content you’re not interested in
• Young Nationals fan gives home run ball to young girl
• Canadian school teacher finds possible 300 million year old fossil
• New list of the rudest cities in America
• Small Iowa town can’t find time capsule
• Update on Brewers fan “Mark” who may be stuck in the “friend zone”

TUESDAY 8/30/22

• Tommy Lee addresses recent naked photo at concert
• House of the Dragon ratings went UP with second episode
• Alligator delays flight at South Carolina airport
• Kellogg’s will pay some people $5,000 to have cereal for dinner
• Largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in Europe found in man’s backyard
• Serena Williams U.S. Open opener breaks attendance record
• Hands free telephone commercial from 1993
• Serena Williams and daughter wore matching outfits at U.S. Open
• Synchronized swimmer Kristina Makushenko shows off underwater moonwalking

FRIDAY 8/26/22

• Horace Grant’s Bulls championship rings up for auction
• Jellyfish Haircut is all the rage on TikTok
• Elton John’s duet with Britney Spears “Hold Me Closer” is out
• New gaming monitor from Cosair bends into a curved display
• Air Taxis being tested in Chicago
• Bald Eagle spotted in airport security line
• Chiefs fans spot Andy Reid double in the stands
• Scientists create a mouse embryo from stem cells
• Detroit slide changed after injuries reported
• Matt Friend impersonates celebrities … while he is with the celebrities

MONDAY 8/22/22

• Heinz releasing “Beanz” mixed with hashbrowns
• TikTok’s browser can monitor users’ keystrokes
• Netflix with ads might have some ad-free content after all
• NASA shares some creepy Black Hole sounds
• HBO Max crashed during the House of the Dragon premire
• New contest to name new planets
• Dodge reveals engine sound they are adding to their electric cars
• Video shows raccoon not bothered by snakes
• 1955 Ferrari sells for $22 million
• Little Leaguer shows off great arm with throw home

TUESDAY 8/16/22

• Snoop Dogg records Top 10 hits in four decades
• Baby gives dad a kiss back
• Peloton might make customers assemble their own bikes in the future
• Lord of the Rings video game is in the works
• Lizzo releases music video for her song 2 Be Loved
• Snapchat says their premium service now has 1 million subscribers
• A Karen action figure is in the works
• Denver company making the world’s fastest supersonic airliner
• Nebraska receiver Decoldest Crawford unveils first commercial

MONDAY 8/15/22

• Norway euthanizes beloved Walrus
• Google wants Apple to fix texting between iPhone and Android phones
• Woman accuses partner of cheating in full page newspaper ad
• Domino’s Pizza pulls out of Italy
• World’s clearest UFO photo released
• Researchers in Italy create a bartending robot
• Two Colts players go viral because of their last names – French & Fries
• Texas man breaks record for fastest trip to all 50 states
• Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown is enrolled at Perdue University
• Millions of men can’t do this two-step arm movement

FRIDAY 8/12/22

• YouTube is more popular than TikTok among teens
• Google is now allowed to spam-proof politician emails
• United Airlines makes deposit on flying taxis
• 10 year-old fan rocks out with Green Day
• First of its kind dinosaur discovered in Argentina
• Mickey Mantle baseball card now the most expensive ever
• Ring getting its own TV show
• Neil Patrick Harris eats hot wings and does magic on Hot Ones
• Here’s why T-Rex had tiny eyes and arms
• Kevin Bacon finds lookalike on old TV show

FRIDAY 8/5/22

• Guests are paying to be on some podcasts
• Guitar-shaped house for sale in Georgia
• The former home of Dr. Seuss is up for sale
• Canadian company looking to hire a candy taste tester
• HBO Max / Discovery merger explained
• Krispy Kreme releasing pumpkin spice donuts already
• Honus Wagner card auction sets a record
• Eric Hosmer photoshops his team picture after trade
• Vita Vea shows off his Gatorade drinking technique
• A mother and daughter pilot duo are flying for Southwest Airlines
• Woody Harrelson writes poem for baby who looks like him

THURSDAY 8/4/22

• HBO Max streaming service faces an uncertain future
• Event tickets are now for sale on TikTok
• Slamball is making a comeback
• Cracker Barrel adds plant based sausage, internet reacts
• Treasures recovered from Spanish shipwreck
• Sounds like the Choco Taco will return
• Kids sing Encanto song on NYC subway
• ESPN’s The Ocho returns this Friday
• Conjoined twins with fused brains separated in historic surgery
• 13 foot Great White shark tracked near South Carolina coast
• ABBA’s Benny Anderson and Elton John perform mashup of their hits
• Jeff Bezos yacht gets towed after backlash
• Disney World prices are up 3,871% in 50 years
• The 1975 new “Happiness” music video
• Stray Cat video game is helping real cats
• Men might live as long as women
• Researchers discover some stingrays make clicking sounds

WEDNESDAY 8/3/22

• Remembering Vin Scully’s call of Hank Aaron’s historic home run
• NASA releases new images of the Cartwheel Galaxy
• Broncos fan gets Russell Wilson autograph tattoo
• Vin Scully’s ode to Wrigley Field
• Spirit Halloween gets its own movie and trailer
• Police officer goes viral for escorting elderly woman to hair appointment
• Comedian Dane Lindfors shows how Southern Dads do yardwork
• Stranger Things actor Jamie Bower does Vecna voice lines on The Tonight Show
• Warner Bros. cancels the Batgirl movie
• Green Day shows what it’s like to sign autographs at the airport
• Fan gets photo with Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong

TUESDAY 8/2/22

• Tiger Woods turned down $700-$800 million to join LIV golf tour
• Dog had a dream night in McCovey Cove during Cubs/Giants game
• Passenger fined after McMuffins found in luggage
• Jeopardy! contestant details how hard it is to get on the show
• New York City stores are locking up SPAM to stop people from stealing it
• Amazon teaming up with Dude Perfect for alternate Thursday Night Football streams
• Taco Bell is bringing back the Mexican pizza for good
• Katy Perry throws pizza slices into crowd at Vegas nightclub
• Iguanas are reproducing on Galapagos Islands century after disappearing
• 18 year old lifeguard helps deliver baby on YMCA pool deck
• Wrigley Field organist John Benedeck shows off his skills on Instagram
• First trailer for Star Wars spinoff series Andor
• The Earth “wobbled” back in June
• Chiefs players discuss what animal they would ride into battle
• Ana de Armas getting backlash for her Marilyn Monroe voice
• Shelter dog gets his own pool but prefers a bucket

FRIDAY 7/29/22

• Choco Taco prices are soaring on the internet
• Instagram may be backing off recent changes
• Beyonce drops new album
• Rare dinosaur skeleton sells at a private auction
• Snapchat has a new ghost hunting game
• Nebraska football player has the perfect endorsement deal
• Buffalo Bills players do “what do you do for a living?” trend
• Bruce Springsteen’s manager talks about high ticket prices
• Twitter is testing a new status feature
• First full trailer for the Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde
• Dog does doggy paddle to get out of river quickly

THURSDAY 7/28/22

• Instagram’s CEO responds to criticism about the platform’s changes
• Beyonce’s album leaks two days before release
• Jeremy Allen White says he took culinary classes to prepare for his role on “The Bear”
• Ancient coin found in Israel
• Sprite will no longer be sold in green bottles
• Russell Wilson shows up to Broncos camp in his own jersey
• Space Perspective unveils details for space balloon tourism
• Comedian visits the “worst town in New Zealand”
• Fossils show “monster” could have lived in Loch Ness
• Shark researchers make odd find off Belize
• New HBO documentary “The Princess” about Princess Diana releases trailer

WEDNESDAY 7/27/22

• Six Flags Great America hosting Taste of Six Flags event
• Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn almost missed his appearance on The Tonight Show because of customs issue
• Extremely grateful dog rescued during Colorado mountain hike
• Meta tries to explain the metaverse with new video series
• Dollywood announcing new 2023 attraction on August 5th
• Aaron Rodgers draws attention with walk into training camp
• Comedian Charlie Berens on Aaron Rodgers walking into Packers camp
• Shark jumps out of water in slow motion
• Shipwreck found in Oregon may have inspired The Goonies
• Golfer Scottie Scheffler demonstrates how good he is at guessing how far he hits a golf ball

TUESDAY 7/19/22

• You can take a college course all about Harry Styles
• Amazon Prime Video is getting a makeover
• Florida drivers could get a ticket for playing music too loud
• Conan Gray sings the national anthemhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYmhIjaRCj0 at Home Run Derby
• Snapchat is coming to Google Chrome web browsers
• Beluga Whale livestream
• This car becomes its own patio
• Red Sox fans send messages to Derek Jeter
• TV stunt goes wrong
• Steven Spielberg directs his first music video, Marcus Mumford’s Cannibal
• Russell Crowe heads back to the Colosseum
• A McDonald’s and a Dairy Queen are roasting each other with their signs
• Disney World guest has an amazing Spaceship Earth backpack

MONDAY 7/18/22

• Dave Coulier talks about whether Alanis Morrissette’s You Oughta Know is about him
• Lawsuit says Bass Pro Shop isn’t honoring their lifetime guarantee on socks
• New emojis unveiled for Emoji Day
• New photos of Jupiter from the Webb Telescope
• New world record for most diamonds on one ring
• The Office gets its own Lego set
• Meetup held for introverted dogs
• Ukrainian choir sings You Can’t Always Get What You Want with the Rolling Stones
• Drew Barrymore really loves being outside in the rain
• Watch my first ever ride on a Wacky Worm roller coaster
• Air Vortex Cannon shoots donut shaped air rings

FRIDAY 7/15/22

• Calvin Harris “Stay With Me” video debuts at 10am today
• Stranger Things art in Indiana cornfield
• A Winnie The Pooh horror film is coming
• Love Is Blind contestant suing Netflix
• Psy’s Gangnam Style celebrates 10 years
• Wordle board game is coming
• You can 3D print your face on your favorite action figure
• Colonel Sanders house is up for sale
• Study finds Americans are lacking etiquette on airplanes
• Some school districts offering housing to attract teachers
• Chris Meloni Peloton ad has people talking
• Steamboat Willie will enter the public domain in 2024
• Facebook is testing new feature that will allow users to create multiple profiles from same account
• The 90’s are the most popular decade of music right now

THURSDAY 7/14/22

• People are loving the images from the set of the new Barbie movie
• Microsoft wins deal to serve ads on Netflix
• Stranger Things Season 4 is still the No. 1 show on Netflix
• Harry Styles releases music video for Late Night Talking
• Facebook’s smart glasses get an upgrade
• Red Lobster employees spot very rare orange lobster in shipment
• Competitive eater Joey Chestnut could compete against Kobayashi again
• Patrick Mahomes finds creative way to do a beer commercial
• 250 elephants being moved in Malawi
• Wonder Woman Flight of Courage single rail coaster opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain, full ride here
• Find TikTok’s eel pit guy Nick Tobler and his videos here
• Lottery club wins jackpot after 20 years of playing
• TikTok adding more content blocking features for teens
• Rare self portrait of Van Gogh discovered
• Rege-Jean Page is OK if his character is recast on Bridgerton
• Little League team gets mic’d up

WEDNESDAY 7/13/22

• Barbie releasing Jane Goodall doll
• Bob Odenkirk says next week’s episode of Better Call Saul features scene in which in had heart attack
• Albuquerque is building a statue for Breaking Bad characters
• Kid shows off killer dance moves at Ed Sheeran concert
• Spotify is buying the music guessing game Heardle
• Sea fortress for sale for about $60,000
• Florida man gives away $13,000 to Waffle House customers
• Cameron Diaz thinks she may have been a drug mule before she made it in Hollywood
• 4,000 beagles rescued from a Virginia facility
• Green Day pulls fan from crowd to play guitar at concert
• Limewire is back!
• 80 new food items coming to Wisconsin State Fair
• Subway worker says one order still haunts her nightmares

TUESDAY 7/12/22

• Manhattanhenge happening in NYC
• iOS 16 Beta available for download
• First images released from the new Webb Telescope
• You can call the Stranger Things Surfer Boy Pizza
• Fake cricket league cons Russian gamblers
• BMW offering a heated seat subscription for $18 a month
• Costco raising some prices at the food court
• ESPN’s Don La Greca goes on a rant
• SNL Flashback: “I drive a Dodge Stratus!”
• Jarrett Payton plays cornhole with Jeff Mauro
• Goop store explosion leaves two men hospitalized
• Remarkable volleyball point between US and Ecuador
• Man attempting to push a peanut up Pike’s Peak
• Twitter’s unmention feature lets you remove yourself from a conversation
• Golden Girls 3033 imagines what the show would be like in the future

MONDAY 7/11/22

• Japanese team invents moon base with artificial gravity
• DoorDash glitch resulted in tons of free orders
• Star Wars auction features original stormtrooper helmet
• Scientists find asteroid’s surface was like a giant ball pit
• Old high school gym was turned into a house
• LeBron James brings his own snacks to summer league game
• Electric seagliders could become a thing in Hawaii
• Jawbone found in Spain could be oldest European human fossil
• Next Frontier in Chicken: Ground-Up Bones?
• Minor league manager sings classic tune to thousands while getting a prostate exam
• Did Chick-Fil-A change their name?
• Record breaking Wonder Woman coaster opening at Six Flags Magic Mountain this week
• Drew Barrymore finds hidden window in her apartment

FRIDAY 7/1/22

• Netflix crashed after Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 2 release
• Kinetc BMX stunt show premieres at Six Flags Great America
• Disney Wish cruise ship features a $5,000 Star Wars cocktail
• Paramedic loses 125 pounds to donate kidney to niece
• GoFundMe campaign raises $280,000 for Burger King employee
• Logan Paul has officially joined WWE
• OhYouBetcha on dads in summer vacation mode
• Usher performs Tiny Desk Concert on NPR Music
• Lamb makes friends with baby chick
• Nicky Smigs on dad’s day off during the summer

THURSDAY 6/30/22

• Unique Jetson’s house for sale in Oklahoma
• Radioshack is in the cryptocurrency business now
• Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul’s Better Call Saul appearance might surprise viewers
• Avril Lavigne recreates her old album cover
• Coldplay’s Chris Martin surprises couple with performance at pub
• Stanley Cup delivered to wrong address
• New York Yankees players are playing a bubble gum game
• Last WWII Medal of Honor recipient dies
• Carson Pickett becomes first player with limb difference to play for U.S. national team
• George Clooney and Julia Roberts star in “Ticket to Paradise,” first trailer here
• Hologram patients helping to train new doctors
• Air New Zealand launching new bunk beds in economy class
• AEW Blood and Guts match features wrestler thrown off a cage
• FLASHBACK: Undertaker throws Mankind off cage at Hell in a Cell 1998
• Fully intact vintage Burger King restaurant discovered behind wall at mall
• Analysts claim Bed Bath and Beyond stores are turning off their air conditioning to save money

WEDNESDAY 6/29/22

• World’s biggest bounce house coming to Chicagoland
• Air BnB banning parties permanently
• First trailer for Hocus Pocus 2 released
• Kate Bush has likely made more than $2 million from Stranger Things song
• Pokemon Go creators are making an NBA game
• Radio DJ Broadway Bill Lee shows off skills at hitting the post on TikTok
• Spotify introduces new karaoke feature
• LA restaurants asking for sriracha donations because of shortage
• Trailer for 13 Lives movie released, about the rescue of a Thai soccer team stuck in a cave back in 2018

TUESDAY 6/28/22

• California’s Great America to close in next 11 years
• Sheetz Gas Stations lowering price to $3.99 a gallon through July 4th holiday
• Crazy poker game ends with Royal Flush beating Full House
• Internet raises more than $170,000 for Burger King employee who never missed a day of work
• Samsung collaborates with Starbucks on new themed tech
• Magician Nicolas Ribs wows the judges with projector magic on America’s Got Talent
• Billie Eilish eats gross stuff on Spill The Tea on Late Late Show with James Corden
• Slo Mo Guys make giant balloon sandwich
• Authors aren’t happy with Amazon e-book return “life hack”

MONDAY 6/27/22

• Study says perfect air conditioning temperature is 64 degrees
• Jellyfish filmed with full stomach
• Austin Butler early Elvis screen test
• Artist Rudy Willingham creates amazing Dolly Parton latte art
• Dolly Parton makes appearance at new Heartsong Resort construction site at Dollywood
• Dog interrupts soccer match in Chile
• Stores weigh paying you not to return unwanted items
• Scottish island for sale
• Hayden Christiansen talks about wearing Darth Vader costume

FRIDAY 6/24/22

• Collection of sports memorabilia up for auction
• Instagram unveils new ways to verify users’ age
• Evan Rachel Woods does Madonna, Alanis Morissette and Janis Joplin impressions on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
• Twitter adds closed captioning option
• Games of Thrones Jon Snow spinoff confirmed
• Taylor Swift releases new song Carolina
• Whales appear on California coast
• Khloe Kardashian eats hot wings on Hot Ones
• Charlie Puth releases new song Left and Right featuring Jung Kook from BTS
• Scientists find world’s largest bacterium
• Egyptian students create glow-in-the-dark concrete
• Wine pours in restaurants are shrinking
• Fans had jokes about Paolo Banchero’s purple suit at the NBA Draft

THURSDAY 6/23/22

• Stranger Things is getting close to Squid Game’s Netflix viewership record
• Largest python ever found in Florida weighs over 200 pounds
• Trumpet the Bloodhound wins Best in Show at Westminster Dog Show
• First trailer for body swap comedy Mack and Rita starring Diane Keaton
• 5th grader invents anti-theft device
• Study says balancing on one leg could predict likelihood of living or dying
• Disney Parks shows how they change holes on their golf courses
• A Snoop Dogg impersonator confused fans at an NFT event in NYC
• Justin Timberlake apologizes for terrible dance moves
• Twitter is working on a notes feature
• Amazon introducing its first fully autonomous warehouse robot
• NASA’s Space Launch System is delayed
• Ohio State wins the trademark rights to the word “THE”
• Disneyland’s Space Mountain could be re-themed to Lightyear
• Vietnam veteran answers letter and makes new friend
• Amazon’s new Alexa feature can mimic the voice of dead relatives

TUESDAY 6/21/22

• Beyonce releases new single “Break My Soul”
• John Cena celebrated for granting 650 Make A Wish wishes
• Walt Disney World celebrates Halfway to the Holidays, reveals new holiday treats
• Cross still standing after church fire in Texas
• World’s biggest freshwater fish caught in Cambodia
• 18 year-old Yunchan Lim wins 2022 Cliburn Piano Competition, watch the full performance here
• Russian journalist’s Nobel Medal sells for $103 million
• Iconic Hong Kong floating restaurant sinks
• Watch the lost Sesame Street episode reportedly banned for being too scary
• Flight attendant shocks pilot by proposing mid flight

MONDAY 6/20/22

• Longtime WWE Referee Tim White passes away
• Tim White discusses his relationship with the legendary Andre the Giant
• Drake broke Apple Music’s record for streams of a dance record
• Dude Perfect “Football Touches The Clouds” trick shot
• GoFundMe created to help gas station manager pay back former bosses after pricing mixup
• Lego brings back their classic castle system with giant new set
• Sandlot star Patrick Renna shares Father’s Day Social Media vs Father’s Day Reality
• It is illegal to pump your own gas in New Jersey and Oregon, here’s why
• New York Public Library is giving away 500,000 books
• Anonymous bidder pays $19 million to have lunch with Warren Buffett