Americans have so many VICES that they can be customized on a state-by-state basis.The social network Foursquare analyzed its data to figure out the VICE that's the most disproportionately popular in every state. They defined a vice as, quote, "an alcoholic drink, fattening food, dessert, or borderline controversial preference." Check out the "Vice Map" here!
1969 Happy Birthday to Clay Walker! Ernest Clayton "Clay" Walker, Jr. was born on August 19, 1969 in Beaumont, Texas 2004 Google Inc. stock began selling on the Nasdaq Stock Market The initial price was set at $85 and ended the day at $100.34, with more than 22 million shares traded As of 10:14 (CST) [...]
A new study figured out which emoji every state uses more than anyone else. A few of them make perfect sense, like the surfer in Hawaii and the Statue of Liberty head in New York. But some make NO sense, like the koala in Connecticut, or the bunch of grapes in Texas. Check out the [...]
1587 Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents born in North America What became of Virginia and the other colonists remains a mystery. The fact of her birth is known because the governor of the settlement, Virginia Dare's grandfather, John White, returned to England in 1587 to seek fresh supplies. When White eventually returned three years [...]
1939 The Wizard of Oz premiered in New York It had premiered in Hollywood on August 15 1977 Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) reported that in one day the number of orders for flowers to be delivered to Graceland had surpassed the number for any other event in the company's history Elvis had passed away the day [...]
NFL player James Harrison returned two "participation trophies" his son received because he wants the boy to earn 'real ones'. The Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker made the announcement on Instagram on Saturday.Harrison said, 'I came home to find out that my boys received two trophies for nothing, participation trophies!' 'While I am very proud of my boys for everything [...]
It seems like fewer and fewer parents are cool with giving their baby a traditional name . . . they want one that's UNIQUE. And what better way to find a unique name than to pick any random English word and call it a name? The website Nameberry.com analyzed data from the Social Security Administration [...]
Here are the Top 10 Most Dangerous cities in Kansas based on likelihood on one being a victim of a crime, according to FBI numbers: Coffeyville Wichita Hutchinson Kansas City Topeka Fort Scott Galena Arkansas City Iola Pittsburg Read the full article here!
A 7-year-old Texas boy asked people to donate money to a local K-9 Unit instead of getting him birthday presents.The boy raised $157.25 which will help buy equipment to keep running the K-9 Unit.Police officials thanked the boy with a Facebook post. He ended up celebrating his birthday with a pool party, but no [...]
A woman gave birth to a baby boy in New York, a child she carried for her twin sister.In 2009, the twin sister found out she had stage 3 breast cancer. The aggressive nature of the cancer meant she had to get chemo immediately. Problem was, she was pregnant. The chemo caused her baby to [...]