September 19th is the 262nd day of the year. There are 103 days remaining until the end of the year

Today is Talk Like A Pirate Day, National Food Not Phones Day, National Love Your Lunch Day, National Adulting Day and National Butterscotch Pudding Day

— On this date in 1994, ER debuted on NBC

— On this date in 2005, How I Met Your Mother premiered on CBS

THINGS U NEED 2 NO:

One in eight Americans think they could commit a serious crime and get away with it.

The International Grave Digging Championship took place in Hungary earlier this month

The new iPhone hits stores today, and almost 90% of Americans think it’s overpriced.  The cheapest iPhone 17 is $800.  The Pro Max with two terabytes of storage runs you two grand. 

Google looked at the top “Is it weird to like [BLANK]” questions people search for.  The top two are, “Is it weird to like the taste of BLOOD?” . . . and, “Is it weird to like the smell of gasoline?”

(audio) Earlier this week Aldi had a promotion where they were giving away 1,000 of their Big Bags with the Aldi logo on it for free on Tuesday at 9 A.M.  Apparently they sold out within minutes and some fans are not happy.

A nine-year-old near Philadelphia is in the news because he’s so smart, he’s already training to be a neurosurgeon.

The federal government is suing Ticketmaster and Live Nation, claiming they use deceptive tactics that make people pay “significantly more” than the face value of a ticket. 

Samsung will start running ads on its “Family Hub” refrigerators that have screens on the front.

At Tokyo’s Narita Airport, a company installed bathroom dispensers that made you watch an ad before getting your toilet paper. It was a quirky promotion — and a way to keep travelers entertained while they waited.

Adele is in talks to play the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show. Rumors suggest she might be the halftime star, along with Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus. Adele previously turned down the gig in 2017.

11 year-old Jocelyn Roberts, of Rye, Texas, is going viral because she caught an 8.5-foot, 350-pound gator while hunting with her family.  Jocelyn expressed excitement saying she was scared for a second. Her family is grateful for the meat and plans to use the hide for leather goods.