September 22nd is the 265th day of the year. There are 100 days remaining until the end of the year

Today is the first day of Fall (Autumnal Equinox), Rosh Hashanah (the New Year in Judaism), National White Chocolate Day, Ice Cream Cone Day, Hobbit Day, National States & Capitals Day, Elephant Appreciation Day and National Eat Local Day

— On this date in 1789, The U.S. Post Office was established by Congress.(Before this People often depended on taverns, inns, or hired riders to carry letters town to town.)

— On this date in 1903, the ice cream cone was invented

— On this date in 1976, Charlie’s Angels premiered

— On this date in 1985, The first Farm Aid benefit concert was held in Champaign, Illinois. Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp helped raise $10 million to aid the nation’s farmers

— On this date in 1986, ALF debuted on NBC

— On this date in 1987, Full House premiered on ABC

— On this date in 1989, ABC debuted TGIF (Thank Goodness It’s Friday) from 8:00pm to 10:00pm, a new programming block for Friday Nights with four shows (Full House, Family Matters, Perfect Strangers, and Just the Ten of Us)

— On this date in 1989, Baywatch debuted on NBC

— On this date in 1994, Friends premiered

— On this date in 2004, “Lost” premiered on ABC.

THINGS U NEED 2 NO:

Here are this past weekend’s box office results.
1. “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle” $17.3 million
2. “Him,” $13.5 million. (The film cost $27 million to produce)
3. “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” $13 million.

Taco Bell is testing new Double Dipping Burritos for a limited time.  For now, they’re just at participating locations in North Carolina. You get two snack-sized burritos in an order, and they come with a split dipping cup. The cup is filled with Chili Lime Crema on one size and a crunchy blend of crushed seasoned tortilla chips and crispy cheese.

A Michigan ice cream shop, named Kearsley Kone, has put out an ‘Extreme Sundae’ Challenge. To win, a customer must devour a 6.5 pound sundae in 30 minutes. The $25 sundae has 13 scoops of ice cream, candy, sauces, whipped cream, cookies, peanut butter wafers, cherries and more. The challenge has already been conquered by a local YouTuber.

A Reddit user, who wishes to remain anonymous, is going viral because he has eaten nothing but McDonald’s and KFC everyday for the last two years. One of his daily meals is at least 2,000 calories. The man only drinks Coca Cola and Red Bull. His usual McDonald’s order consists of a Big Mac, nine Chicken McNuggets and a large order of fries. He sometimes gets a McFlurry for dessert.The 32-year-old says his health is fine.  “My digestive system only feels horrible when I try to eat cruciferous vegetables or drink water. No idea why, I have always been this way. Maybe 10 or 15 years, in fact. I hate fruit. Salad makes me feel violently sick.”

A study found that the filthiest place on an airplane isn’t the bathroom but your fold down tray table. [So grab your meal and eat it on the toilet.]

This year’s Ig Nobel Prize winners were announced the other day.  It’s like the Nobel Prize for the WEIRDEST and DUMBEST insights science offered us in 2025.  Here are this year’s winners . . .

1.  This year’s Literature Prize was awarded posthumously to a man “for persistently recording and analyzing the rate of growth of one of his fingernails over a period of 35 years.”  

2.  The Nutrition Prize was awarded to researchers who determined rainbow lizards prefer “four-cheese” to other varieties of pizza.  

3.  The Pediatrics Prize went to a team who looked into what a “nursing infant” experiences when their mother eats garlic.

4.  The Biology Prize went to a study that determined “cows painted with zebra-like stripes were 50% less likely to be bitten by flies.”

5.  The Chemistry Prize went to experiments analyzing “whether eating Teflon would be an effective way to increase food volume without extra calories.” 

Engineers are investigating if plane crashes could become survivable if AIRBAGS were added to aircraft, but not in the seat backs . . . OUTSIDE the plane.  For now, it’s just an idea in simulations and models. 

Tom Holland is stepping away from shooting “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” due to a concussion suffered on set.  Sony is meeting to decide how to proceed with filming as Holland recovers. The movie is the follow-up to “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” and is set to be released in 2026.  The Daily Mail says Tom cracked his head during a fall