June 25th is the 176th day of the year. There are 189 days remaining until the end of the year

Today is Global Beatles Day, National Catfish Day, National Strawberry Parfait Day, Goats Cheese Day, Color TV Day and National Leon Day

— On this date in 1630, the fork was invented

— On this date in 1867, barbed wire was invented

— On this date in 1947, the tennis shoe was designed

— On this date in 1947, The Diary of Anne Frank was published

— On this date in 1951, CBS broadcast the first color TV program

— On this date in 1984, Purple Rain is released by Prince and ends up becoming his most successful studio album

— On this date in 2004, The Notebook was released in theaters

— On this date in 2006, Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman got married

— On this date in 2009, Michael Jackson died

THINGS U NEED 2 NO:

Soda cans are exploding because of the heat dome covering America. Many cans are exploding during plane flights. Flight attendants are advising travelers to handle the cans with caution. Several Southwest Airlines flight attendants have been injured by the exploding cans. Beverage companies may use air conditioned trucks to avoid further danger.

There’s a new report out on America’s “most trusted brands” . . . and for Gen Z, the most-trusted brand is:  YouTube.  For Boomers, the most-trusted brand is:  Kleenex. 

“Sleep divorce” is a trendy term, even though it’s not a new idea.  It’s when you opt to sleep in different beds or different rooms, maybe because one of you snores . . . or you just sleep better and need that alone time. Now a similar term is going viral:  “SCREEN divorce” is when you do the same thing, but with streaming. A writer for “The Guardian” just did a big op-ed on it.  Screen divorce is when you don’t have to agree on what to watch.  You both watch whatever you want on separate screens. You can watch in different rooms, or in the same room and one of you wears headphones.  The idea is you avoid the situation where one person has to suffer through a show they don’t actually like. Just like “sleep divorce,” it’s something lots of couples already do, especially now that everyone has three TVs, two iPads, and a phone.  It just has a name now. The “Guardian” writer said she and her husband trade off, where one person gets the TV and the other uses an iPad with headphones.  Her guilty pleasure is “Real Housewives”, and he basically just watches sports. 

America continues to be engulfed by a heatwave so Chicagoan Nicole Las is heading to the North Pole in July to run a marathon.  NBC says temperatures are around 10 degrees at the Pole. Only 100 women have completed this extreme race, which requires specialized training for the icy terrain and shifting ice. Las is determined to check this off her bucket list.

A Dubai entrepreneur recently gifted his one-year-old baby with a pink Rolls-Royce for her birthday. The custom car, with monogrammed pink leather seats, was unveiled at a lavish party. The video of the reveal went viral, with mixed reactions Some felt it was too extravagant for a toddler. 

Have you ever tried to return something you bought online, and they said just keep it?  A new study found it’s a total win-win.  When companies do it, we see them as friendly and more trustworthy, and we’re more likely to buy from them in the future.

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have allegedly split after six years of being together. TMZ claims Bloom may attend Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s wedding as a “single man”.  An insider reveals, “He’s the life of the party and he’s gonna hit the dance floor hard!”