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Today is Purple Heart Day, Professional Speakers Day and Beach Party Day

— On this date in 1782, the Purple Heart was created

— On this date in 1888, the revolving door was invented

— On this date in 1944, IBM announced the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, known best as the Harvard Mark I. It used 765,000 components and hundreds of miles of wire and weighed about 5 tons.

— On this date in 1979, in the movie ”The Blues Brothers”, The Blues Brothers pretend they’re The Good Ol’ Boys and perform at Bob’s Country Bunker.

— On this date in 2007, Barry Bonds broke Hank Aaron’s record by hitting his 756th home run.

THINGS U NEED 2 NO:

Heinz and Smoothie King just debuted a KETCHUP SMOOTHIE.  And multiple reports say it’s actually pretty good. They announced it after Smoothie King teased it earlier this week with a post that said, “If tomatoes are a fruit . . . is ketchup a smoothie?” It’s not JUST ketchup, because that WOULD be gross.  The “Heinz Tomato Ketchup Smoothie” includes strawberries, raspberries, apple juice, açai sorbet (ah-SIGH-ee), and Heinz’s signature ketchup. A writer for “People” magazine described it as “sweet and tangy,” and said they were “impressed with how well the savory ketchup blended” with the other ingredients. It’s available for a limited time at a bunch of Smoothie King locations, but only in six major markets across the U.S. To try one, you have to be in or around Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, or New York. 

Have you seen this video yet?  A family near Seattle used Spotify to play Frank Sinatra’s “The Impossible Dream” while scattering a loved one’s ashes last month.  And they didn’t have the ad-free version.  So when the song ended, it immediately played an ad . . . for how to relieve constipation.

Robots are going to deliver Little Caesars pizzas. The robots can carry up to four 16-inch pizzas, wings, cheesy bread, and drinks.  The autonomous bots make pizza delivery easier and more efficient.

On average, Americans spend more than 10 hours a day online, split between things like work, social media, and streaming.

A survey asked, “Do you wear deodorant when alone at home?”  And 66% of people said YES . . . that’s about 2 in 3 people.

Someone in Colorado Springs called the cops and claimed there were bears crawling around the sewers, and they weren’t lying.  There’s footage of one climbing out of a manhole.  

The Villa Vie Odyssey cruise ship is offering an “Endless Horizons” package for $349,999. It allows guests to live aboard indefinitely. Residents can explore 425 destinations in 147 countries on a rotating three-and-a-half-year itinerary. The package includes queen-sized beds, premium amenities, and options for medical care and spa treatments. 

“Fake Weddings” are trending. People are throwing wedding-themed parties without actually getting married. Attendees enjoy the fun and drama of a traditional wedding night without the stress.  Couples are charging friends and family between $17 and $170 to attend. Daddy-daughter dances, cake smashes and garter bouquet tosses are also taking place at the parties. DJs and bands have also been hired.

Skechers has a new line of shoes for kids with a hidden compartment in the sole for Apple AirTags.  People are wondering if we’ve reached “peak obsessive parenting” yet. 

An Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne biopic is still in the works. The movie will focus on Ozzy’s career and his relationship with Sharon. The cast is still unknown.