August 18th is the 230th day of the year. There are 135 days remaining until the end of the year

Today is National Fajita Day, National Pinot Noir Day, National Ice Cream Pie Day, Mail Order Catalog Day, Write a Bad Poem Day and National Couples Day

— On this date in 1868, Helium is discovered by French astronomer Pierre Janssen

— On this date in 1872, the first mail order catalogs were sent out

— On this date in 1969, Woodstock concluded with a performance by Jimi Hendrix.

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Here are this past weekend’s box office results.
1. “Weapons,” $25 million.
2. “Freakier Friday,” $14.5 million.
3. “Nobody 2,” $9.25 million. (The film cost $25 million to produce. It earned $4.95 million overseas for a total worldwide weekend take of $14.2 million)

The Mountain Mike’s pizza chain is going viral because they are offering a new pizza that is topped with mango, ham, grilled chicken, bacon, and more. The chain is located in nine states 

Salt & Straw is going viral with their new ice cream flavors. They are offering  Tomato Gelato and Pickled Cucumber Sorbet until August 28th. The gelato features olive oil and lemon zest, while the sorbet includes pickle brine and cucumber puree. Other produce-inspired flavors include Peach Jam Miso Blondies and Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread.

Starbucks has brought back their beloved Cotton Candy Frappuccino. It’s on their secret menu. The drink is made with a vanilla bean creme Frappuccino base, three pumps of raspberry syrup and whipped cream 

Some Starbucks cafes are quietly asking customers not to bring desktop computers and printers into their stores for remote work. The new policy aims to provide a better customer experience by limiting bulky items that take up seating space.  The number of individuals working in cafes for extended periods is rising. Some cafe owners are calling them “electricity thieves” for only purchasing a single cup of coffee. 

Research found that the brain works better on two cups of hot chocolate per day.

Volkswagen introduced a monthly fee for its electric cars, where people have to pay extra to unlock the full horsepower.  They’re only doing it in the U.K. for now.  You get around 15% more horsepower for $22 a month.

A TikTok user by the name of Milly Waters shared that she’s about to marry Harvey Willy — and will be taking his last name. So she’ll be Millie Willy! In the comments:
• Please name your first born Free.
• Millie Willy Waters sounds like an evil sister of Millie Bobby Brown.
• Add Vanilli on the end of it, I dare you.
• He should change his name because of the obvious reason, but also because Harvey Waters is such an upgrade name!

A study looked at how much people SCROLL on their phones, and then converted the distance to MILES.  The state that scrolls the farthest is:  Arizona.  People there scroll 115.4 miles per year. Unfortunately, they didn’t list the states that “travel” the fewest miles while scrolling.  But according to one of their data sources, it looks like the bottom five would be:  Kansas, Maine, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Massachusetts. Overall, the average American spends 6 hours and 35 minutes per day on screens, which adds up to 2,403 hours annually.  And people check their devices an average of 58 times a day.