CONNECT SELECT WEEKEND EDITION a Wide Selection of Interesting and Trending Stories – Rip ‘Em, Read ‘Em and Post ‘Em! FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021
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CONNECT SELECT WEEKEND EDITION A wide selection of interesting and trending stories – rip ‘em, read ‘em and post ‘em! FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021 TODAY IS… • NATIONAL ROAD TRIP DAY (Friday before Memorial Day) Roooooooooad Trippppppp! The Friday before Memorial Day is National Road Trip Day and the kickoff to the summer road trip season. Triple-A says 60-million Americans will hit the road this holiday weekend (hope you like traffic!). DID YOU KNOW?…In the last year, 9-out-of-10 Americans have taken at least one road trip. • NATIONAL WIG OUT DAY Dust off that 11-dollar toupee and wear it proudly. • NATIONAL HAMBURGER DAY The hamburger was invented in New Haven, Connecticut in 1900 by a lunch wagon owner named Louis Lassen. He came up with it for a customer who was in a rush and wanted something ‘to go,’ so he slapped some ground steak between two pieces of bread, and the rest is history BURGER FUN FACTS: • Americans eat about 50-billion burgers a year and, on average, Americans eat burgers three times a week (and you wonder why we’re fat?!). • Almost two-thirds of all sandwiches sold worldwide are actually hamburgers. • A Minnesota casino set the world record for the largest hamburger ever made. It weighed just over a ton and was 10-feet in diameter (try eating that in the car!). • McDonalds sells 75 hamburgers every second! SATURDAY IS… • PUT-A-PILLOW-ON-YOUR-FRIDGE DAY The weird annual tradition of literally putting a pillow on top of your fridge. It’s supposed to bring you a year of good luck and prosperity (while making your pillow smell a little freezer burnt). People used to put them INSIDE their fridge, but that was when pillows were much smaller and people didn’t care about having nice things. PILLOW FUN FACTS: • Pillows have been around for more than nine-thousand years. Back then they were made of rock (good luck fluffing that!). • The ancient Egyptians used pillows to keep their heads off the ground so bugs wouldn’t crawl up their noses. • Pillows didn’t become a household essential until the early 1900s when they started making them out of cotton instead of hay. • END OF THE MIDDLE AGES DAY Historians consider this day in 1453 to be the official end of the Middle Ages and the start of the Renaissance. Education became a big deal with science and language studied more broadly. They still didn’t have toilets or clean water, but it was a start. • INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY Jazz emerged in the 1920s as a combination of ragtime, blues and marching band music (but way cooler than it sounds). It’s believed the word ‘Jazz’ used to be an old baseball term that meant ‘a fighting spirit.’ DID YOU KNOW?….A study by Johns Hopkins University found that when jazz musicians improvise, the part of the brain responsible for inhibition and self-censoring gets shut off (so that might be a good time to ask them to help you move). CLICK HERE FOR ONE OF THE MOST-PLAYED JAZZ SONGS EVER (‘TAKE FIVE’ BY THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET) SUNDAY IS… • INDY 500 The "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" is finally back. It's been two whole years since the last Indy 500. They’ll allow 40-percent capacity at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway - that’s still 135-thousand fans, the largest enclosed gathering of people since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. No surprise: they’re sold out! • NATIONAL MINT JULEP DAY Mint, bourbon, sugar and water. It’s been around since the 17-hundreds. Must be good if it’s lasted this long! FUN FACT: More than 120-thousand mint juleps are sold in Louisville during Kentucky Derby weekend. • LOOMIS DAY Honoring the guy who patented ‘wireless telegraphy,’ AKA: “Radio.” Mahlon Loomis beat Marconi’s radio patent by 25 years (but Marconi still gets all the credit). • HOLE IN MY BUCKET DAY (Why does this sound dirty to me?) Celebrating the goofy kids’ song about a hole in a bucket (dear, Liza). The song actually dates back to the 1700s. It was originally a German story about a conversation between ‘Henry’ and ‘Liza’. He’s telling her he has to fix a hole in his bucket and keeps asking for her advice (boy, times were simpler back then!). CLICK HERE FOR THE CLASSIC ‘SESAME STREET’ PERFORMANCE • WORLD MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS DAY More than two-million people suffer from MS, a disease of the central nervous system. Today’s about helping raise awareness for this unpredictable, progressive and hard-to- diagnose disease. BIRTHDAYS: FRIDAY: • GLADYS KNIGHT, 77: Singer. With the Pips backing her up, the legendary R&B singer had a string of hits, including the #1 single “Midnight Train to Georgia.” CLICK HERE FOR “MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA” • JOHN FOGERTY, 76: Musician. The guitarist and lead singer for the classic rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival has also had major solo success. CLICK HERE FOR CCR’S “DOWN ON THE CORNER” CLICK HERE FOR FOGERTY’S SOLO HIT “CENTERFIELD” • KYLIE MINOGUE, 53: Singer/Actress. She got famous on the Australian soap opera “Neighbours” before hitting big with a string of ‘80s hits. She’s sold more than 70-million records worldwide. CLICK HERE FOR “CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD” • CAREY MULLIGAN, 36: Actress. The British actress was an Academy Award nominee for her lead role in the recent hit “Promising Young Woman.” • JAKE JOHNSON, 43: Actor. Best known for playing Nick Miller on “New Girl,” he also voiced Peter Parker in the animated “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse.” • COLBIE CAILLET (kul-ay), 36: Singer/Songwriter. She first got noticed on MySpace before breaking out with “Bubbly” and her GRAMMY-winning collab with Jason Mraz, “Lucky.” CLICK HERE FOR “BUBBLY” CLICK HERE FOR “LUCKY” • BILLY VERA, 77: Singer. He had a huge #1 hit in 1987 with “At This Moment,” immortalized on the popular sitcom “Family Ties.” CLICK HERE FOR “AT THIS MOMENT” SATURDAY: • NOEL GALLAGHER, 54: Musician. The lead guitarist and songwriter for rock duo Oasis now fronts Noah Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. CLICK HERE FOR OASIS’ “WONDERWALL” CLICK HERE FOR HGIH FLYING BIRDS’ “WHAT A LIFE” • MEL B (Melanie Brown), 46: Singer. What does Scary Spice really, really want? For you to wish her a Happy Birthday. The Spice Girl and “America’s Got Talent” judge also acts. CLICK HERE FOR “WANNABE” • CARMELO ANTHONY, 37: NBA Player. The ten-time NBA All-Star also won gold in three Olympics. • GARY BROOKER, 76: Musician. He’s the founder and lead singer of the classic rock band Procol Harum, whose giant hit “Whiter Shade of Pale” sold more than 10-million copies. CLICK FOR “WHITER SHADE OF PALE” • DANIEL TOSH, 46: Comedian. The stand-up comedian and TV personality who hosted “Tosh-point-O” on Comedy Central also starred in the film “Love Guru.” • LaVERNE COX, 49: Actress/Activist. The transgender actress and LGBTQ activist who broke out in “Orange is the New Black” recently starred in the hit film “Promising Young Woman.” • REBBIE JACKSON, 71/LaTOYA JACKSON, 65: Singers. The first-born (Rebbie) and fifth child (LaToya) of the famous Jackson clan share a birthday. Each had her own solo career. CLICK HERE FOR LaTOYA’S “JUST WANNA DANCE” CLICK HERE FOR REBBIE’S “YOURS FAITHFULLY” SUNDAY: • SEAN GIAMBRONE, 22: Actor. He plays main character Adam Goldberg on the sitcom “The Goldbergs.” CLICK HERE FOR “THE GOLDBERGS” MAIN TITLE THEME • REMY MA (Reminisce Mackie), 41: Rapper. She broke out in Fat Joe’s Terror Squad and is one of only five female rappers to have a song top the Billboard Hot 100 chart. CLICK HERE FOR REMY MA’S “CONCEITED” • CEE-LO GREEN, 46: Singer. We won’t forget you, Cee-Lo. He sang “Crazy” with Gnarls Barkley and then went solo for “Forget You.” CLICK HERE FOR “CRAZY” CLICK HERE FOR “FORGET YOU” CLEAN • TOM MORELLO, 57: The guitarist for Rage Against the Machine recently toured with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. CLICK HERE FOR RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE’S “BULLS ON PARADE” CLEAN • IDINA MENZEL, 50: We just can’t “let it go,” so Happy Birthday to this Tony Award- winning actress (“Wicked”), who famously voices Elsa in the “Frozen” movies. CLICK HERE FOR “LET IT GO” CLICK HERE FOR JOHN TRAVOLTA BUTCHERING HER NAME AT THE OSCARS (00:20) • WYNONNA JUDD, 57: The Country music star who performed with her mom as The Judds and has had a long solo career is also the sister of actress Ashley Judd. CLICK HERE FOR THE JUDDS’ “LOVE CAN BUILD A BRIDGE” CLICK HERE FOR JUDD’S SOLO SONG “NO ONE ELSE ON EARTH” TRENDING/ODD AMAZON GIVES EMPLOYEES A BOOTH THEY CAN SCREAM & CRY IN (00:24) We’ve all heard horror stories about what it’s like working at an Amazon warehouse, but instead of improving their workload, Amazon has unveiled a small box that employees sit inside to cry or yell. Seriously! Amazon calls it the ‘ZenBooth.’ They say employees can go inside and ‘focus on their mental and emotional well-being’ by reading a bunch of pamphlets or staring at some potted plants. There’s also a chair and a fan. (Maybe they shoulda put a toilet in there since Amazon employees have reported using bottles to relieve themselves). CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO DESCRIPTION OF THE ‘ZENBOOTH’ STUDY: MONKEYS ADOPT OTHER MONKEY’S ACCENTS (00:23) Don’t be embarrassed if you start sounding British after watching too much Bridgerton.