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Celebrate German Heritage and put some guten in your tag at Peoria Oktoberfest this weekend on the Peoria Riverfront!
09/21/2024

Celebrate German Heritage and put some guten in your tag at Peoria Oktoberfest this weekend on the Peoria Riverfront!

It’s another Friday night roundup of classic gets LIVE. Welcome to the weekend and enjoy the poorman’s concert. 😎~Stech...
09/20/2024

It’s another Friday night roundup of classic gets LIVE. Welcome to the weekend and enjoy the poorman’s concert. 😎

~Stech’

FAQtoid:A guy by the name of John Holahan invented Lucky Charms in 1964, when he decided to see how it tasted to put pie...
09/20/2024

FAQtoid:
A guy by the name of John Holahan invented Lucky Charms in 1964, when he decided to see how it tasted to put pieces of Brach's Circus Peanuts in his Cheerios. An advertising company employed by the General Mills Co. suggested marketing the NEW cereal around the idea of charm bracelets. Thus, Lucky Charms were born.

Dad Joke -
"Where did people hang out during medieval times?" (at KNIGHT clubs) 😜😝😂

Number of the Day -
Did you know the Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs? Illustrating the vastness of natural formations on our planet. How about football fields? Shaped by millions of years of erosion, the canyon is 277 miles long and averages about 4,000 feet deep — It would hold the length of 11 football fields.

Brain T**z -
Q: The First Of One Of THESE Appeared In Canada In 1953. (A: credit cards)

(The Diners Club card became the first internationally accepted charge card in 1953 when businesses in Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and the United Kingdom began accepting it.)

September 20th• 41 days to HalloweenNational Pepperoni Pizza DayNational Queso DayHometown Salutes -Hopeulikit, Georgia:...
09/20/2024

September 20th

• 41 days to Halloween
National Pepperoni Pizza Day
National Queso Day

Hometown Salutes -
Hopeulikit, Georgia: This small town got its distinctive name from a 1920s dance hall called "Hope You Like It." population 769.

Birthdays: Gunnar and Matthew Nelson (Nelson Twins) are 57.
The 1990 hit (Can't Live Without Your) "Love and Affection".

This Day In Music:
1969 - Based on the comic-book TV series Archie and his friends, The Archie's started a four-week run at No.1 with "Sugar Sugar".
This became the longest running 'One Hit Wonder' in the UK after spending eight weeks at the top of the charts.
1971 - Peter Frampton quit Humble Pie to follow a solo career.
1973 - On his way to perform his second concert of the day, singer, songwriter Jim Croce was tragically killed with five others when his plane hit a tree on take off in Louisiana.
1976 - AC/DC released their third album, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
1976 - The Captain and Tennille musical variety show premiered on ABC TV.

09/20/2024
09/20/2024

QI: You're more likely to be stung by a bee if you're doing THIS. What is THIS?

National Toy Hall Of Fame nominees are announced today...
09/20/2024

National Toy Hall Of Fame nominees are announced today...

FAQtoid:What does Walmart stock up on before a big storm? Before a hurricane, the two top-selling items at Walmart are P...
09/19/2024

FAQtoid:
What does Walmart stock up on before a big storm? Before a hurricane, the two top-selling items at Walmart are Pop-Tarts and Beer. According to a former chief information officer for Walmart, Strawberry Pop-Tarts increased in sales, like seven times their normal sales rate, ahead of a Hurricane. And the pre-hurricane top-selling item was Beer.

Dad Joke -
"Why are Pirates called Pirates? They just RRRR! 😝
"Why do Pirates take so long to learn the alphabet? Becasue the spend years at C!"😂

Number of the Day -
The painting that Bob Ross completed on the very first episode of
"The Joy of Painting" back in 1983 sold for $9.85 million. Titled "A Walk in the Woods," could be the most expensive Bob Ross piece to ever be sold. Bob Ross paintings are pretty hard to come by.
Most of the ones he did are in storage and not for sale. Bob died in 1995.

Brain T**z -
Q: A survey found the average family sends over 10,000 texts to each other in a year. What's the #1 thing they are texting about?
(Answer: Dinner plans or what's for dinner)

September 19thTalk Like A Pirate Day - A fun day when people are encouraged to talk like pirates. What's a pirate's favo...
09/19/2024

September 19th

Talk Like A Pirate Day - A fun day when people are encouraged to talk like pirates. What's a pirate's favorite letter in the alphabet? | would say RRRRR!, nope! Everyone thinks it would be R, but a pirate's true love be the C.

Butterscotch Pudding Day

Birthdays: Trisha Yearwood is 60, Lita Ford is 66.

Hometown Salutes -
Treasure Island, Florida. The name comes from a marketing scheme in the early 20th century, when property owners buried wooden chests on the beach and pretended to find them. The chests were said to be filled with treasure and news spread quickly. People wanted to find out for themselves.

Treasure Island, FL. population 6,558!

This Day In Music:
1968 - Steppenwolf earn a Gold record for their #2 hit, "Born to be Wild"
1974 - Max Weinberg made his debut as the drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
1975 - Eric Clapton got a gold record for a Bob Marley cover tune
"I Shot The Sheriff."
1987 - The Grateful Dead hit #10 on Hot 100 with "Touch Of Grey", it was the only hit song for the band.
1988 - Bon Jovi released their fourth album "New Jersey".
", which
included their hits "Bad Medicine" and "I'll Be There For You".

09/19/2024

QI: If you want to cause someone anxiety .. text them THIS word.

Inconveniences  ... that should have been solved by now.
09/19/2024

Inconveniences ... that should have been solved by now.

"It can keep you awake at night. It can make you miserable."

Lost one of the greats this week...
09/19/2024

Lost one of the greats this week...

J.D. Souther's catalog included classic songs recorded by the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, and James Taylor, as well as his own solo projects

September 18thNational Rice Krispie Treat DayNational Cheeseburger DayHometown Salutes -Atomic City, Idaho: It was calle...
09/18/2024

September 18th

National Rice Krispie Treat Day
National Cheeseburger Day

Hometown Salutes -
Atomic City, Idaho: It was called "Midway" until 1950, as it's halfway between the towns of Blackfoot and Arco (home of Experimental Breeder Reactor I, the world's first electricity-generating nuclear power plant). Atomic City, Idaho population of 41.

This Day In Music:
1970 - We lost Jimi Hendrix, he was found dead in his London apartment. He was just 27.
The same year Black Sabbath released their second album, with their classic hits "Iron Man", "War Pigs", and the title track,
"Paranoid"
1976 - "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry hit #1 on the charts.
1983 - KISS appeared (on MTV) without their make-up for the first time.

FAQtoid:
Did you know in Taiwan, garbage trucks like ice cream trucks around here, are equipped with speakers that play music to remind people to bring their trash out to the streets? It's a call to action jingle, a signal to tie up those plastic bags: It's trash collection time.

Dad Joke -
"Did you hear about the truck transporting steaks that got into a wreck?" (some car T-boned it!) 😆😂

Number of the Day -
The guy who invented the "upside-down" ketchup bottles with the opening at the bottom instead of the top, sold his company to Heinz in 1995 for $13 million.

Brain T**z -
Q: 48% of women say they HATE this when their man does this
When the get into the refrigerator?
(A: drink straight from a carton or jug)

09/18/2024

Would You Rather Wednesday .... Would you rather do a speech in front of the whole school or be in the school talent show?

09/18/2024

QI: Nine out of ten people do THIS while shopping for food. What is it?

09/18/2024

National Cheeseburger Day!! Where do you go for a delicious cheeseburger? Your favorite?

September 17thInternational Country Music DayBirthdays - Elvira is 73. The Mistress of the Dark.Hometown Salutes -Tightw...
09/17/2024

September 17th

International Country Music Day

Birthdays - Elvira is 73. The Mistress of the Dark.

Hometown Salutes -
Tightwad, Missouri. The name is said to stem from an episode in which a store owner cheated a customer, who was a postman, by charging him an extra 50 cents for a better watermelon. Today we salute Tightwad, Missouri population 64.

This Day In Music -
1967 - Appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Doors are asked to change the line "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" in their hit
"Light My Fire" to "Girl, we couldn't get much better." Lead singer Jim Morrison agrees, then sings the offending line anyway, angering the Ed and earning a lifetime ban from the show.
1967 - Keith Moon of The Who rigs his bass drum to explode at the end of "My Generation" during the group's appearance on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, but he doesn't realize that the stage crew has already set the charge. The resulting explosion cuts Moon's leg, singes Pete Townshend's hair.
1991 - Instead of releasing a double album, which they decide would be too expensive for fans, Guns N' Roses issue both Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion Il on the same day.

FAQtoid:
There are 20 possible answers in a Magic 8-Ball. 10 of the options give you a YES to your question, 5 give you a NO, and 5 say the 8-Ball is uncertain. So when you ask it a question, there's only a 25% chance you'll get a "NO."

Dad Joke -
"How do Cows stay up to date on current events? (they read the MOOOS PAPER!) 😂

Number of the Day -
(3000) One cow hide can produce up to 20 footballs. So that means that around 3,000 cow hides are used each year for NFL footballs.

Brain T**z -
Q: 10% of us have stolen THIS from work. What is it?
(A: Toilet Paper)

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09/17/2024

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09/17/2024

QI: This will happen for the first time in Hollywood. Soon. What is it?

What do you think...?
09/16/2024

What do you think...?

Marriages last longest in West Virginia.  Shortest in Alaska...
09/16/2024

Marriages last longest in West Virginia. Shortest in Alaska...

It's International Chocolate Day. Yum!!
09/13/2024

It's International Chocolate Day. Yum!!

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