Blowing Bubbles

IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1952: A 17-year-old Bonham, Texas, housecat named Dusty set a Guinness record by giving birth to her 420th kitten. • 1965: Queen Elizabeth honored the Beatles by making them members of the Order of the British Empire. Several British Army officers were so outraged, they returned their medals. • 1981: Little-known comedian David Letterman hosted “Looking for Fun” on HBO. • 1987: President Ronald Reagan publicly challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate. • 1994: Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered outside her home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson was later acquitted of the killings, but was held liable in a civil suit. SPECIAL EVENTS • Jerky Day • Peanut Butter Cookie Day • Superman Day • Red Rose Day NUMBER FOR THE DAY 6,709: Spontaneous decisions made every year. NEWS ATTACK! - Speaking of spontaneous, A new survey finds the average person will act spontaneously about 18 times per day. And the study (by OnePoll) found those who considered themselves a “spontaneous person” were 40 percent more likely to consider themselves a happy person. - Twitter may be adding emoji reactions - In Romania, judges shut down a court room because three-quarters of the people in it were chewing gum and blowing bubbles. - 82% of men rate their health as good to excellent. - The stock market plunged 7% Thursday. - We’ll see new movies in theaters beginning July 1. - Kelly Clarkson is getting a divorce. Kelly and Brandon had been having problems for several months and were making a conscious effort to work things out. They both hoped quarantining away from L.A. in Montana would help them work things out in their marriage, but instead the change in environment was actually detrimental. - A guy on Twitter is catching heck for feeding his cat ice cream. The 11-second clip has received nearly 400,000 views since Monday when it was posted - A couple of restaurant owners in Thailand have been given 723 years in prison for a seafood scam. The pair sold vouchers to customers that entitled them to use their seafood buffet at an extremely low price. But they later reneged on the promotions… And they get 723 years for it? - 52% of single men and 39% of single women say they’ll have the traditional phrase “to honor and obey” in their wedding ceremony. - A South Carolina couple made a surprising discovery while exploring the Stono River outside of Charleston: they found a prehistoric megalodon shark tooth larger than a human hand. The couple said the tooth is 5.75 inches from the tip to the root, weighs just under a pound and is three to five millions years old. - Two British brothers were nabbed for burglary when one of the robbers got stuck trying to break into a department store. UK police arrested the men after the older brother got himself stuck trying to fit his 238-pound frame through a 2-foot hole in the side of the department store. - A guy in England was sent to hospital with serious injuries after his second-floor balcony collapsed, sending him and a portable swimming pool plummeting about 12 feet to the ground. The man was on his townhouse balcony with the pool when the structure crashed to the ground. The man landed on the ground and was soaked by water from the swimming pool. Water Cooler Question Twenty percent of you will not go on vacation for this reason. (You have no place to leave your pets) <a href="https://www.lowtreestudios.com" rel="noopener noreferrer"...