Actor Everett McGill, 80, was born Charles Everett McGill III on Oct. 21, 1945 in Miami Beach, Fla. He is best known for his roles in the films Dune, Silver Bullet, Heartbreak Ridge, and License to Kill.
2010 - The International Space Station set the record for the longest continuous human occupation of space with 3,641 days. That’s 9 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 5 days.
Fact of the Day
Greenland can't join FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) because not enough grass can be grown there to have an official field.
Nature Oddities
Fire ants are so invasive in the U.S. that $5 billion a year is spent annually on medical treatment and damage control.
Food and Drink
Beans give you gas because of a sugar found in beans called oligonucleotide that the body can't fully break down. When these sugars move into the small intestine, bacteria that live there are able to successfully digest them, and it’s the bacteria that actually produces the gas.