TODAY’S BLOG — The most embarrassing thing each state googles more than anyone else … The top Halloween costumes for kids, adults, and pets this year … A website will tell you if you’re “young” or “old” for your job …
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Story 1: The Most Embarrassing Thing Each State Googles More Than Anyone Else
Have you ever googled something, and immediately felt embarrassed by how STUPID your question was? Someone looked at Google Trends and found the most embarrassing thing each state googles more than anyone else. Here’s 25 good ones, in alphabetical order . . .
- California . . . “How to quit a job you just started.”
- Delaware . . . “Are aliens real?”
- Florida . . . “How to get rid of a ghost.”
- Georgia . . . “Where is Africa?”
- Illinois . . . “What do we breathe out?” (The short answer is carbon dioxide. But it really only makes up about 4% of what you’re breathing out. The rest is mostly leftover nitrogen and oxygen.)
- Indiana . . . “How is a baby made?”
- Iowa . . . “How to get fired.”
- Kentucky . . . “How to become a vampire.”
- Louisiana . . . “Why do I sweat so much?” (Because you live in Louisiana.)
- Maine . . . “Disc golf.”
- Massachusetts . . . “Will Smith rap.”
- Michigan . . . “What am I good at?”
- Mississippi . . . “Is the Earth round?”
- Montana . . . “Nick Nolte.” (???)
- Nebraska . . . “Smelly feet.”
- Nevada . . . “Guy Fieri.”
- New Hampshire . . . “What does Hampshire mean?” (It was named after Hampshire, England.)
- New Jersey . . . “Weegee board,” spelled W-E-E-G-E-E instead of O-U-I-J-A.
- New Mexico . . . “Justin Bieber nudes.”
- New York . . . “Velour tracksuits.”
- Ohio . . . “Does my cat love me?” And in Texas, it’s “Does my dog love me?”
- Pennsylvania . . . “Nickelback concert.”
- South Dakota . . . “Dr. Phil.”
- Vermont . . . “Where is Canada?” (Vermont’s entire northern border touches it.)
- West Virginia . . . “Why is my poop green?”
Story 2: Here Are the Top Halloween Costumes for Kids, Adults, and Pets This Year
Halloween may look different in a lot of ways this year, but there are plenty of people who are still going to slap on a costume and pretend everything is fine.
According to the National Retail Federation, about half of people are still planning to dress up this year . . . which pretty much the same number of people who dressed up last year.
The 10 most popular costumes for kids are: Princess . . . Spider-Man . . . superhero . . . ghost . . . Batman . . . witch . . . vampire . . . “Frozen” characters . . . pumpkin . . . and cat.
The 10 most popular costumes for adults are: Witch . . . vampire . . . cat . . . Batman . . . ghost . . . pirate . . . zombie . . . nurse . . . princess . . . and a tie for 10th place between doctor and Spider-Man.
And the 10 most popular costumes for pets are: Pumpkin . . . hot dog . . . superhero . . . cat . . . bumblebee . . . ghost . . . dog . . . witch . . . devil . . . and bat.
Story 3: Are You “Young” or “Old” for Your Job? This Website Will Tell You
Would you say you’re “young” or “old” for the job you’re in? Or about average? Well, the jobs site Zippia.com has a new calculator that can tell you.
You enter your age and job title, and it tells you how much older or younger you are than the average worker in your position. And it’s got stats for a bunch of different jobs.
They also figured out the careers with the oldest and youngest workers, on average.
The youngest are people in the military, where the average is 31 years old. The rest of the top five young-person jobs are dancers and choreographers, 32 . . . bartenders, 36 . . . law clerks, 36 . . . and veterinary assistants, 37.
Tool and die makers are the oldest at an average of 50 years old. Followed by postal service clerks, just under 50 . . . CEOs, 49 . . . politicians, 49 . . . and bus drivers, 49.
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The Moore Yooou Knoooow: Random Facts to Feed Your Brain!
- In 1942, Manitoba, Canada tried to promote the sale of war bonds by staging a fake Nazi invasion of Winnipeg.
- Cleopatra lived closer to the debut of the iPhone than the building of the Great Pyramid. The Pyramid was finished in 2,540 B.C. Cleopatra was born 2,471 years later, in 69 B.C. And the iPhone debuted in 2007, just 2,076 years after her birth.
- The words “highbrow” and “lowbrow” come from phrenology, which is an old pseudoscience that measured people’s intelligence by the shape of their head. People with higher brow lines were considered more intelligent.
- Just like there are earthquakes here on Earth, there are moonquakes on the Moon, sunquakes on the Sun, and marsquakes on Mars.
- The first Super Bowl was carried by both CBS and NBC because of their TV contracts. No other Super Bowl has been on more than one network.
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