15% OF US AREN’T A ‘MORNING PERSON’ _ If you dread waking up in the mornings, you’re not alone. A survey of Americans found that one in seven said they’re not morning people. How do we feel when we wake up in the morning?
• Refreshed (37%)
• Tired (35%)
• Energized (32%)
• Groggy (31%)
• Happy (28%)
• Peaceful (26%)
• Excited (25%)
• Moody (23%)
• Grumpy (19%)
• Angry (14%)
THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE NFL
• An average game containes about 11 minutes of actual action from the snap to the whistle.
• Instant replays account for about 17 minutes of a typical NFL broadcast.
• Roughly 75 minutes of a broadcast show players huddling, lining up, walking between plays, coaches, officials, and other moments when the ball is not in play.
• If an NFL team forfeits a game, the official score is recorded as 2-0 in favor of the other team.
• The most lopsided game in NFL history was the 1940 NFL Championship, when the Chicago Bears defeated Washington 73-0.
• The first NFL regular-season game played outside the United States took place in Mexico City in 2005.
PLAY-DOH IS 70 _ 70 years ago this month (September 16) Play-Doh went on sale to the general public, although it had been used in educational settings in the early ’50s.
• The product was first manufactured in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a wallpaper cleaner in the 1930s.
• It was saved from obscurity after World War II when a nursery school teacher, Kay Zufall, realized children loved using the wallpaper cleaner as an art material.
• The product was almost named “Rainbow Modeling Compound,” but Zufall and her husband suggested “Play-Doh” instead.
• Hasbro successfully registered the trademark for Play-Doh’s distinctive scent in 2018, officially describing it as a sweet, slightly musky, vanilla-like fragrance with overtones of cherry and salted dough.
• For its 50th anniversary, a limited-edition perfume was made that mimicked the smell of Play-Doh for nostalgic adults.
• The mascot Play-Doh Pete wore a beret for over 30 years before it was replaced with a baseball cap in 2000, and he was officially retired in 2003.
• Though it is primarily made of water, salt, and flour, a petroleum additive gives it a smooth feel and borax is added to prevent mold from developing.
