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National Geographic says Redheads set for extinction.. OMFG! Im an endangered Species

Genetic scientists warn that redheads are a dying breed; soon they will become extinct in the next 100 years. National Geographic magazine reports that less than two per cent of the world’s population has the natural red hair.

There are many famous redheads in history, such as the bard William Shakespeare, Christopher Columbus and the Queen Elizabeth, and the more recent ones Peter Beattie, Nicole Kidman, Prince Harry and Michael Voss. But the future doesn’t look bright for the redheads according to the National Geographic article. Red hair was created by a genetic mutation in northern Europe some thousands of years ago.

The article reports that the gene had the beneficial effect of increasing the body’s ability to cope with sunlight; it helped make vitamin D from Sunlight. But now because of worldwide interactions, today’s carriers are more prone to skin cancer and are more sensitive to heat and cold-related pain. Because of smaller percentage of redheads present in the population, it has reduced the chances considerably for the redheads to get redhead partners, so their offspring may or may not be a redhead.

The redhead can produce a baby from a single redhead parent; the chances rise when both the parents are redhead however. Some experts warn redheads could be gone as early 2060, but others say the gene can be dormant in the reproductive system for generations before returning. It is too early to predict redhead extinction, more research and analysis needs to be done if that is the case. For more about red hair check the Wikipedia article. I think it is time to start “Save the Redheads” campaign. Nicole Kidman could be an ideal choice to head the campaign. Do you have redheads in your family side? Do you see similar patterns?

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/220229#ixzz2adfYC000

Celebrity Birthdays and on this Day in History July 30, 2013: DEAN CAIN - Wesley Snipes - JK ROWLING

B.J. Novak - 34  (Ryan on "The Office" and writer extraordinaire.  He went from being Michael's INTERN to being Michael's BOSS .then back to being a TEMP. he in INGLORIOUS BASTARDS)

Dean Cain - 47  (Dean demolished Brooke Shields' hymen faster than a speeding bullet.  He deflowered her when they were both horny students at Yale.)  (True. Swear!)

J.K. Rowling - 48  ( British writer who gave us "Harry Potter" . . . and who is now RICHER THAN THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND.  It's probably no coincidence that in the books, Harry's birthday is also July 31st.)

Wesley Snipes - 51  (Tax cheat.Actor and did Drag once)

Bill Berry - 55  (Former drummer for R.E.M.  He had to quit in 1997 after a brain aneurysm.)

Michael Biehn - 57  (Kyle in "The Terminator", Corporal Hicks in "Aliens", the sheriff in "Planet Terror" AND he is Val Kilmer's "huckleberry", Johnny Ringo, in "Tombstone". I saw him first ina  movie called THE FAN i saw him first ina movie with Lauren BaCall)

Alan Autry - 61  (Captain Bubba Skinner on "In The Heat Of The Night"  and he was the mayor of Fresno, California, from 2001 to January of this year.) 

Barry Van Dyke - 62  (Detective Steve Sloan on "Diagnosis Murder".  His father is a Dick.  Literally. Dick Van Dyke).)

Gary Lewis - 68  (Son of Jerry Lewis, and leader of Gary Lewis & The Playboys.  Biggest hits:  1965's "This Diamond Ring" and 1966's "Everybody Loves A Clown".) 

George Liberace - (1911 - 1983)  (Liberace's brother.  Liberace's real name was Wladziu Valentino Liberace.  He and his mad piano skills were taken from us in 1987 by the AIDS.)

Ted Cassidy - (1932 - 1979)  (Lurch on "The Addams Family" TV series.)

1875 Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, died in Carter Station, Tenn., at age 66.

1928 - "LEO THE LION" roared for the first time at the beginning of MGM's first "talking" movie, "White Shadows In The South Seas".  There was only ONE WORD of dialogue in the entire film . . . that word was "Hello."

1792 - The cornerstone of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, PA, was laid. It was the first building to be used only as a U.S. government building.

1928 - MGM’s Leo the lion roared for the first time. He introduced MGM’s first talking picture, "White Shadows on the South Seas."

1932 - Enzo Ferrari retired from racing. In 1950 he launched a series of cars under his name

1969 - A Russian police chief reported that thousands of Moscow telephone booths were broken by raging Ruskie thieves who STOLE PHONE PARTS in order to CONVERT THEIR ACOUSTIC GUITARS TO ELECTRIC.  Rock & Roll Forever, comrades.


1972 Democratic vice-presidential candidate Thomas Eagleton withdrew from the ticket with George McGovern following disclosures that Eagleton had once undergone psychiatric treatment.

1977 The "Son of Sam" killer claimed his last victims when he shot and killed Stacy Moskowitz, 20, and seriously wounded her date as they sat in a parked car in Brooklyn, N.Y. (David Berkowitz was arrested less than two weeks later. He is serving six sentences of 25 years to life.)

1984 - The U.S. MEN'S GYMNASTICS TEAM upset China to win the team gold medal at the L.A. Summer Olympics.  They won thanks to perfect 10 performances by TIM DAGGETT, BART CONNER and MANTASTIC MITCH GAYLORD.

1991 - PRESIDENT BUSH and Soviet President MIKHAIL GORBACHEV signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Moscow.  They used pens made of metal from nuclear missiles that were destroyed under a 1987 treaty.

1995 - The WALT DISNEY COMPANY agreed to acquire CAPITAL CITIES-ABC in a $19 BILLION deal

1997 - In New York City, NY, police seized five bombs believed to be bound for terrorist attacks on city subways.

1998 - Nicolas Cage received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

2008 Scientists reported the Phoenix spacecraft had confirmed the presence of frozen water in Martian soil.

2009 Three American tourists were arrested by Iran on suspicion of espionage during what their families have said was a simple hiking trip along the Iraq-Iran border. (One was released on bail, the others remain in Iranian custody.)

2010 - ALICIA KEYS married producer SWIZZ BEATZ on the island of Corsica. She was plump with fetus at the time, and gave birth in October.

Oscar-Nominated Actress Eileen Brennan Dead at 80..awee i love her

Eileen Brennan, an actress nominated for an Oscar in 1981 for her supporting role as tough-talking drill captain Doreen Lewis in Goldie Hawn comedy "Private Benjamin," died on Sunday. She was 80.

 

Brennan's management company, Unified Management,said hat she passed away in a Burbank hospice after a battle with bladder cancer.

Celebrity Birthdays and on this Day in History July 29, 2013: Stephen Dorff - Tim gunn - Martina McBride

  Stephen Dorff (40) A HUNK. PERIOD!!

 Allison Mack - 31  (Chloe, the underrated blonde on "Smallville".)

Josh Radnor - 39  (Ted on "How I Met Your Mother".)

  Wil Wheaton - 41  (Hairless Wesley Crusher on  "Star Trek:  The Next Generation", and hairless Gordie in "Stand By Me".)
 
RODNEY ALLEN RIPPY!!! - 45  (Cute nubian kid from the Jack-in-the-Box commercials back in the '70s.)

Martina McBride - 47  (country girl)

 Alexandra Paul - 50  ("Baywatch" babe.)

Tim Gunn - 60  (Fashion consultant who stars in every single series ever shown on Bravo.)

Patti Scialfa - 60  (Mrs. Bruce Springsteen.)

Marilyn Quayle - 64  (Married to a dumbass moron.can u say Potato?)

ROZ KELLY!!! - 70  (was The Pinky Tuscadero on "Happy Days".)

Tony Sirico - 71  (was Paulie Walnuts on "The Sopranos".  He actually did time in prison for a couple of stickups back in the '60s.  True.)

Elizabeth Dole - 77  (Receiver of Bob Dole's Viagra-rejuvenated GOP monster.)

Peter Jennings - Would have been 75 - (1938 - 2005)

1771 - The delicious after-dinner drink, AQUA TUFANIA, was banned in England.  It was a poisonous concoction sold to husbands who wanted to kill their wives or enemies.  MADAM TUFANIA, the French woman who invented the drink, was publicly STRANGLED. 

1890 - VINCENT VAN GOGH died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers, France.

1957 Jack Paar debuted as host of NBC's "Tonight" show.

1966 - BOB DYLAN was injured in a motorcycle accident near his home in Woodstock, New York.  He broke several vertebrae, and suffered amnesia and mild paralysis and his voice and music were never the same.

1974 -  MAMA CASS ELLIOTT of the MAMAS & PAPAS died of a heart attack NOT from choking on the ham sandwich found next to her very strong bed.

1981 - PRINCE CHARLES and LADY DIANA were married before 2,500 guests at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.  The fairy-tale wedding was watched by 700 MILLION viewers around the world.  Charles and Diana were divorced on August 28th, 1996.

1983 - The film "Private School", starring PHOEBE CATES, opened.

1995 - "Dreaming Of You", by slain Tejano star SELENA, debuted at #1 on the charts some four months after her death.

1996 - 35-year-old CARL LEWIS shocked the world by taking the Gold medal in the long jump at the Atlanta Olympics.  It was his NINTH Gold, and it made him one of only two athletes ever to win the same event at four straight Olympic Games.

2000 - BRAD PITT married JENNIFER ANISTON.  Today would have been their 10th anniversary.  (Their divorce was finalized in October of

2005.  Angelina Jolie gave birth to Brad's daughter Shiloh in May of 2006.

2008Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, was indicted on seven felony counts of concealing more than a quarter of a million dollars in house renovations and gifts he had received from a powerful oil contractor. (A judge later dismissed the case, saying prosecutors had withheld evidence.)

Celebrity Birthdays and on this Day in History July 25, 2013: Matt Leblanc - Iman- Estelle Getty

 

Michael Welch - 26  (Mike Newton, one of Bella's boring human friends, in the "Twilight" movies.

Louise Brown - 35  (The word's first test tube baby . . . born in Oldham, England.  She had a baby of her own that she conceived naturally.  He's 3 years old now and she named him Cameron.  Here's what Louise looks like these days . . .)

D.B. Woodside - 44  (He was President Wayne Palmer on "24".)

Matt LeBlanc - 46 ( FREINDS and very weatlhy)

Gail Force - 47  (Mattress actress whose 175 fabulous  films include . . . "Coming In America", "Sex Fifth Avenue", "Hills Have Thighs", "White Trash, Black Splash" AND "Butt's Up Doc 2". YES- i typed BUTT'S UP DOC! )Estellehypnotized Kevin Bacon in "Stir of Echoes".Just love her)

Roger Clinton - 57  (THAT brother of BIll's) 

Iman - 58  (David Bowie's Nubian Queen Goddess.)

Verdine White - 62  (Earth, Wind & Fire.)  (Their biggest Hits include . . . "Shining Star", "Got to Get You Into My Life", "Sing a Song", "September", "Boogie Wonderland", "After the Love Has Gone" and "Let's Groove".)

Estelle Getty - Would have been 90 - (1923 - 2008)  (She died just three days short of her 85th birthday.  She was Bea Arthur's mom on "The Golden Girls" AND sadly..Sylvester Stallone's mom in "Stop!  Or My Mom Will Shoot".)   ( Even though she played Bea Arthur's mother on "The Golden Girls", Estelle was actually two and a half months YOUNGER than Bea.)

Brad Renfro - Would have been 31 - (1982 - 2008)  (A once-promising young actor who went on to develop a long rap sheet.  He was in "The Client" with Tommy Lee Jones when he was 12.  He died of an accidental heroin overdose in January of 2008.)

 1952     Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States.

1965     Bob Dylan shocked his fans at the Newport Folk Festival when he played electric guitar during a performance with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

1975     The musical "A Chorus Line" opened on Broadway.

1978     The first baby conceived by in-vitro fertilization was born in Oldham, England.

1984     Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space.

1994     Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan's King Hussein signed a declaration at the White House ending their countries' 46-year state of war.

1997     K.R. Narayanan became the first member of an "untouchable" Dalits caste to become India's president.

2000     Texas Gov. George W. Bush selected Dick Cheney to be his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket.

2008     California became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food.

1962 - The Elvis Presley film "Kid Galahad" premiered.

1965 - Bob Dylan appeared on stage at the Newport Jazz Festival with an electric guitar. It was his first non-acoustic set.

1966 - In San Francisco, CA, the Rolling Stones performed their last U.S. concert with Brian Jones.

1967 - The Beatles and other U.K. rock groups urged the British government to legalize marijuana. Their comments were made in a London Times advertisement signed by all four of the Beatles.

1969 - Neil Young made his first appearance with Crosby, Stills and Nash.

1970 - Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4" was released.

1971 - The Beach Boys released their album "Surf's Up."

1975 - "A Chorus Line" debuted on Broadway. The show closed in 1990 after 6,137 performances.

1980 - KISS introduced their new drummer, Eric Carr, at a concert at the Paladium in New York City.

1980 - AC\DC released "Back In Black," their first album with Brian Johnson as lead singer.

1990 - Rosanne Barr sang the National Anthem in San Diego before a Padres baseball game. She was booed for her performance.

1995 - Nina Simone fired a gun at a pair of noisy teenagers playing next door to her home in southern France. She was put on 18 months probation and ordered to seek psychological counseling.

2006 - Metallica put up four albums for sale on iTunes. The albums "Kill 'Em All", "Ride The Lightning", "Master of Puppets" and "...And Just For All" included previously unreleased tracks recorded in Seatle in 1989. Metallica had led the charge against the original Napster online file-sharing service.

 

Michael Welch - 26  (Mike Newton, one of Bella's boring human friends, in the "Twilight" movies.

Louise Brown - 35  (The word's first test tube baby . . . born in Oldham, England.  She had a baby of her own that she conceived naturally.  He's 3 years old now and she named him Cameron.  Here's what Louise looks like these days . . .)

D.B. Woodside - 44  (He was President Wayne Palmer on "24".)

Matt LeBlanc - 46 ( FREINDS and very weatlhy)

Gail Force - 47  (Mattress actress whose 175 fabulous  films include . . . "Coming In America", "Sex Fifth Avenue", "Hills Have Thighs", "White Trash, Black Splash" AND "Butt's Up Doc 2". YES- i typed BUTT'S UP DOC! )Estellehypnotized Kevin Bacon in "Stir of Echoes".Just love her)

Roger Clinton - 57  (THAT brother of BIll's) 

Iman - 58  (David Bowie's Nubian Queen Goddess.)

Verdine White - 62  (Earth, Wind & Fire.)  (Their biggest Hits include . . . "Shining Star", "Got to Get You Into My Life", "Sing a Song", "September", "Boogie Wonderland", "After the Love Has Gone" and "Let's Groove".)

Estelle Getty - Would have been 90 - (1923 - 2008)  (She died just three days short of her 85th birthday.  She was Bea Arthur's mom on "The Golden Girls" AND sadly..Sylvester Stallone's mom in "Stop!  Or My Mom Will Shoot".)   ( Even though she played Bea Arthur's mother on "The Golden Girls", Estelle was actually two and a half months YOUNGER than Bea.)

Brad Renfro - Would have been 31 - (1982 - 2008)  (A once-promising young actor who went on to develop a long rap sheet.  He was in "The Client" with Tommy Lee Jones when he was 12.  He died of an accidental heroin overdose in January of 2008.)

 1952     Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States.

1965     Bob Dylan shocked his fans at the Newport Folk Festival when he played electric guitar during a performance with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

1975     The musical "A Chorus Line" opened on Broadway.

1978     The first baby conceived by in-vitro fertilization was born in Oldham, England.

1984     Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space.

1994     Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan's King Hussein signed a declaration at the White House ending their countries' 46-year state of war.

1997     K.R. Narayanan became the first member of an "untouchable" Dalits caste to become India's president.

2000     Texas Gov. George W. Bush selected Dick Cheney to be his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket.

2008     California became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food.

1962 - The Elvis Presley film "Kid Galahad" premiered.

1965 - Bob Dylan appeared on stage at the Newport Jazz Festival with an electric guitar. It was his first non-acoustic set.

1966 - In San Francisco, CA, the Rolling Stones performed their last U.S. concert with Brian Jones.

1967 - The Beatles and other U.K. rock groups urged the British government to legalize marijuana. Their comments were made in a London Times advertisement signed by all four of the Beatles.

1969 - Neil Young made his first appearance with Crosby, Stills and Nash.

1970 - Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4" was released.

1971 - The Beach Boys released their album "Surf's Up."

1975 - "A Chorus Line" debuted on Broadway. The show closed in 1990 after 6,137 performances.

1980 - KISS introduced their new drummer, Eric Carr, at a concert at the Paladium in New York City.

1980 - AC\DC released "Back In Black," their first album with Brian Johnson as lead singer.

1990 - Rosanne Barr sang the National Anthem in San Diego before a Padres baseball game. She was booed for her performance.

1995 - Nina Simone fired a gun at a pair of noisy teenagers playing next door to her home in southern France. She was put on 18 months probation and ordered to seek psychological counseling.

2006 - Metallica put up four albums for sale on iTunes. The albums "Kill 'Em All", "Ride The Lightning", "Master of Puppets" and "...And Just For All" included previously unreleased tracks recorded in Seatle in 1989. Metallica had led the charge against the original Napster online file-sharing service.