NFL Turns 100

Happy 100 to our favorite sports league, the NFL!

The iPhone Turns 10, it Really Changed Everything

A clip that ran today.

Google Doodle Honors Bram Stoker

Google honors Bram Stoker today with this Doodle.

It would be his 165th birthday on Thursday.

Born on November 8, 1847 in Dublin, Ireland, Abraham "Bram" Stoker was a short story writer and novelist, well known for his 1857 Gothic fiction novel Dracula.

Joan of Arc Turns.... 600

The French city of Orleans is preparing for festivities over the next two weeks to mark the 600th birthday of one of France's best cultural exports: Joan of Arc.

It was quite a sight on Tuesday, as the Loire River swarmed with wooden boats filled with locals dressed in medieval garb — re-enacting Joan of Arc's legendary entry into the city in 1429.

It's an event that liberated Orleans from English invaders, and sealed her place in the history books. It has inspired, over the centuries, myriad novels, poems, rock songs, operas, plays — and even a blockbuster Hollywood feature film with Milla Jovovich.

"It's marvelous to see the children dressing up and learning about this great French heroine who's known all over the world," said Jacques Dubarre, dressed in a velvet mantel. "Of course we're also having fun."

In a testament to her international appeal, some 600 contemporary artists — from as far as the U.S., Japan and Russia — have made portraits of Joan of Arc through the ages that will be projected on the City Hall this Friday.

Should be quite a celebration.

Cheerios Turns 70

Cheerios is turning 70 and is still the most popular cereal brand in American grocery stores. In fact, one out of every eight boxes of cereal sold in the U.S. is some variety of Cheerios.

A plant in Buffalo, New York has been producing the cereal since 1941. More than 10 shapes and sizes were considered before the makers settled on little Os.

Since 1999, the company has focused on promoting the cereal as healthy; it's made from whole-grain oats, with 3 grams of fiber and 1 gram of sugar per serving.

Fun facts about the cereal:

• Cheerios are made by heating balls of dough then shooting them out of a puffing gun at 100 mph.

• It would take 3,155,524,416 Cheerios to circle the Earth. 

• General Mills sold 1.8 million cases (each containing 12 boxes) in the first year, 1941.

• Four years after their debut, Cheerioats were renamed Cheerios.

• In 1979, Honey Nut Cheerios were introduced, followed by Apple Cinnamon Cheerios in 1988, MultiGrain Cheerios in 1992, Frosted Cheerios in 1995, Berry Burst Cheerios in 2001 and Chocolate Cheerios in 2010.

• Honey Nut Cheerios have outsold the originals since 2009.