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The "Good Dog, Carl" picture book series by Alexandra Day stars a gentle Rottweiler named Carl who secretly babysits a baby, showing a softer side of a breed often seen as intimidating.
The Ford F-Series has been the best-selling truck in the US since 1977 and the best-selling vehicle of any kind in the US since 1981.
The Ford F-Series debuted in 1948 with the F-1 pickup.
The Ford F-150 was introduced in 1975 and became the most popular model in the F-Series lineup.
In 2015, Ford switched the F-150's body to military-grade aluminum alloy, cutting up to about 700 pounds to improve fuel economy and capability.
Ford launched the all-electric F-150 Lightning in 2022, and it can even power a house during a blackout.
The Ford F-150 Raptor, introduced in 2010, is a high-performance off-road truck built with long-travel suspension for desert racing-style driving.
Ford introduced the slogan "Built Ford Tough" for its trucks in 1979.
The heavy-duty F-250, F-350, and larger trucks were split off into the Ford Super Duty line in 1999 for serious towing and hauling.
The Ford F-150 is built at the Dearborn Truck Plant in Michigan and the Kansas City Assembly Plant in Missouri.
The Ford F-Series is one of the most profitable vehicle lines in the world, and its sales would make it a major company on its own if it were separate from Ford.
Toyota has raced the Camry in NASCAR's top series since 2007.
The Boston Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1920. The "Curse of the Bambino" supposedly kept Boston from winning the World Series until 2004.
About 52.5 million people in the US watched the "Friends" series finale in 2004, one of the most-watched TV episodes of the 2000s.
The American version of "The Office" was adapted from the 2001 British series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
"The Simpsons" is the longest-running American scripted primetime TV series.
Time magazine named "The Simpsons" the best TV series of the 20th century.
"Frasier" won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series five years in a row, from 1994 to 1998.
"Frasier" returned with a revival series on Paramount+ in 2023.
The "How I Met Your Mother" finale was controversial because many fans disliked how the series ended.
The elevator in Sheldon and Leonard's building was broken for almost the whole series and was finally fixed in the last season.
"Modern Family" won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series five years in a row, from 2010 to 2014, tying the record set by "Frasier."
The "M*A*S*H" TV series was based on Robert Altman's 1970 film, which was adapted from a novel by Richard Hooker.
Gary Burghoff, who played Radar, was the only main actor to play the same role in both the "M*A*S*H" movie and TV series.
The rosary is a string of prayer beads Catholics use to pray a series of prayers, many of them devoted to Mary.
The Harry Potter series is the best-selling book series of all time, with more than 600 million copies sold.
Vincent van Gogh painted a series of still lifes of sunflowers.
Claude Monet painted series of the same subject in different light, like haystacks and Rouen Cathedral.
A painting from Claude Monet's haystack series sold for about $110.7 million in 2019.
Ashtanga yoga is organized into six series of poses.
The World Series of Poker started in 1970 at Binion's Horseshoe casino in Las Vegas, and Johnny Moss was voted its first champion.
In 2003, an amateur named Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker Main Event and $2.5 million after qualifying through an $86 online tournament, sparking a nationwide poker boom.
World Series of Poker event winners receive a championship bracelet.