It seems Americans knew exactly what to do with their latest round of stimulus checks -- spend it. But the items purchased by the recipients of the $1,400 payments indicates a public weary of the pandemic blues.

Retail sales jumped nearly 10% in March after qualified Americans received their checks, and much of it was spent on the bare essentials -- rent, groceries and past due bills. But further analysis shows those recipients are also looking forward to some play time in the near future.

Sporting goods equipment for playing in the great outdoors, clothing that actually shows some skin compared to the recent sweatpants trend, and grooming gear for removing those lockdown beards and unwanted body hair are among the hottest items flying off the shelves over the last month.

But perhaps the biggest indicators that Americans are ready to let the good times roll is an explosive rise in the sell of champagne. Long-delayed weddings, graduations and family celebrations have been postponed for far too long and people are finally ready to pop the cork. 

Those are just a few of the go-to goods people are spending their stimulus checks on this spring in hopes of getting back to business as usual soon.

SEE THE 7 THINGS AMERICANS ARE SPENDING THEIR CHECKS ON

A new-and-improved version of the social media network Parler was cleared to return to Apple's App Store on Monday after making the necessary changes to its format since the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill.

Parler, a virtual hot spot for conservatives before it was booted off online marketplaces, dubbed itself "the free speech social network" before finding itself at the center of political upheaval. Rioters used the app to coordinate the attack and post material deemed in violation of Apple's content rules, earning Parler a spot on the social media sidelines.

However, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said early this year that Parler could return the App Store if it changed how it moderates posts on the platform. Parler responded by firing its chief executive John Matze soon after the attack on the Capitol and implementing new policies to get back in the App Store. As a result, the Parler is open, but will anyone return?

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BTS fans might not be able to sing and dance like the hottest boy band in K-pop, but now they can eat like a member of the group courtesy of McDonald's next installment in its ongoing Famous Orders promotion.

Seeing spikes in sales during its Travis Scott and J. Balvin meals, Mickey D's has decided to add some international flair with the boys of BTS. The megastar boy band is passing up the Happy Meal for a big-boy combo.

The BTS meal will feature a 10-piece order of McNuggets (that's about 1.2 nugget per band member) with fries and a drink. Yes, it's sort of bland for the flashy K-pop crowd, which is why BTS is spicing things up with Sweet Chili and Cajun dipping sauces that will light you up like dynamite.

We've actually come up with a meal more appropriate for BTS -- order whatever you want and move your lips like you're pretending to eat it.

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It's 4/20, an unofficial holiday celebrating marijuana. Smokers have long used "420" as code for getting high, but what does the number reference?

(Friday's answer: "The Simpson" debuted as a short on "The Tracey Ullman Show" before becoming TV's longest-running scripted series.)

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