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2/22/2012

According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control, the ten saltiest foods we eat make up 44% of our sodium intake.  Most of them aren't NATURALLY salty, but food companies ADD the salt.  In fact, the USDA says naturally occurring salt only accounts for about 13% of our ... More
2/22/2012

Google Plans to Sell Glasses That Display Real-Time Information by the End of the Year

The future is HERE.  We'll all be able to buy TERMINATOR glasses sometime in the next ten months.  According to some solid rumors, Google is working on glasses that will stream real-time information about whatever you're looking at, right in front of your eyes.  And they'll go on sale before ... More
2/22/2012

Less Than Half of Parents Think They Picked the Perfect Name for Their Child

When you give your child a name, you don't have any data to go on:  You don't know anything about their personality, so you just pick the name you like.  And apparently, the majority of parents think they dropped the ball. According to a new survey, 54% of parents say ... More
2/22/2012

You Can Predict a Person's Job Performance by Looking at Their Facebook Profile for Just Ten Minutes

You might have cleaned up your Facebook profile so employers wouldn't see your drunk bachelor party pictures, but they can still find plenty of information there.  Researchers from Northern Illinois, the University of Evansville, and Auburn found that looking at people's Facebook pages for just ten minutes could predict how ... More
2/22/2012

The Average Couple Kisses Three Times a Day

How often do you kiss your husband or wife?  According to a new survey, if you're recently married, the answer is probably "a ton."  And if you've been married for a while, the answer is probably "um . . . who?"  The survey found that the average couple kisses 21 ... More
2/22/2012

You Need to Start Playing Office Politics to Get Ahead, Because Your Coworkers Already Are

If you try your best to avoid office politics because you think your hard work and talent are going to help you get ahead . . . nope.  Your coworkers ARE playing office politics, and it's working. In a new survey by a staffing company called Robert Half International, 56% ... More
2/22/2012

There's a Hoarder So Messy, You Can See His Overflowing House on Google Maps

If you're fascinated by HOARDERS, which we're guessing you are, since EVERYONE'S fascinated by hoarders, you're going to want to check this out.  In East San Jose, California, a local ABC station is on a MISSION to help one extreme hoarder.  How extreme?  He's hoarded so much stuff that it completely ... More
2/21/2012

Want to Lose Weight, Get Smarter, and Live Longer? Stop Eating Every Other Day

We've got good news and bad news here.  The good news:  Scientists have figured out a way for you to lose weight, get smarter, and live longer.  And you can start doing it RIGHT NOW.  The bad news:  It's going to make three days out of your week BRUTAL.  Researchers ... More
2/21/2012

If You Can't Stand Being Away From Your Phone, You Might Have Nomophobia

Do you suffer from nomophobia?  If you can't stand being away from your phone, then you probably do.  Nomophobia is a new, made-up term that's short for "no mobile phobia."  It started in Great Britain, where they call phones "mobiles." Symptoms include getting anxious when you don't have your phone, ... More
2/21/2012

Nine New Stats on How Families Today are Spending Time Together

So far, iPads, video games, and cell phones haven't COMPLETELY destroyed the chance of families actually interacting with each other.  According to a new survey of 2,000 families, 54% of parents say they still play old-fashioned BOARD GAMES with their children, and 60% still do sing-alongs in the car.  51% ... More
2/21/2012

Fast Food Workers are Way More Likely Than Anyone Else to Say They Make the World a Worse Place?

Whenever we go to McDonald's, we get the sense that the employees HATE us, and all the other customers too.  But we didn't realize they also hated THEMSELVES.  A new survey asked more than 30,000 workers in the U.S. if their job makes the world a better place or a worse place.  Only about 1% ... More
2/21/2012

The Average Facelift Makes You Look Seven Years Younger

If you're thinking about getting a FACELIFT because you want to look younger, here's what you can expect.  It won't make someone who's 40 look 20, but it COULD make a 40-year-old look like they're in their early 30s.  A new study found that a facelift makes the average person ... More
2/21/2012

Four Ridiculous Things They Offer at Luxury Hotels

The whole point of staying at a luxury hotel is to be pampered.  But according to an article in "USA Today", the amenities they offer are getting more and more ridiculous.  For example, the Ritz-Carlton in Miami Beach has a "tanning butler" on staff whose sole job is to rub ... More
2/20/2012

A Vet Told a Woman Her Injured Dog Needed to Be Put to Sleep, Then Gave It To New Owners Instead

Lisa Gossett of Albuquerque, New Mexico had a one-year-old Chihuahua named Lola, who was attacked by a larger dog four months ago.   She took Lola to the vet, and they told her she had two choices:  They could do an expensive operation that only had a 20% chance of working, ... More
2/20/2012

Over Half of Women Say Wrinkles are the Most Obvious Sign of Aging, And One-Fifth Say Their Wrinkles Make Them Depressed

According to a new survey, 19% of women say that having wrinkles make them feel SAD or DEPRESSED. Women also identified wrinkles as the main sign of aging.  51% of women say wrinkles are the most obvious sign they're getting old, followed by sore joints at 24%, grey hair at ... More
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