Posts tagged “News”
SuperBowl Video Sets Record for Sales
The plot held no secrets, the characters were familiar, and yet neither the players nor fans who gathered at the premiere of the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl highlight video seemed to care that they saw most of the material before. Although it first went on sale this week, the video has already set a
Got Sleep?
Sleep hogs beware. A new study suggests that individuals who sleep eight hours or more a night actually have an increased death rate compared to those who average fewer hours. Study subjects who slept seven hours a night had the best survival rates. Those sleeping eight hours a night were 12 percent more likely to
Dangerous Jobs
According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), farm workers are risking their lives every time they enter a manure pit.
Run = Smart
From the news desk: Jogging May Make You Smarter link via adampsyche
A Bear Suit
To some, Hurtubise is a cult hero. He’s burned through more than $100,000 and gone bankrupt building a 150-pound protective suit of titanium, plastic, chain mail, galvanized steel, rubber and thousands of feet of duct tape. To test his invention, Hurtubise has been run over by a truck, hit by a moving car, smashed in
Obscure Store
In which he posts a few links about birds
Day!
In which he is annoyed by a television anchor
eGads!
Crawling worm lives inside human body – another incident registered in Ulyanovsk region Yeah. Uhm. That’s not so cool. belated link via the mini-wetlog
Mr. Potato Head
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Wine
Dr. Tedd Goldfinger, a cardiologist in Tucson, Arizona, says alcohol can decrease the tendency of blood to clot and cause heart attacks, and raise good cholesterol levels.” But, “you don’t have to go out and spend $20 or $30 on a bottle of wine.” He said a cheaper one will do. Mmmm … good ol’