A 23-year-old guy named Matt Macadam was in court in Bega, Australia last week, facing charges of texting and driving. But Matt came up with a brilliant defense. He said he couldn’t have been using a phone while he was driving — because he doesn’t even own one. As unbelievable as that sounds, maybe it…… MORE
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Husband sues wife for not wearing makeup
Is it false advertising when a woman wears makeup? A guy in Algiers, Algeria recently got married. The very next day, he saw his new wife without makeup for the first time. He said she looked so different that he didn’t recognize her and mistook her for: “a thief who came to [rob] his apartment.”…… MORE
Post-vacation stress, it’s a thing
Vacations are supposed to be relaxing. At the very least, they’re supposed to be more relaxing than your normal life. Apparently even that’s too much to ask. A new survey found 23 percent of people say they usually come back from a trip more stressed than when they left. Here are the top five things…… MORE
A secret to a long life: Spicy food
Go ahead and dump an entire bottle of Tabasco sauce on your lunch today. Sure, it might make for a few painful bathroom trips, but you’ve got to think about the bigger picture. A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health found that people who eat spicy foods live longer. They studied data…… MORE
The most controversial TV episodes of all time
The website Cafemom.com has put together a list of the 20 Most Controversial TV Episodes. They don’t seem to be in any particular order, so we’ll just toss out some of our favorites: “The Mindy Project”, “I Slipped” (2014): Broadcast TV’s first backdoor love scene. It wasn’t just controversial for the type of sex depicted,…… MORE
The real reason you’re frigid in the office
You know how women at your office are always wearing sweaters or wrapped in blankets when it’s 90 degrees out? There’s actually a legitimate reason. A new study out of the Netherlands just figured out why women are always cold at the office. It turns out that most buildings are still being heated and cooled…… MORE
The real hangover cure is finally here
If the solution to hangovers has been staring us in the face all these years, I’m going to be so irritated. Some scientists in Australia say they’ve finally figured out the best hangover cure. It’s an Asian pear. They found people who ate a pear or drank pear juice before they got hammered had very…… MORE
The new ‘Ghostbusters’ cast swings by a children’s hospital
” The new female Ghostbusters visited sick kids at Tufts Medical Center in Boston on Saturday, in costume. In case you’ve somehow missed the 10,000 memos, the new team is Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones. A rep for the hospital says: “They were a true delight to have today. They were…… MORE
Bad things happen to good robots
Two weeks ago, researchers from Ryerson University in Toronto started an experiment to see if a robot could hitchhike across America. They called it ‘hitchBOT,’ and put it by the side of the road in Boston with a sign saying “San Francisco or Bust!” Obviously they hoped different people would take interest, and gradually drive…… MORE
How to get a higher GPA this year
Breaking news: Nerdy teenagers get better grades. An economics professor at the University of Southern California analyzed more than 20,000 students to see if there was a correlation between their grades and their social lives. And he found one very clear result: Kids who aren’t popular with the opposite sex have GPAs that are an…… MORE
