There’s a rather heart-warming tale circulating on Reddit at the moment about a guy who tracked down an engaged couple after his boss’ wife took a photograph of the man proposing. It’s really an epic tale and only hints at the power of a little intuition. I’ll leave the rest to the original author to [...]
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Millionaire Gets 111,888 Euro Speeding Fine
[photo credit: simons.jasper]
His name is Jari Bär, and he’s a Finnish millionaire that became the victim of one of Finland’s traffic laws: The amount you are fined for is directly proportional to how much you earn!
Jari Bär was doing 82 km/h in a 60km /h zone in Finland in January 2009.
That extra 2km/h made [...]
Does Musical Taste Influence Intelligence?
Virgil Griffith (pictured below), a CalTech grad student, conducted a rather interesting study that links SAT scores with music tastes.
The results are very, very interesting with the brightest students favouring Beethoven, whilst Lil ‘Wayne seemed to be enjoyed by the *less* bright students.
A couple notable things to point out regarding the study though, as noticed [...]
13 Things your Grocer Simply Won’t Tell You
[photo by buck82]
We’ve all read about how grocery stores and shops all over the world trick us into buying more than we should… and more than we can.
From ReadersDigest.com, we have a list of 13 things your grocer won’t tell you that could actually benefit you in more ways than one. Get Smart!
Below are a [...]
Man Gets Arrested for the 190th Time
[picture from Radio 2020]
That’s not a typo!
Henry Farrell (46) has been arrested for the 190th time in Florida recently. He’s obviously been arrested for many things, including grand theft and the possession of illegal substances. According to the cops, he’s been around for ages:
“He’s somebody we have been dealing with for years”
No wonder, [...]
Why Men Are Better Dieters Than Women
Picture by altemark
Now this is interesting.
It’s no unknown fact that weight loss is an incredibly popular topic these days, especially considering the obesity rate in not just North America, but Europe and even my home country, South Africa. We are constantly bombarded with weight loss adverts, health tips and “healthy” TV cooking shows that [...]
Amazon’s Gift Wrapping Service Fails
Doesn’t this kind of defeat the point?!
Here’s the “just” of the story (from The Consumerist):
Matt ordered this copy of “Tales of Beedle The Bard” for his 13-year-old nephew. He paid an extra $4 to have it gift wrapped. Amazon actually gift wrapped it, then put the gift wrapped book inside a box that said what [...]
