The Local reports that cops in Sweden had to end a car chase after a Swedish police car drove over a police spike mat intended to puncture the tires of the suspect’s car being pursued. 3 Questions That Arise From… Read More ›
Humor
Canada: Not Talking Like Hosers Any More
The National Post reports that use of the word “eh,” is down among young and urban people in Canada! That’s why you don’t hear the word used in Justin Bieber songs, or when he is allegedly leaving a brothel! 3… Read More ›
Don’t Bother Emailing That Electronic eBay Gift Card To Your Relatives In France
The Local reports that the number of people in France who are likely to sell unwanted Christmas gifts has climbed to 57% of adults, according to a poll. 73% of those aged 25 to 34 polled said they were likely… Read More ›
Isaac Asimov predicted almost everything for 2014 accurately.
Treehugger.com reports that sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov made many predictions about 2014 in a New York Times article written after visiting the 1964 World’s Fair that have held true. Specifically, Asimov predicted microwave oven-like devices, solar panels in the desert,… Read More ›
Beyonce At Walmart Days After Target Refuses To Carry Her Album
CNN reports that Beyoncé surprised shoppers at a Massachusetts Walmart by giving 750 individuals $50 gift cards for free. You may have seen in the news earlier this week that Target said it would not be carrying Beyoncé’s latest album, which was released… Read More ›
Someone Breaches Peoples’ Private Information Somewhere
CNN reports that Target is offering a 10% discount for all shoppers at its stores this Saturday and Sunday after 40 million of its customers had their credit and debit card data breached. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story… Read More ›
Urine Detectors Coming To Subway System Elevators… We’re Sure That People Won’t Just Start Urinating In The Free Newspaper Boxes!
CNN reports that Atlanta is installing urine detectors in subway system elevators, which will set off an alarm, and lead to the arrest of elevator-urinators! 3 More Things We’d Like To See Installed In Subway Systems 1. Bathrooms! We bet that may… Read More ›
What Is The Best Accounting Standard In A Zombie Apocalypse?
CNN reports that Walking Dead TV series creator, Frank Darabont is suing AMC for allegedly paying itself low licensing fees to air the show, reducing “Modified Adjusted Gross Receipts,” resulting in Darabont allegedly never receiving any payment for the highly watched… Read More ›
You Will Be Lied To 29 Times Today*
According to a “human lie detector” interviewed in a video on Yahoo, the average person lies 30 times a day, and is lied to 200 times a week! Also, he claims that women are more likely to lie to make… Read More ›
Google Acquires Robots! Perhaps They Will Be Friends With People On Google Plus!
The Street reports that Google has acquired a company that makes the world’s fastest robot. A viewing of this CNN video indicates these robots are less Jetson-house-maid-like, and more wearwolves-from-Twilight-transformed-into-military-robots-like. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. “So are… Read More ›