Yahoo News Digest reports that a competitive eater named Joey Chestnut ate an entire 9.35 turkey in 10 minutes in a competition held at a Connecticut casino Saturday. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. Yeah, but how long… Read More ›
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Russian Web Site Streaming Live Webcams Of People With Default Passwords
CNN reports that a Russian web site is currently streaming video from private homes and even public security cameras. The hacker(s) are doing this with devices where users did not change their default password, which is public information. 3 Things… Read More ›
Russian Kid Is A Human Magnet… Here Are 3 Potential Drawbacks.
The NY Post reports that following an accidental electric shock, a 12-year old boy is now a human magnet: he can attract spoons, coins and other metallic objects. While the story may feature the benefits of having super-hero-like powers, we… Read More ›
Hotel Charges Guests For Bad Trip Advisor Review
CNN reports that a couple who gave a hotel in Northern England a bad review on Trip Advisor received an additional bill per the hotel’s policy: guests get $156 “fine” on their credit card for giving the hotel a bad… Read More ›
The Opposite Of Winning The Lottery… Or On The Very Bright Side, Maybe Not
Yahoo News Digest reports that a Canadian family from Saskatchewan received a million-dollar medical bill in Hawaii after the wife unexpectedly gave birth to a pre-mature baby during a vacation. The family had purchased Blue Cross travel medical insurance, but… Read More ›
Too Hot To Handle To Cold For A Title That Makes Sense
CNN reports that every state in the union reports that there was somewhere its borders below freezing this morning. 3 Places We Suspect Are Not Freezing 1. Between the ears of people who don’t believe in the science of climate… Read More ›
People Pay $37,000 For Atari Landfill Games. Hope The Sellers Pay Their Taxes On That!
Yahoo News Digest reports that Atari video games buried in a New Mexico landfill landed $37,000 on eBay. We first wrote about the story here. While lots of people were excited about a flawed E.T. game, here are: 3 Atari… Read More ›
Even 3 More Ways To Make Baseball Games Shorter
As we’ve been writing this weekend, Major League Baseball intends to test new methods to shorten games. And we have a few ideas of our own. Here are three more: 1. In between innings, just give the fan the prize… Read More ›
3 More Ways To Make Major League Baseball Games Shorter
Yesterday, we wrote about MLB’s plans to test new methods to shorten games, and provided our own suggestions. Here are 3 more of our own: 1. Shorten Lyrics To “Take Me Out To The Ball Game.” For example, delete the line… Read More ›
Baseball Looking At Ways To Make Game Shorter, According To Long Article
According to the Bleacher Report, Major League Baseball is testing new ways to make baseball games shorter. Included: limiting the number of mound visits; shortening the time between innings; shortening pitcher warm-up time; and using a pitch clock, presumably similar… Read More ›
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