Yeah, this is going to go over GREAT when you propose it to your wife. A new study found instead of investing in your 401k, mutual funds, stocks, gold, soy futures, or your nephew’s startup, the SMARTEST thing you can invest your money into is: LEGOS. No, really. Lego is constantly retiring its sets, which…… MORE
Reincarnation: What would you choose to come back as?
Spoiler alert: Eventually you’re going to die. Sorry to ruin your Wednesday. But let’s say reincarnation is real, and you get to pick what you can come back as. What do you go with? A new survey by “60 Minutes” and “Vanity Fair” asked people that question. Here are the top four things people said.…… MORE
A 73-year-old is auctioning off a winning lotto ticket — you’ll get paid until he dies
Forget the Powerball tonight, winning the lottery is boring, even for $450 million. This is interesting. 73-year-old Donald Magett of Kalamazoo, Michigan won a “Cash For Life” prize on a scratch-off Michigan Lottery ticket several years ago. It pays him $1,000 per month until he dies. But now, he needs more money to pay off…… MORE
Indy woman’s insensitivity goes viral, loses her job
A woman named Holly Jones is a hair stylist in Indianapolis, and she went to a bar called Kilroy’s with some friends for New Year’s Eve. But the night didn’t quite go the way she planned. Someone there had to be wheeled out by paramedics, and that really bothered Holly . . . because it…… MORE
It’s likely you’ve lost 90 percent of your friends
There’s some pretty deep irony here. In the decade that Facebook has existed, most people have lost all their ACTUAL friends. A new survey found more than two-thirds of Americans say they’ve lost 90% of their friends in the past 10 years. Did it happen to you? Think back to who you hung out with…… MORE
Mommy can’t really help your ‘boo-boos’
A team of scientists from Ottawa, Canada just published the results of a study on whether mommy’s kisses really make their children’s boo-boos feel better. And those aren’t my words. The official tile of the study is, quote, “Maternal kisses are not effective in alleviating minor childhood injuries (boo-boos).” It’s in something called the “Journal…… MORE
No drinking for a month? You may want to give it a whirl
Here’s a New Year’s resolution you only have to stick to for a MONTH. According to several studies, having a “dry January” where you don’t drink any alcohol can have a huge impact on your health. A study in 2013 had “normal drinkers” stop drinking for one month. They lost an average of 3.5 pounds…… MORE
The New Year’s resolutions we googled the most
Google just released the “how to” questions that got the biggest jump in searches over the past few weeks. They say it shows the most popular New Year’s resolutions. That’s not quite accurate — it’s more like the questions that are connected to the more common New Year’s resolutions we all know and love, like…… MORE
Words that should be banned for 2016
If we really want 2016 to be amazing, eliminating some of these horrible words and phrases from our collective vocabulary would be a great start. Lake Superior State University in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan just released its annual list of words that need to be banned. It’s based on thousands of nominations from people around…… MORE
It’s prime online-dating time, folks
If one of your goals for this year is to finally get into a relationship, you have no time to waste. Your best chance of success in online dating in 2016 is right now. According to Match.com and Plenty of Fish, more people will sign up, log on, and search for matches from 5:00 P.M.…… MORE
