Going out to lunch might be the only thing that keeps you sane at work. But, you’d save a lot of money if you started bringing your food — or stealing other people’s lunches (we won’t judge). A new survey by Visa found that the average person spends $11 when they go out for lunch.…… MORE
The four science myths
“Popular Science” posted a list of myths about the brain that a lot of people still think are true. You probably know some of them — like that we don’t really just use 10 percent of our brains. But here are four you might not know. Myth #1. Adults don’t produce new brain cells. They…… MORE
Crazy turn of events
This story will really make you think twice about all the goat sacrifices you’ve been doing lately. Twenty-year-old Richard Pananian comes from a traditional Armenian family in Burbank, California, and he’d been suffering from some health issues recently. So last Sunday, they performed a ritual at an Armenian church, where they sacrificed a lamb to…… MORE
Stupid News: 11.4 Edition
Flight flatulence A flight from Australia to Malaysia had to make an emergency landing last week because it was filled with too much flatulence. It was a cargo plane with 2,186 sheep and their gas set off the smoke alarm. Self-fulfilling prophecy? A guy in South Carolina dressed as a prisoner for Halloween, then actually…… MORE
Election Day
Election Day is in full swing today. Polling locations will be open until 6 p.m. today. For a full list of polling locations within city limits, visit:… MORE
Bipolar medication or candy?
People today pop prescription drugs like they’re candy, but they’re not. A pharmacy in Quebec City, Canada somehow managed to accidentally hand out bipolar medication to trick-or-treaters on Halloween. Apparently a customer dropped some of the pills, and since they’re individually wrapped, someone mistook them for candy and put them in a bowl on the…… MORE
Flores strikes out, Royals win World Series!
Flores strikes out, Royals win World Series!… MORE
How much daylight are you really getting?
Daylight Savings ended yesterday, and there’s a new calculator that shows how valuable it is to you specifically. You enter the time you normally go to sleep and wake up each day, and it tells you how many extra hours of daylight you get a year.… MORE
Stupid news extra: Halloween weekend edition
A 21-year-old woman in Indiana dressed as a sexy cop for Halloween, and tried to walk home from a bar drunk at 3:30 a.m. But someone saw her, called the rea; cops, and they arrested her for public intoxication. A cop in New York ticketed a guy for taking up two seats on the subway…… MORE
Surprising facts about scary movies
Since Halloween is this weekend, we put together a list of 31 interesting facts about horror movies. Here are 17 of our favorites: 1. “The Exorcist” is the first horror movie to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. It lost out to “The Sting”. 2. In “The Exorcist”, Linda Blair’s character was…… MORE
