If you fill your face with Botox, it might be hard for other people to read your emotions. That’s not too surprising, but this is. A new study found Botox might make the person who GOT the injections worse at reading other people’s emotions too. Researchers at the University of California-Irvine scanned the brains of…
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Five Random Facts for Tuesday
Here are some random facts for you. 1. Years after Wyatt Earp’s famous turn at the O.K. Corral, in Tombstone, Arizona, he rambled around L.A. as an unpaid consultant for silent cowboy movies. 2. There’s actually a phobia called consecotaleophobia (con-sec-o-tal-e-o-pho-bi-a), where you’re afraid of CHOPSTICKS. 3. There was once an American federal holiday called The…
Starbucks Wants You to Order Coffee Based on Your Zodiac Sign
This sounds like a great way to order a cup of coffee you probably won’t like. Starbucks just launched a new site that’s supposed to help you order the perfect drink based on your Zodiac Sign. They partnered with an app for horoscopes and psychics called Sanctuary. The website is StarbucksStarSigns.com. First you choose your zodiac…
Good News: Blood Donors, Kind Cops, and a 2,000-Year-Old Math Problem
Here are a few more good news stories making the rounds. 1. An 80-year-old in Canada now holds a world record for donating more blood than any other woman. She started in 1965 when she was 22, and she’s now donated over 200 units. That’s around 30 gallons of blood in her life. Her blood type is…
A Man Bought a $68,000 Maserati, Then the Police Took It, Because It Was Stolen
A man in North Carolina named Jason Scott purchased a Maserati for more than $68,000 last November as a birthday present for his wife. But this Maserati isn’t doing 185, it’s in a police garage. Jason bought the car from Carvana, and everything was fine until last month, when he took the car to a…
16% of People Eat the Ice in Iced Drinks Before It Melts
Ice cubes have three main purposes: To make drinks cold, to keep them cold, and, in some cases, to intentionally dilute them to mellow them out, like for coffee or alcohol. The ice is NOT there for you to snack on. But some people ARE into that. In a new poll, 16% of people say they…
Five Random Facts for Monday
Here are some random facts for you. 1. The summit of Mount Everest is about the size of two Ping-Pong tables. 2. Hillary Clinton worked at a salmon cannery in Alaska after she graduated college, but got fired for being too slow at scooping out salmon guts. 3. The first text message ever was sent on December…
New in Theaters: “John Wick: Chapter Four” and “A Good Person”
1. “John Wick: Chapter Four“ (R) Trailer Obviously Keanu Reeves returns as John Wick. As the price on his head continues to increase, he prepares for his revenge against the High Table while hiding underground with the Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne). But before he can earn his freedom, he must face-off with a new enemy, played by Bill Skarsgard. This…
Is Peanut Butter a Liquid? The TSA Says Yes, But the Internet Isn’t Sure
It’s been about 20 years since the TSA limited liquids to three-ounce containers that had to fit in a clear bag. But their definition of “liquid” can be complicated. Someone on Twitter said they got stopped for having peanut butter, because “liquids, gels, and aerosols” are limited. And they asked the agent, “So which of those is…
Fruit Roll-Ups Had to Actually Tell People Not to Eat the Plastic Wrap
You can tell ’90s nostalgia is in full swing when Fruit Roll-Ups are in the news. People have been posting different ways they eat them. Mainly, keeping them in the freezer so they’re crunchy, or wrapping them around a hunk of ice cream. But here’s the dumb part: The company had to post its own video this week,…
