■ A California woman is getting plastic surgery to become a real-life Barbie—and hypno-therapy to make her as dumb as a doll. “I just want to be the ultimate Barbie,” said Blondie Bennett, 38. “Being brainless is a big part of that.” Bennett has spent over $41,000 on plastic surgery, lip fillers, and Botox to make herself look like a […]
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Miami South Florida is battling a growing infestation of one of the world’s most destructive invasive species: the giant African land snail. At least 1,000 of the snails are being caught each week \ in Miami-Dade County, and a total of 117,000 of the mollusks have been caught since September 2011. They can grow as big as a rat and […]
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Researchers have found that binge-watching may be linked to bad sleeping habits, fatigue, and insomnia. They discovered that when a person sits and binge-watches a show, they have a tendency to keep thinking about the show when they are trying to go to sleep. People don’t have to get up and change the station or put a new disc in […]
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As humans get older, our brains shrink by about 15 percent, making us vulnerable to memory loss, dementia, and depression. But the brains of our closest relatives, chimpanzees, stay the same size throughout life, a new study has found. And while 50 percent of Americans over 85 suffer from Alzheimer’s, elderly chimps appear to have no similar problems. “The million […]
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Pyongyang, North Korea Pleasure squad: Now that the mourning period for his father Kim Jong II is over, dictator Kim Jong Un is creating a “pleasure squad” of pretty women. South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo reported that Kim has ordered that young women be recruited from across North Korea and trained as singers, dancers, and concubines so they can entertain him […]
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Over the past decade, more Americans died from overdoses of prescription painkillers than from heroin and cocaine use combined, according to government health officials. Most of the deaths were due to misuse of the medications— not to treat pain but to achieve a narcotic high. Recreational abuse has fueled a 300% surge in sales since 1999 of drugs like oxycodone, […]
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GPS relies on satellites for them to work. It is getting very difficult to rely on them in Australia. Researchers have found that the country has moved north about 5 feet according to the movement of the tectonic plates. Because of this movement the GPS can’t register the correct directions. Some that use their GPS are finding that they have […]
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According to research you may know that smoking can lead to cancer, but did you also know that drinking alcohol can also lead to cancer? You are not alone – about 7 out 0f 10 people don’t realize that when they drink at least two or three drinks a day can lead to cancer. The alcohol changes the chemical and […]
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A study shows that eating grilled, broiled or roasted meats, chicken, and fish may be the cause of high blood pressure. They found that if you eat foods that are cooked at high heat or to well done for more than half a month you have more chance of getting high blood pressure. They came to this conclusion after studying […]
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Scientists predict that we may have a cosmic collision which will cause space fireworks and launch us into exile. We do have some time before this will happen so we can prepare ourselves. According to astrophysicists we could be threatened by an asteroid smashing into earth in the distant future. We may not be able to survive a collision between […]
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