Debt
Percentage of Americans aged 18 to 31 with credit-card and student-loan debt, respectively, in 1989: 43, 18 Today: 36, 40
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Friendship – Men and Women
Men kick friendship around like a football but it doesn’t seem to break. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.
Read moreSANITATION
Human waste from the roughly 700 climbers who scale Mount Everest every year poses a serious health issue on the slopes, the head of Nepal’s mountaineering association warned on March 3. He urged the government to push climbers to dispose of their waste responsibly.
Read moreTrying anything to find water
A growing numbers of drought-afflicted California farmers began hiring dowsers to locate underground water. “Scientists don’t believe in it,” said vintner Marc Mondavi, “but I do and most of the farmers in the [Napa] Valley do.”
Read moreAmericans say work is hard to shake even while vacationing
61% – Percentage of employed vacationers who plan to work during their time off doing tasks such as… 38% – Emailing 32% – Accessing work documents on computer 30% – Calling 24% – Texting 20% – Fielding requests by boss, client or co-worker to do work
Read moreHomicide
Homicide is the leading cause of on-the-job death among women. And taxi drivers are the people most likely to be murdered while working.
Read moreFootball and Rugby
Percentage change since 2009 in the number of Americans who play football: -17 Who play rugby: +77
Read moreMost trustworthy nation
Europeans believe Germany is the most trustworthy but also least compassionate nation in the European Union, according to the most recent Pew survey of European attitudes. Respondents from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, and the Czech Republic all listed Germany as the most trustworthy European country. Only Greece, which is smarting under German-imposed budget cuts, listed Germany as least […]
Read moreSecret Santa
An anonymous “Secret Santa” traveled to New Jersey and New York last week to hand out $100 bills to people who’d lost their homes and possessions in Hurricane Sandy. The Kansas City, Mo., businessman spent a day in Elizabeth, N.J., and Staten Island, N.Y., giving C-notes to the poor and homeless; he plans to give away $100,000 this holiday season. He was […]
Read moreUFO Sightings
Number of UFO sighting reports made to England’s Ministry of Defence since 1959: 12,400
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