Girls Outperform Boys
Percentage of countries worldwide in which girls outperform boys in academic achievement: 70
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Deprivation
“Women deprived of the company of men pine; men deprived of the company of women become stupid.” – Anton Chekhov
Read moreBungling British Burglar
A bungling British burglar who volunteered to be fitted with a police GPS tracker was arrested after he carried out a string of burglaries while wearing the device. Nicholas Broadley, 33, wore the tracker as part of a program to help career criminals go straight. But when police checked his movements, they discovered that he’d been at the scene of three […]
Read moreWomen Know
“I hate women because thy always know where things are.” – Voltaire
Read moreA Little Gassy
Estimated amount of gasoline wasted in U.S. traffic jams each day, in gallons: 12,600,000
Read moreDeficit Of Female Births In India
Size of India’s annual deficit in female births, based on 2011 census data: 600,000
Read moreIt Was A Good Week For . . .
Bird calls, after firefighters in Idaho rushed into a burning building when they heard voices calling “Help! Fire!” only to discover a pair of “talking” parrots. “There was nobody besides the birds inside,” said one fireman. “Smart birds.”
Read moreRising Demand for Meat
Appetite for meat is growing as the developing world becomes more prosperous. But meat—especially beef-can be polarizing, on health, environmental, and ethical grounds. Chicken outpaced beef in the U.S. in 2010. Total U.S. meat consumption peaked in the mid-2000’s and has declined ever since. Argentina’s famous appetite for beef has fallen because of cholesterol consciousness and economic downturns. In countries […]
Read more(Not So) Sweet 16
A Pennsylvania girl’s Sweet 16 party was ruined after her celebration was showered with poop, apparently dumped from a passing airplane. Jacinda Cambray and 40 guests were partying in her family’s backyard when the brown liquid began raining down. “We’d just gotten done with the cake, thank God,” said Cambray’s sister, Kristie Rogy. “Because within two minutes something fell from […]
Read moreThe Murder Of Land
“In America today you can murder land for private profit. You can leave the corpse for all to see, and nobody calls the cops.” – Paul Brooks
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