Statistics And Other Lies
What's Homer Simpson's Middle Name?
Have a friend who loves The Simpsons? Ask him or her what's Homer Simpson's middle name is. I bet you they won't know it or claim that Homer does not have one. But he does. It's Jay. Homer's full name is Homer Jay Simpson. Here is proof.
Black Market For Chocolate Bars And Soda
WINNIPEG - A "black market" for junk food appears to have developed at a Winnipeg school cracking down on sweet treats and soda.
Kelvin High School has removed pop, chocolate bars and cinnamon buns from its cafeteria and vending machines as part of a new Winnipeg School Division nutrition plan.
The plan is based on provincial guidelines released in 2005.
More than 70 people have joined a Facebook site called "Bring Back Sugar to Kelvin High School."
One teen says students are making money by selling goodies out of their lockers.
Study sees rise in men not washing hands
CHICAGO - The gender gap has widened when it comes to hygiene, according to the latest stakeout by the "hand washing police." One-third of men didn't bother to wash after using the bathroom, compared with 12 percent of women, said the researchers who spy on people in public restrooms. They reported their latest findings Monday at a meeting of infectious disease scientists.
Two years ago, the last time the survey was done, only one-quarter of men didn't wash, compared with 10 percent of women.
Simply Put, Smart People Don't Need An MBA
MOST people who knew Gabriel Hammond at Johns Hopkins in the late 1990s could have predicted he would rise quickly on Wall Street. As a freshman, he traded stocks from his dorm room, making a $1,000 bet on Caterpillar. Soon after, he abandoned his childhood dream of becoming a lawyer and, upon graduation, joined Goldman Sachs as a stock analyst.
Five Cool Things US Business Owners And Freelancers Get Free
Is Hef really having a better time at the Playboy Mansion than you are at home?
As a kid growing up among the vineyards and foothills of Cucamonga, I was haunted by the notion that everyone else knew things I would never be privy to.
Then I came across my first Playboy magazine... and I was suddenly offered proof there was a party going on that I wasn’t invited to.
This is a recurring topic when I talk with Gary Halbert. We both were mesmerized by Hugh Hefner’s lifestyle -- hanging out all day and night in your pajamas, surrounded by gorgeous young things who couldn’t seem to keep their own peejays on.
Too Strange To Be Made Up - Jerry Springer's Bodyguard Gets Talk Show
Steve Wilkos, a bodyguard who controlled guests and audience members on Jerry Springer's TV series, has launched his own talk show in the US.
He has promised to serve up "tough love" in The Steve Wilkos Show, which made its debut on NBC on Monday.
The first week will see Wilkos talking to a self-confessed paedophile.
Cop Arrests McDonnald Employee Because His Burger Was 'Too Salty'
UNION CITY, Ga. - A McDonald's employee spent a night in jail and is facing criminal charges because a police officer's burger was too salty, so salty that he says it made him sick.
Kendra Bull was arrested Friday, charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct and freed on $1,000 bail.
Bull, 20, said she accidentally spilled salt on hamburger meat and told her supervisor and a co-worker, who "tried to thump the salt off."
Hedge Fund Managers' Higher SAT Scores Lead To Better Performance, Study Says
IF investors want a performance edge in their hedge funds, they may want to do a little background research on the managers: look for those who attended colleges with relatively high SAT scores.
Woops! State Biologists Have Been Saving The Wrong Fish Species For 20 Years!
Biologists called the finding a setback and a potential black eye but said there is still hope for restoring the greenback cutthroat trout because at least four pure populations of the fish have been identified.
