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Candy Corn Is the Worst Halloween Candy, According to a Survey
It’s an issue that American society.
No, I’m not talking about impeachment, or your favorite football team. I’m talking about…candy corn.
I’m kind of indifferent about the whole thing, but I will say that, as a kid, I was always less than thrilled when I got candy corn while trick or treating (which I stopped doing when I turned 24). Gimme the good stuff, please! I need Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Butterfingers, and Dum Dums.
According to a recent survey by CandyStore.com, candy corn is the worst Halloween candy. They weren’t messing around, either. They conducted this survey like scientists in a lab. First, they looked at candy rankings from websites like Business Insider, Huffington Post, Bon Appetit, and Buzzfeed.
CandyStore.com then surveyed 40,000 of their own customers who buy candy from their website. They then combined all the information, crunched the numbers, and came up with definitive lists of the top 10 best and top 10 worst Halloween candies.
Candy Corn is the WORST Halloween candy. Or do you disagree? https://t.co/7XPg2arMTs -Monica & Al
— 104.3 Fresh Radio (@1043FreshRadio) October 7, 2019
Here are the top 10 worst Halloween candies, according to the survey.
10. Bit-O-Honey
9. Good & Plenty
8. Licorice
7. Smarties
6. Tootsie Rolls
5. Necco Wafers
4. Wax Coke Bottles
3. Peanut Butter Kisses
2. Circus Peanuts (last year’s #1)
1. Candy Corn
Do you want to see the 10 best candies from the survey? Of course you do! Here you go.
10. Hershey Bar
9. Skittles
8. Sour Patch Kids
7. Butterfinger
6. Nerds
#nerdscandy
5. M&Ms
4. Kit Kat
3. Twix
2. Snickers
1. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
I know that readers want to weigh in on this very controversial topic. Share your thoughts with us in the comments! Don’t be shy!
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The Guy from the ‘Blinking White Guy’ Meme Is Using His Stardom to Fight Multiple Sclerosis
Some people these days are instantly recognizable because they’ve become the subject of memes that blow up worldwide.
Like the “blinking white guy meme.”
You’ve seen this meme a million times, and you’ve seen it used in a million different ways.
You know the one:
me: *buys stuff*
bank account: *deducts the money I spent*
me: pic.twitter.com/06MHbJonjv— beto (@AlbertoSauce) February 15, 2017
Here’s another one.
Well, as with every meme that hits the big time, there’s a real person behind the magic, and this one’s name is Drew Scanlon. And he’s using his meme stardom to fight for a good cause.
Scanlon is asking for donations to help fund multiple sclerosis research. He’s raising money by participating in a national bicycle ride called Bike MS. And since he has a slightly wider than normal reach, he put out this call:
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at https://t.co/vf6ItTacgR pic.twitter.com/VaFbgOKrV2
— Drew Scanlon (@drewscanlon) September 19, 2019
Scanlon wrote on his Bike MS page, “I’m not usually one to toot my own meme horn but in this case I’ll make an exception. You see, two close friends of mine and members of their families suffer from MS, a debilitating disease of the central nervous system that interrupts communication between the brain and the body. If a fraction of those who have seen my goofy face donated to MS research, I have a feeling we could kick this thing in no time!”
He even provided his Twitter followers with some videos from the road during his big bicycle adventure.
LIVE from Bike MS! // Day 2: Finish Line Beers! // Donate to support MS research at https://t.co/vf6ItTacgR https://t.co/eSt5CpFTee
— Drew Scanlon (@drewscanlon) September 22, 2019
Scanlon’s bicycle ride ended on September 22, but he will be accepting donations until November. As of this writing, he has raised more than $32,000 for his cause. Click HERE to make a donation and help end MS once and for all!
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Ireland Plans on Planting 440 Million Trees to Help Fight Climate Change
Climate change is altering the world. Some of these changes we can anticipate, but others we are learning about in real time. And even though everyone who’s examined the evidence knows that climate change is occurring and that it is bad, some nations are sitting idly by and acting like their hands are tied.
Others are fighting for the future.
That is exactly what the country of Ireland is trying to do. Over the next 22 years, Ireland has committed to planting 22 million trees each year, totaling to 440 million trees by the year 2040.
Ireland has committed to planting 440 million trees by 2040, which will not only contribute to their goal of carbon neutrality, but will also restore forests for wildlife! #forest #conservation #climateaction #climatechange #ireland #news #letnaturethrivehttps://t.co/JpdTC9vPJe pic.twitter.com/njD2Y7obog
— Global Conservation Solutions (@_GCS_) September 23, 2019
Many believe that “revegetating” the natural environment can help to reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The tree-planting initiative is part of the Irish government’s overall plan to combat climate change, which involves getting to carbon neutral by 2050.
The plan calls for farmers to plant trees, and they will be incentivized for doing so. It’s a bit tricky: some argue that farmers should not be required to plant trees on their own land because it will take away property from their economic crops and cattle. Others have suggested that farmers let land revegetate on its own, so forests can develop naturally.
While there would be greater species diversity if a forest naturally revegetated, it would also take longer for trees to mature that way.
#ireland #archaeology #landscapes #irishcountryside #nature #instatravel #pleasenomorerainIt’s estimated that there are about 3 trillion trees on Earth and that roughly 15 billion are cut down every year by humans.
The action plan from the Irish government says:
“Taking decisive action to confront climate disruption will be a major challenge to every dimension of our society, but the benefits are huge – warmer homes, cleaner air, a sustainable use of the world’s scarce resources, more connected communities, authentic values, and quality jobs in enterprises which can compete in a decarbonised world. This is everyone’s journey. From Government to businesses, communities to householders, climate action is collective action. The Climate Action Plan sets out the Government agenda; see what you can do to play your part.”
If Ireland can do it, it seems like the United States could manage the same, don’t you think?
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A Fisherman Caught a Strange, Alien-Like Fish off the Coast of Norway
A young man named Oscar Lundahl was working on a fishing boat recently when he got the catch—and the surprise—of a lifetime. He was reeling in his catch when he noticed something very unusual on the end of his line: an alien-like fish with bulbous eyes that looked like something from a science-fiction movie.
The weird creature is actually called a ratfish. It is a 300-million-year-old relative of the shark that lives in very deep water and is rarely ever caught. Their eyes are so enormous to help them see in the dark, deep depths where they roam.
Lundahl, who is 19 years old and works for Nordic Sea Angling in Sweden, was fishing for halibut off the island of Andoya in northern Norway when he reeled in the ratfish in 2,600-feet deep waters.
The young fisherman described his experience:
“We were looking for blue halibut which is a rare species about five miles (8km) off shore. I had four hooks on one line and felt something quite big on the end of it. It took me about 30 minutes to reel it in because it was 800 metres deep. There were two halibut on two of the hooks and I was really happy about that and then I saw there was something else. It was pretty amazing. I have never seen anything like it before. It just looked weird, a bit dinosaur-like. I didn’t know what it was but my colleague did.”
Lundahl ended up eating the ratfish because the creature did not survive the pressure change when it was reeled in. He said, “It is a bit like cod but tastier.”
I’ll take his word for it.
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A Law Firm Hired a Stray Cat After People Complained About It Wandering Around the Office
There’s only one course of action if a stray cat or dog is wandering around your office. Well, you adopt them, of course! And that’s exactly what a law firm in Brasília, Brazil did with a little fella who goes by the name of Leon.
Leon was just one of the many stray cats wandering the streets of Brasília when he somehow snuck into the Order of Attorneys of Brazil office building. Leon hung around the reception area for a while, but when some people started to complain about the frisky feline, the company found a unique way to keep Leon around: they hired him as a lawyer.
ajudem aí com a hashtag #LeonPromovidoPer the Facebook post they wrote:
“After a heavy rain, this little guy here seeking shelter from the storm went inside the OAB building (the Brazilian equivalent of American Bar Association) and decided to stay. Unfortunately some people started to file some complaints about the fact that at the reception desk there was a stray cat hanging around and trying to make friends with the newcomers. In order to avoid some new complaints the board gave the solution: Hire the cat as an employee.”
Dr. Leon now has his own ID card, his own Instagram page, and he’s grown quite a bit since he first wandered into the office. Leon’s become such a hit that the Order of Attorneys of Brazil decided to launch their own animal rights institute called Instituto Dr. Leon.
I love this story!
And I think Dr. Leon needs his own reality TV show ASAP.
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