Mike Merrill has modeled his life after the stock market. He’s issued 1,000 “shares” of himself and life decisions are made by his shareholders’ votes. Some of the life decisions his investors have made for him are his hair color, the car he drives, his love interests, and even his diet.
The world’s tallest man, Bao Xishun, used his long arms reaching…
The world’s tallest man, Bao Xishun, used his long arms reaching 1.06m to remove plastic from the stomachs of 2 dolphins, which ultimately saved their lives, after trainers tried numerous other methods.
In 1994 a 74 year old man unable to get a driver’s license drove…
In 1994 a 74 year old man unable to get a driver’s license drove 240 miles on a 1966 John Deere lawnmower to visit his brother who recently had a stroke. At a top speed of 5 mph, the journey took 6 weeks.
Every Sunday night, a 51-year-old software engineer named Bryan Henderson…
Every Sunday night, a 51-year-old software engineer named Bryan Henderson sits down at his computer, searches Wikipedia for the phrase “comprised of” and changes it to either “composed of” or “consists of.” He has done this 47,000 times since 2007. He has also written a 6,000-word essay on why he does this.
Shakuntala Devi, an Indian mental calculator,was asked to give…
Shakuntala Devi, an Indian mental calculator, was asked to give the 23rd root of a 201-digit number; she answered in 50 seconds. Her answer was confirmed by calculations done at the US Bureau of Standards for which a special program had to be written to perform such a large calculation.
A snowstorm can’t keep this determined Canadian motorcyclist…
A snowstorm can’t keep this determined Canadian motorcyclist off the highway.
Tokyo has a self-declared superhero who calls himself…
Tokyo has a self-declared superhero who calls himself Mangetsu Man. He keeps his identity secret by wearing a purple bodysuit, with a big yellow smiley head; and his self-described job is to keep the city trash free.
Animal Facts So Cute, They Cheered Selena Gomez Up
Here’s a list of facts that were just so cute, they made Selena Gomez stop crying.
1. A newborn panda weighs as much as a cup of tea.
Selena cries.
2. Squirrels will adopt an abandoned baby if its parents are gone.
Selena cries some more.
3. Honey bees communicate by dancing.
Selena stops crying for a moment.
4. Gentoo penguins propose to their mates with a pebble.
Selena starts to see a bright side.
5. Seahorses mate for life, and when they travel they hold each other’s tails.
Selena cracks a smile.
6. Sea otters hold hands when they sleep, so they don’t float away from each other.
This one makes Selena very happy.
7. Cows have best friends and they spend most of their time together.
Selena laughs hard at this because she can’t believe it.
8. Turtles can breathe through their butts.
Selena’s shocked.
9. Spiders can’t fly.
Selena is happy because, let’s be honest… No one likes a flying spider.
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Spending Money On Others Makes You Happier
In their book Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending, authors Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton draw on years of quantitative and qualitative research to explain how money can buy happiness, but only if we spend it in certain ways.
The key lies in adhering to five key principles: Buy Experiences (research shows that material purchases are less satisfying than vacations or concerts);Make it a Treat (limiting access to our favorite things will make us keep appreciating them); Buy Time (focusing on time over money yields wiser purchases); Pay Now, Consume Later (delayed consumption leads to increased enjoyment); and Invest in Others (spending money on other people makes us happier than spending it on ourselves).
Recently we featured a video illustrating the emotional benefits of buying experiences. In the following sequel, Norton again gives some cash to two women in Harvard Square. The catch this time: Each of them must spend the money on someone else.
“We’ve shown in our research that giving money to others actually does make people happier,” says Norton, an associate professor of marketing at Harvard Business School. “One of the reasons is that it creates social connections. If you have a nice car and a big house on an island by yourself, you’re not going to be happy because we need people to be happy. But by giving to another person, you’re…creating a connection and a conversation with that person, and those things are really good for happiness.”
Watch the video to find out how the women in Harvard Square chose to invest in others—and whether it made them happier!
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66-Year-Old Man Discovers He’s A Woman!
A 66-year-old who lived his whole life as a man was given a surprising diagnosis after visiting the doctor in Hong Kong with a swollen abdomen — he was a woman.
Doctors realised the patient was female after they found the swelling came from a large cyst on an ovary, the Hong Kong Medical Journal reported.
The condition was the result of two rare genetic disorders.
The subject had Turner syndrome, which affects girls and women and results from a problem with the chromosomes, with characteristics including infertility and short stature.
But he also had congenital adrenal hyperplasia, increasing male hormones and making the patient, who had a beard and a “micropenis”, appear like a man.
“Were it not due to the huge ovarian cyst, his intriguing medical condition might never have been exposed,” seven doctors from two of the city’s hospitals wrote in the study published Monday.
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